Bible Condemns Animal Killing

So the Bible contradicts itself? (only to those who choose to believe that way)

You are reading it and taking it litterly, just like the man that read the scripture that says:

“Beat your child with a rod, and he will not die”

He took this scripture literally, and the child did die.

The bible is a spiritual book, and has to be spiritually discerned. When a person who has received Christ reads that same verse, with the spirit of Christ living within him/her, he already has an understanding of who and what God is all about, and it is not to beat a child to death.

He/she, would know that the spirit of God, is a loving and kind and gentle spirit, and that when this statement was made, it was not meant as abuse, even though it may sound like it.

You could go back and study the original manuscripts, in Hebrew and Greek, and see what it meant before it was translated, and I guarantee you that it will not mean abuse. God is not like that. But, it takes the spirit of the Lord living in one, to help them to discern what they are reading.

The book is spirit inspired, and has to be understood thru the spirit.

Also, you are taking the blood thing in the same direction. If you want to take it literly and choose to make it say what you think it says, then, I probably can’t persuade you any different. But, I can tell you that generations of people did not take it that way. Some maybe, but, not most.

When I read that same verse, what I see, is that God is saying he does not want us to drink blood. Period.

The heathen did this in their rituals. Gods people are different, and are to act different.

We are commanded to not eat certain things in the old test, which does not apply to the new test. and if you research them, you will find that the things that we were commanded to not eat, were considered as unclean, and now, we know that those things are not nearly as healthy for us, as others. Such as fat… and pork… shellfish… etc. they have now been proven to be harmful to our health, if eaten in large quanitites.

So, God knew this beforehand… (before science found it out), and he gave the commandment. Again, not to deprive us of something that he wanted to withhold, but, to keep us from harming our bodies.

If you don’t want to eat meat, you are priviledged to not do so, however, if you want to eat meat, then by all means, eat meat.

Okay so God said stuff in the Old Testament but made a mistake so He had to make a New Testament? Okay that means God is falliable and not perfect or it means we should not listen to everything God says. As for the Bible verses.

‘But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it.’ Genesis 9:4-5 So this verse clearly says that You should not eat meat and if you do you will have to die for every animal you kill.

‘To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? Saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of goats. When ye make many prayers, I will not hear, for your hands are full of blood.’ Isaiah 1:11, 15 This verse clearly states that God does not listen to people who eat meat.

‘He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man.’ Isaiah 66:3 (Shows that cow killing is equated with murder.) This verse clearly says that killing an ox is as bad as killing a man.

“And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of strangers who sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set My face against that soul that eateth blood.” Leviticus 17:10 (Note the term “any matter of blood”. All flesh comes from blood. This verse clearly says that God will go against anyone who eats meat.

When the Bible so clearly states this, why do you make your own interpretations just to support sinful behavior condemmed by the Bible. God does not say anywhere in the Bible that you should not eat meat because it is bad for your body. He says killing an ox is as bad as killing a man and that God will turn His face from anyone who eats meat. This is clearly stated in the Bible, so why do you make your own interpretations.

no.meat eating is not wrong in the Bible.but I beleive it is wrong to kill an animals and do nothing like not eat it thats just cold hearted.

Animals were put here for the use of man. Yes it is wrong to kill anything just to be killing but we need the flesh of animals for for and God ordained it as such but not to be waisted.

rneal, *“Jesus ate the passover meal which included lamb. “

The Bible doesn’t say he ate the meal. It says he broke bread and gave it to his disciples. In fact, the Bible doesn’t ever record Jesus eating anything. Historically, this was a factor in the Arian controversy of the 4th century, and is evidence of Docetic influence in the Gospels.

A little while ago I came accross a site that said if you are a christian, then you really shouln’t eat meat. there were a lot of reasons ( that I forget ) but the gist of it was that god didn’t approve. And yes, to those people who asked before, the bible contradicts it’s self a lot, so much it’s quite ridiculous that so many people could place so much faith in something that makes that little sense.

You raise some interesting points but you must remember that Christians, like all other religious people, pick and choose what to believe. Most Christians would tell you that those OT verses don’t apply to them.

In genesis chapter 27 Isaac eats meat you can also see examples in Gen 43:16 Exo 12:3 Exo 12:4 Exo 12:9 Exo 12:44 Jesus ate the passover meal which included lamb. try this scripture on a vegetarian : Some think it is all right to eat anything, while those whose faith is weak will eat only vegetables. Rom 14:2
Rom 14:6 And finally 1Co 8:8 But food doesn’t bring us any closer to God. We are no worse off if we don’t eat, and we are no better off if we do. So no the Bible does not condem the eating of meat. . .

In the Bible God commands man to eat every seed bearing plant and fruit before the flood.

After the flood God tells Noah that every creature of the earth is his to eat.

This comes up quite a bit in vegetarian circles.

Some Christian vegetarians argue that man was allowed to eat meat because the flood destroyed most plants and that now that plants are pelntiful again Christians should return to vegetarianism. This is a fringe view however.

So the Bible contradicts itself?

Isaiah 66 if you read the whole chapter you will find it is condemning those that worship God and worship other gods. . . .