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When perfectly sane humans with functioning taste buds swear off meat, they’re labeled vegetarians. The remainder of their sad, miserable lives is filled with the memories of how wonderful a medium-well ribeye tasted. Fortunately, a few vegetarians have discovered a way of coping with temptation.
They just eat meat.
Christy Pugh is one of the so-called “flexitarians,” a well-intentioned vegetarian who sometimes has to scratch an itch for a pulled pork sandwich. “Sometimes I feel like I’m a bad vegetarian, that I’m not strict enough or good enough. I really like vegetarian food but I’m just not 100% committed. I really like sausage,” Pugh said.
Pugh isn’t alone in her convictions…as half-hearted as they may be. It’s estimated that approximately 3% of America’s population (6 million people) are vegetarian. And according to data conducted by leaders in the vegetarian lifestyle, many of the self-inflicted herbivores are just as dissatisfied with cabbage and spinach leaves as Pugh.
Years ago, Natural Health, a dietary periodical, promoted a vegan lifestyle, encouraging its 300,000 subscribers to avoid meat, as well as dairy and honey. Nowadays, the recipes found on the glossy pages regularly include meat (aka, dead animal) as ingredients.
The same thing happened with Vegetarian Times, the circulation many call the standard bearer of vegetarianism. When asked to explain why so many of the recipes in the “veggie” magazine called for meat, Carla Davis, the managing editor, pointed to a survey that found 70% of their half-million readers weren’t exactly living up to their vegetarian labels.
When vegetarians fail to live up to the standard they’ve chosen for their lives, it’s not a really big deal. However, when Christians fail to be 100% committed to their Lord, any number of consequences may ensue: someone might not hear the Gospel, needed help might not be given, or a sin such as greed or lust might set up residency in a heart.
It’s one thing when vegetarians cheat. But there should never be a cheating Christian.
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Topics Illustrated Include:
Cheating
Choices
Commitment
Complacency
Dedication
Food
Health
Lifestyle
Temptation
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