Christian Vegetarians, Vegans and Raw Foodists

"One person believes it’s all right to eat anything. But another believer with a sensitive conscience will eat only vegetables. Those who feel free to eat anything must not look down on those who don’t. And those who don’t eat certain foods must not condemn those who do, for God has accepted them. Who are you to condemn someone else’s servants? They are responsible to the Lord, so let him judge whether they are right or wrong." - Romans 14:2-4 (NLT)

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Dr. Ben Carson is the American director of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as well as a world famous neurosurgeon. He is a 7th Day Adventist Christian and follows the vegetarian recommendations of the diet.

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"Fred Rogers of the public-television program Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, an ordained Presbyterian minister, was a vegetarian and avoided any products derived from animals" (LINK).

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Carthusian Monks
"Into Great Silence" is an award winning documentary about the everyday lives of Carthusian Monks, who live in the remote French Alps. "Dinner will be potato soup, a hunk of dry bread, raw fruit and water. Carthusians are vegetarians. A brother delivers the food through a little hatch." (Link)

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Methuselah

According to the Bible, God initially commanded humans to be vegans (Genesis 1:29). In fact, meat wasn't regarded as food until after the Great Flood, which took place thousands of years after the first sin (Genesis 9:1-5). But why would God suddenly change His mind? One obvious answer is that all of the vegetation on the earth was destroyed by the flood. Therefore, for humans to survive, they had no choice but to eat meat, at least until their plant foods grew back.

Before the flood, when humans were still following the Genesis 1:29 diet, the Bible says that humans often lived to be hundreds of years old. As one author puts it, "In the time of Methuselah and his long-lived ancestors, eating flesh was still understood to be a perversion of God's plan, and men obeyed the command given them by their Creator to eat only the produce of the earth." (Link)

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"Happy birthday to Loreen Dinwiddie, who has an awesome name and just turned 108 years young! She credits her vegan diet, which she started in 1922 with her husband, for her longevity. Loreen, a Seventh-Day Adventist, says she draws her diet from biblical teachings” (Link). The Seventh Day Adventist Church promotes a lacto-ovo vegetarian diet. Most Seventh Day Adventists are vegetarians (Link).

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Dr. Fred Bisci is a 91 year old Christian vegan Medical Dr. who promotes a plant based lifestyle for health and longevity:

 

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Paul Nison is a famous raw vegan who cured ulcerative colitis on a raw vegan diet. Nison is very passionate about his Messianic Jewish (Christian) faith. Here's a video of Paul Nison interviewing another raw food Christian advocate named "Don the Baptist":

Nison wrote the book, "Health According to the Scriptures".

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- Reverend George Malkus coined the term "Hallelujah Diet" after curing his colon cancer on a raw vegan diet.

Malkmus wrote a book called "God's Way to Ultimate Health".

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Dr. Rita M. Hancock is a Christian Medical Doctor who has been featured on K-Love radio. Her book, "The Eden Diet", promotes reasonable sized food portions as a way towards health. She can attest to the results, after losing 75 pounds on this diet! Rita doesn't exclusively promote vegetarianism, though she includes it as a very healthy option.

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"Mango Moses" is a Christian raw-foodist vegetarian. His music video will most likely make you smile: