"God's Word" is not written in any books. If you want to read God's word, go outside and smell the fresh air or stroke a baby's cheek. God's word is in life, not dead pages.

Jennifer - thank you so much for a well written and probably "the best" explanation I've read. We've been mostly vegan for almost 20 years and your article brought me to tears it's so well written.

Actually Jesus was a vegetarian. He was a man of peace and taught only peaceful and compassionate ways towards man and those who shared the earth with us. Don't forget that the bible was compiled in the fourth century -(long time after Jesus was here and was controlled ultimately by fallible man)
The bible states no shellfish and only scaled fish can be eaten....but the bible also states to not eat 2-hoofed animals, such as pig or deer......but Christians do.....

I agree with Jennifer, nothing with a face gets eaten in our home...we can heal our world with compassionate living and eating :)

Thanks for a great article.

I will use My OWN Religion to validate a Vegan Lifestyle.The first Dynamic of Scientology is SURVIVAL.So therefore,Life is a Sacred Gift not to be taken away.And that goese for all the Creatures that We share the Earth with as well as Ourselves.