{"id":54714,"date":"2018-11-28T20:39:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T02:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=54714"},"modified":"2022-10-01T20:41:52","modified_gmt":"2022-10-02T01:41:52","slug":"i-stopped-eating-meat-after-watching-a-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/i-stopped-eating-meat-after-watching-a-documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"I stopped eating meat after watching a documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>Hello,<\/p>\n<p>I am a vegetarian and I have been one for over a year now. The reason I decided to not eat meat anymore is that I watched a documentary that showed me how meat was processed and injected with steroids and different chemicals. Ever since then, I haven&#8217;t eaten any meat, but my conscious for some reason keeps telling me to eat meat because we all are going to die one day anyway. Am I wrong for not eating meat anymore just because of a documentary I saw? Should I just eat meat and have faith?<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;<em>The first to plead his case seems right, until another comes and examines him<\/em>&#8221; (Proverbs 18:17).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The problem is that you got information from only one source and that source was designed to create an emotional response in the viewers. You don&#8217;t have balancing information in regard to the accuracy of the information. For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Are all animals given steroids?<\/li>\n<li>What are the purposes of the injections?<\/li>\n<li>Are any of these carried over into the meat?<\/li>\n<li>Do organic sources also have the same problems?<\/li>\n<li>What would the food supply be like if diseases were not treated in animals?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There is nothing wrong with a vegetarian diet, so long as you make sure you get balanced proteins. However, there is no evidence that a vegetarian diet is superior to a meat-eating diet.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Hello, I am a vegetarian and I have been one for over a year now. The reason I decided to not eat meat anymore is that I watched a documentary that showed me how meat was processed and injected with steroids and different chemicals. Ever since then, I haven&#8217;t eaten any meat, but my&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[239],"class_list":["post-54714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-vegetarianism"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26921,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/your-article-on-jesus-eating-meat-helped-me\/","url_meta":{"origin":54714,"position":0},"title":"Your article on Jesus eating meat helped me","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 26, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Hey, just wanted to say how helpful your site's\u00a0article about Jesus eating meat\u00a0was. I had some vegetarians telling me that their choice to not eat meat was rooted in their deep Christian beliefs. Your site helped me show them the truth. Answer: I'm glad you found the material useful.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1718,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/did-paul-sometimes-drink-wine\/","url_meta":{"origin":54714,"position":1},"title":"Did Paul sometimes drink wine?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 17, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Paul said in Romans that he would eat no meat if it causes his brother to stumble or be offended. In the same context, he mentions wine a few verses later. 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So\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2549,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/im-offended-that-you-defend-eating-meat\/","url_meta":{"origin":54714,"position":4},"title":"I&#8217;m offended that you defend eating meat","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 13, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I would just like to say that I am a Christian and a vegetarian.\u00a0 I was kind of offended by your defending of eating meat.\u00a0 You made it sound like\u00a0anyone\u00a0who doesn\u2019t eat meat is ridiculous.\u00a0 And your implication that vegetarianism is a departure from Christianity is very wrong and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":29508,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/does-god-prefer-men-to-be-vegetarians\/","url_meta":{"origin":54714,"position":5},"title":"Does God prefer men to be vegetarians?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 13, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Whether it's right or not, Jesus was a vegan. 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