WAS JESUS A VEGETARIAN ?

What does the Bible say about vegetarianism? Did / does God wish us to be vegetarian? What are your opinions?

Peace, Love, & Understanding

Well, even in the corrupted texts we have it never says that Yeshua ate meat (technically never says he ate anything, a support for the doecetist view) but he spoke against animal sacrifice, and I would assume he didn't do it or eat it. He didn't eat the dead, and I no longer do either. Tho for me I know He said it is not what you take in that defiles you but what comes out, I still think that when you get an awareness of the ONE (of the True God, the Living ONE) that is simply the effect. So many of a 'shiny' (to quote a druidic friend of mine) spirituality, ones that it is obvious they have something everyone else doesnt' have, all seem to come to that point.
To me now I see it as corpses, and I can't eat it, not grilled, or deep fried even....

In the Gospel of the Holy 12, Jesus is explicity against meat-eating,
and animal sacrafice.
(http://www.thenazareneway.com/ght_table_of_contents.htm) I believe the
fishing story of Jesus should actually be read as an allegory. The
"fish" is a symbol, and Jesus planned to make "fishers of men". As you
may have noticed, the story takes place in two different places in two
different gospels. It one gospel it happens when he meets deciples, in
another it is after his resurection. In the Gospel of the Holy 12, Jesus also
refuses the slaughtered lpassover lamb that Judus brings to dinner.
This becomes a key factor in this version of the Gospel. A vegetarian Jewish
sect, such as the Essenes, would have to make special plans for
passover dinner if they had one (they where strict vegetarians - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essenes#Rules.2C_customs.2C_theology_and_beliefs), therefore, Jesus could have very well been the same.

It is very possible that if Jesus did crtisize animal slaughter as is
seen in the Gospel of the Holy 12, that meat sellers and others who
practiced the slaughter (especially in pagen communities), could
interpolate whatever they wanted in the Gospels. Paul defientlly didn't
defend the animals, though he could have very well been a plant, to
destroy the "Jesus community", and some of his more Gnostic teachings
may have devalued physical life to the point where compassion to the
body seems less important. Yeshua however, explcity suggest in canoical
scriptures, as well as the Gospel of the Holy 12, that one must end the
tension between spirt and body, through unity. This would actually
glorify the physical world as one, and not seperate with Yah. The
bodies of animals and their lives become as sacred as ours.

Here are some sites concerning the the Vegetarianism and the Bible:

http://www.compassionatespirit.com/was_jesus_a_vegetarian.htm
http://www.soystache.com/jesus.htm
http://www.thenazareneway.com/biblical_%20vegetarianism_denis_giron.htm

I would never claim this as absolute fact, though I imagine a true
anointed child of God would be inclined towards compassion for the
living, regardless of species. Furthermore, there have been many
metaphysical, mystical explanations of the good of being vegetarian. In
the Clementine Homilies Peter suggest that evil comes into the world
through meat. Though Jesus may have been the common meat eating Jewish
man of the times. I don't personally worship him, therefore it wouldn't
necessarily matter to me. I believe he was a righteous man, but he was
also a human being, living in a certain place and time. With that being
said, I believe our Eternal parent smiles on any compassionate choice
we make. I think God wants us to be as compassionate as we can be, and
do our best to refrain from harming others. The Torah can be summed up
in the Golden rule, and this is how the teacher Eshoo mishika (Jesus
Christ) interpreted it. The law, or more accurately the instruction, is
to practice loving kindness, and take care of your health. This will
lead to good life. If we recognize this teaching in Torah, it is easy
to see the value in the vegetarian diet, as an act of kindness and good
health. The rewards are of a spiritual, as well as physical nature.

note: I hear the "Gospel of the Holy 12" is a hoax, so the point I made in the last post using that gospel may be useless.

everything&nothing wrote:Here are some sites concerning Vegetarianism and the Bible:

http://www.soystache.com/jesus.htm

note: I hear the "Gospel of the Holy 12" is a hoax, so the point I made in the last post using that gospel may be useless.

Again, the above mentioned site quotes from another fraudulent book ("The Essene Gospel of Peace," a.k.a. "The Gospel of Peace of Jesus the Christ") by Edmond Bordeaux Szekely - which the 'author' falsely claims to have discovered in the Vatican's Secret Archives.

I truly appreciate the sentiment of non-violence and non-bloodshed which these books promote, but when lies are told about their sources then they become worthless documents.

PLU ~ Bob