Re: The crescent and the star

Kendall K. Down wrote:
> In message <1123442499.080525.263670@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> "davidjones" <davidjones@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Was Jesus a veggie? So why be a veggie? Meat and fish were ok for Jesus.
>
> Of course, Jesus lived in an era before mad cows, polluted seas and so on.
> He also lived before globalisation made it possible to eat a healthy
> vegetarian diet with produce from every part of the world. Whatever the
> situation in His day, these days vegetarianism is both possible and more
> healthy than the carnivorous alternative.
>
> However if your attitude is, "Jesus ate meat, so I'm going to eat meat even
> if it kills me", then I hope you will start wearing beard, a one-piece robe,
> sandals, and go to church on Saturday.
>
> God bless,
> Kendall K. Down

Robin Cook was a vegetarian. Yikes.

Meat suits me. I don't eat meat because Jesus did. "Wearing beard, a
one-piece robe,
sandals, and go[ing] to church on Saturday" doesn't suit me.
.

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