why would someone who loves meat stop eating it?

[earthminor]

You may be interested to read an article I wrote explaining why a Christian would consider vegetarianism, published in an online student blogazine.
Serving the Lord at SupperIn other news I am doing a development course at work to help work out what I want from my job and how to improve my personal life and so on. It sounded a bit dumb when I first

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[tibbycat]

Cool article

[earthminor]

Interesting idea but I'd need to hear more arguement for domesticated dogs being more 'as intended' than wild dogs... I mean, by whose definition of domesticated? And what about animals that are never domesticated, like penguins or sparrows? Seems a bit odd to me...

On the food topic, it doesn't have to be an all or nothing thing! There are just people out there who eat meat twice a day who could definitely cut back. Maybe you could eat meat three or four times a week rather than daily (I don't know your eating habits so maybe this is more than you do eat!). That can be easier to manage nutrition-wise. :)

[tibbycat]

I'll see if I can find later on where it is specifically.
He does admit that he's merely speculating with it.

I do look at things in nature such as the cannibalism of some spiders who eat their own mother after they're born and shudder.

Foodwise, yeah, I don't eat meat every day :)
We usually have at least one vegetarian day. But it'll probably be easier when I leave home and am cooking entirely for myself.

[lordlucless]

I'm a bit dubious about the notion that a closer association with man brings about a closer association with God (who caused the fall again?), but I can sort of see what it means.

Man's original commission was to "subdue the earth". Domesticating animals would seem to be a part of that. And there's also the whole "lion will lie down with the lamb" bit, which would seem to indicate a more pacific nature will exist in the new creation.

[tibbycat]

Yeah, I think the idea is that just as Jesus is the intermediary between us and God the Father, humans are the intermediary between animals and God - so as Jesus redeems us, we redeem the animals. That's the gist of it I think. But it's mere speculation on his part.

And yes, he mentioned the "lion will lie down with the lamb" bit of the bible, suggesting that that is the natural (in a godly sense) state of the lion, until the corruption of creation turned it into a carnivore.

But again.... all mere mere mere mere speculation.