Should Christians go vegetarian?

[cbayer]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/0/28248329

18 July 2014 Last updated at 16:10

By Karen Millington


Two percent of the UK population eat a vegetarian diet, according to the Vegetarian Society

The debate on whether Christians have an obligation to follow a vegetarian, or at least meat-free, diet has been going on for centuries.

Religions and their relationship with animals will be at the heart of the annual Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics Summer School, and one of the areas of debate will be faith and food.

Most religions have some sort of dietary laws; the Old Testament, for example, lists food rules that are still followed by various religions. But the majority of Christians living in Britain today have health and economic concerns regarding their diet, rather than theological ponderings.

As often happens when searching the Scriptures for answers, interpretations of what the Bible says about whether humans should eat other animals or not differ widely.

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[NaturalHigh]

1. I will K and R...

because this is something that I've pondered. I grew up on a cattle ranch where animals were treated well, but I will confess to some questions as I get older.

[cbayer]

2. I think that being so far removed from the actual animals that we eat is problematic.

It makes it so much easier to ignore that some of what we do might be quite inhumane when it comes to animals.

[Gore1FL]

3. If you are eating the body and drinking blood of christ, you are not vegan. n/t