can a pagan eat meat?
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Few of the neo-Pagan religions require people to be vegetarians or vegans; certain traditions or sects might, but they tend to be fairly small.  Some religions may have prohibitions against specific *types* of food, especially in certain circumstances, but again, you're more apt to see this on the tradition level.\n\nThat said, there's a number of Pagans who are vegetarian or vegan, as a personal choice, often due to their religious beliefs.  At the same time, there's a number of Pagans who are decidedly omnivores, as a personal choice, due to their religous beliefs.  There's enough different interpretations that both are possible.
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I am a Mormon, and I am not a vegetarian.\n\nAs far as if it is ALLOWED... I think that some Mormons DO choose to be vegetarians.  There really isn't anything in Mormon doctrine that says anything AGAINST being a vegetarian.  \n\nHowever, I believe that part of the reason animals were put here on this Earth, is to be food for us.  If they die, and they weren't sick, then I think it's a good thing to eat the animals, so the meat isn't needlessly wasted.
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Actually,God never gave us permission to eat meat. And we do not have control over animals , we force control over them. If we had not killed so many predator animals and they still lived everywhere around us and we were all stripped naked and dropped off without modern luxuries the Grizzly, Gator, snakes and more would control us !!
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First, Catholics are not allowed to eat meat products as a discipline but if you eat meat nothing bad will happen to you.  It is to prepare one for spiritual battle.  It is a stripping down as a wrestler would do.  We also give alms to further help us to do battle and pray constantly to prepare as a warrior would for battle.  If you do it, you are better off, if you don't do it you just give up the benefits. Consider it a normative suggestion, but not a rule (just to clarify). The practice arose because people were fasting anyway and it is destructive for some. Therefore the bishops chose to regulate it, there are people who are not to fast. When God entered into the covenant with Noah, he gave mankind permission to eat animal products. Since that means in Paradise we were vegetarians, ancient Christians saw this as a preparation for the Resurrection and the restoration of Paradise. Because of poor nutrition in the West, the western bishops reduced the fast requirements and permitted fish on Friday in the western countries.  Eastern Christians still maintain the stricter fast.\n\nCatholics do not fast on celebratory days, such as the day Patrick returned home to the Father, or on the celebration of the Annunciation.\n\nThere are extensive passages on fasting and almsgiving in the old and new testament.  Jesus certainly fasted and Catholics are called to imitate Jesus to prepare ourselves for the evil which is still loose in the world.\n\nIt is a threefold responsibility fast, give alms and pray.  It is dangerous not to do all three.  And, since you are saving money on food, you have extra to give.
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both muslims and jews would, if they knew it came from hogs, probably not accept it as a medicinal product, not because it wouldn't help, but because , to them, pork, and anything derived from it, is unclean to them. however, some jews, and possibly muslims, who do not fully follow the dietary laws, would probably allow the medicine to be used.\ni know that some of the reformed jews even eat bacon and ham because they are aware of the original purpose of the ditery laws as being used to prevent the ingestion of certain organisms which can cause extreme illness, and even death, when the meat is not fully cooked. pork is a transmitter of the smal cysytic parasite which causes elephantiasis, an illness which causes the leg to become huge, and useless as a limb used to walk on.
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I know plenty of vegetarians that are in perfect health. So, no it is not necessary to eat meat or fish.
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Islam....\n\nMuslims are not allowed to eat pork, or any other animal that eat meat like dogs, snakes, lion.\n\nElephants are not allowed.\n\nAllowed animals are like cow, goat, sheep, chicken, deers, turkey (rabbits are controversial)\n\nAs for marine animals, all fishes with scales are allowed.\nSome sects of Islam consider all fishes allowed.\n\nLobsters and crabs are controversial.\n\nAlcohol and other inoxicated drinks are forbidden.\n\nOne thing should be noted that the allowed animals have to be slaughtered in an islamic way and fulfill the conditions (halaal) like slaughtering with least pain, facing Mecca, mentioning the name of God.....\n\nHope this helps.
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A vegetarian, not likely. Through the design of creation of happenstance or evolution (which is a different argument, for another time) I am at a certain place in the food chain, as is the rabbit. So as a result I will allow the rabbit to eat his food, and I will in-turn eat the rabbit.
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To say that God didnt allow people to eat these things anciently because of no refridgeration or anything like that is absurd.  If you believe that then you would have to agree that God is not all knowing.  He must not have realized that one day in the future someone would invent a box to keep ice and meat in because if He did realize it then He surely He would have said "when the ice box in developed you may eat of these unclean animals".  \n\nThe problem here is translation the words "tahor" and "tamei" in hebrew do not translate well in to english so they chose the words "clean" and "unclean".  It is a spiritual teaching using physical things like a pig for instance.  But like any other commandment, if you strip the physical part of actually doing the commandment away, and only focus on the spiritual it will eventually loose its meaning thats why the physical is so important.  This would take me a while to explain but essentially the animals we are not to eat are scavengers, they devour other animals.  The animals that are edible chew cud.  Man was originally made to be vegetarian but when God allowed meat during the time of Noah, He chose animals that chewed cud.  If we were not going to be vegetarians then at least we would only eat animals that chewed cud so we were only one step away in the chain so to speak.  \n\nI dont want to ramble but this is a huge subject that needs to be taught.  There are so many other areas to cover like divided hooves and chewing cud being linked with rightly dividing the word and chewing on it until it becomes milk to feed "baby" believers in Yhwh.  There is really a lot there if you study it out.
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It's called Hinduism. I'm a hindu and many many many many ...... hidus like me are not vegetarian. I eat fish but vegetarian hindus don't. As for reincarnation/rebirth many Hindus don't believe in that either. There is nothing compulsory in Hinduism.
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What kind of blood? Animal? It is unhealthy to eat animal blood. Human? I would imagine it is a sin done in the way that it is done.
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It's funny you asked that.  My girlfriend and I were discussing last night what we and our friends will be doing for Yule this year.\nWe always get together at one or the other's house and do a ritual that is kid as well as non pagan friendly because we usually have family and/or friends in attendance who are not pagans.  And of course we eat... a lot.\nI was just about to do a little research and start working on our ritual.  Thanks for reminding me...
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no there not considered as meat,i come from an irish family,and we always gave up meat for lent but always eat eggs!
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Hello, little daughter! I'm a Non-Denominational Happy Pagan Person. Be happy to answer if I can.
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Since the earliest days of the Catholic Church, on every Friday throughout the year, Catholics are required to do some kind of penance. Most Catholics do not eat meat on Friday as a penance. As far as research says, no Pope introduced it, but it gradually became a practice. \nAbstaining helps us refocus on what is important and it cuts out the things that might have seemed important. By abstaining, we have better ability to concentrate on God. \n\nDuring the Season of Lent, however, the Catholic Church asks Catholics to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Catholics also should carry on the tradition of not eating meat on Fridays through Lent. \n\nOne belief of why meat was chosen is because most people feel that giving up meat (beef and chicken) is an inconvenience. \n\nThe Church asks us to inconvenience ourselves sometimes to serve as a reminder that they should always have God as a top priorty and pleasures as a lesser priorty. \n\nAnother belief is that in many poorer countries, beef is a specialty. For us to give it up, helps us to remember about people who are less fortunate than we are.
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I taught my tobacco plants how to use a gun, to protect themselves from the Animal Rights People.\nAnimal Rights People won't eat meat, but they love to torture, and make fruits, vegetables, and tobacco plants scream as they rip them from limbs and the ground.
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God did make animals for us, but we will have to answer for the cruelty of modern day farming techniques! Loving God, and knowing how His creatures are tortured should lead one to not participate either by choosing a vegan diet, or by only consuming natural, free range and (and I know you'll have a problem with this) humanely slaughtered.