Christianity and Pork?
From: figureskater
Subject: Nutrition
Date/Time 2007-12-04 20:57:43
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Whoa. I didn't intend to debate denominations or Old and New Testaments.
I'm a Seventh-Day Adventist. I used to be ashamed and lie about why I couldn't be in an ice skating show or competition (because they were on Friday night or Saturday, which is the Sabbath). Now I don't worry what people think. It's who I am. And if they laugh at it, I don't need or want them as a friend.
So as a Seventh Day Adventist, I believe in Ellen G. White's teachings. And those at the "end times" that are preparing for "translation" to heaven are supposed to abstain from ALL meat, not just the unclean. And I've heard that you should wean off of animal PRODUCTS also, due to disease. Hence, there are some vegans at my church. My mom switched me to soy milk when I was about 5.
Another reason to be a vegetarian or vegan is the guilt factor. An animal had to die for you to eat meat. To me that is disgusting and inhumane.
"The dietary distinction between clean and unclean meats, based on Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14, is generally understood and accepted among Adventists today. Unlike the ceremonial laws of the Old Testament, which pointed to Christ, or the civil laws, which governed the theocracy, these health laws were based on natural law and thus not merely applicable to one age and time.
Thus even among Adventists who eat meat, these unclean meats are avoided. Nineteenth-century Adventists, however, did not generally accept this distinction between clean and unclean meats based on Levitical law, even though they clearly condemned pork.
After the health reform vision, of course, Mrs. White did come out against the use of pork, arguing that it produced "scrofula, leprosy and cancerous humors."4 It is significant that she and other Adventists who wrote against the use of pork up until 1866, argued strictly from a health standpoint. In other words, just because some Biblical arguments were used to reinforce the ban on pork, we cannot conclude that at that point Adventists were well on their way to a full-blown teaching on the distinction between clean and unclean meats.
If the Scriptures fail to settle the question, let reason have her sway. Examine the animal, and see its filthy habits."
Source: http://www.whiteestate.org/issues/Clean-Uncl.html
" SDAs in general, have 50% less risk of heart disease, certain types of cancers, strokes, and diabetes. More specifically, recent data suggests that vegetarian men under 40 can expect to live more than eight years longer and women more than seven years longer then the general population. SDA vegetarian men live more than three years longer than SDA men who eat meat.
Researchers believe this added length of life and quality of health is due in particular to the consumption of whole grains, fruits and vegetables as well as the avoidance of meat, alcohol, coffee and tobacco.
Vegetarians have reduced risks of certain diseases because of their increased consumption of whole grains, dried beans, nuts, fresh and dried fruits, and vegetables. Vegetarians are exposed to fewer carcinogens and mutagens because they do not eat meat.
A significant correlation exists between the frequent and long term consumption of high-fat, high-cholesterol animal based foods and the incidence of fatal heart disease, certain types of cancer, strokes, and diabetes.
A vegetarian diet provides a greater consumption of phytochemicals and fiber rich foods which help protect from heart disease, several types of cancer, diabetes and hypertension."
Source: http://www.sdada.org/position.htm
And you could find many news articles on "Why Seventh-Day Adventists live longer". We are portrayed as total health freaks, lol. By the way, my great grandma lived to be 96. And my great grandpa lived to be 92, even though he was an ex-smoker.
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