Okay, so not everyone thinks that being vegetarian [or mostly so] is in their power (check out other articles on this blog for reasons to take it seriously). Well, in that case, at least have a look at Andrew Jones's thoughts on why and how Christians should be more concerned about their meat.
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I got a response from my MP which got me kind of mad. You'll see why as I reproduce it here. Apologies for the strange changes in types...
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I've been watching the TV series 'Foundation'. I read the books about 50 years ago (I know!) but scarcely now remember anything...
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"'Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. For truly I tell yo...
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It's interesting to see meat becoming a socio-political-religious issue in our culture. Andrew's thoughts on "dominion" are interesting. He managed to avoid Peter's vision, however, which many have reduced to having purely symbolic meaning (arise, kill, eat).
I pray that believers do not here find a new way to judge one another and/or open the door to a new kind of judgmentalism or legalism.
I also pray that meat-eating followers of Christ will learn to give up their "rights" more quickly and walk in love when it comes to eating meat -- not merely for the animal's sake, but for the sake of fellow believers.
"...not merely for the animal's sake, but for the sake of fellow believers."
Thanks Chris for a reminder of the theological issues involved. I'd like to add a further consideration; the sake of our fellow humans. Meat eating is resource-hungry; the less we eat of it, the smaller our footprint and the fairer our share of the planet.
I do agree that another judgementalism or legalism would be bad, but so would not making the challenge to reduce our 'footprints'. To do the latter entails the risk of the former. But not doing the latter would be irresonsible.
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