• What is Veganism? Simply stated, veganism is the conviction and practice of compassionate living. Veganism is a way of living which excludes all forms of exploitation and cruelty to the animal kingdom and includes a reverence for life.
• Body of Evidence Cardiologist Dr. William C. Roberts says without hesitation: "Humans aren’t physiologically designed to eat meat."
• The Protein Myth High protein animal flesh diets are unhealthy. Adequate amounts of protein to maintain body tissues, including muscle, are important and can be easily achieved on a vegetarian diet.
• Calcium in Plant-Based Diets From the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine; "There are plenty of plant based sources of calcium." Protein from animal products is much more likely to cause calcium loss than protein from plant foods.
• Vitamin B12 in the Vegan Diet The bodies requirement for vitamin B12 is actually very low. There are a number of reliable vegan food sources for vitamin B12.
• Vitamin D Exposure to sunlight is an important source of vitamin D. Ultraviolet (UV) rays from sunlight trigger vitamin D synthesis in the skin.
• Milk: No Longer Recommended or Required A substantial body of scientific evidence raises concerns about health risks from cow’s milk products. These problems relate to the proteins, sugar, fat, and contaminants in dairy products, and the inadequacy of whole cow’s milk for infant nutrition.
• What's Wrong with Dairy Products? Many Americans, including some vegetarians, still consume large amounts of dairy products. Here are eight important reasons to eliminate dairy products from your diet.

"The leading causes of death in the Western world—heart disease, cancer, and stroke—can often be prevented and even treated—with proper dietary and lifestyle changes. Explore nutrition’s role in combating specific illnesses, including Alzheimer's disease, arthritis, cancer, high cholesterol levels, diabetes, endometriosis, foodborne illness, heart disease, high blood pressure, mad cow disease, migraines, Parkinson's disease, prostate problems, premenstrual pain and PMS, and stroke by following a vegan diet." ~ Physicians Committee for Responsible

 

 Man's fate is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath; man has no advantage over the animal. Everything is meaningless. All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all shall return. Ecclesiastes 3 18-20

• Thou Shalt Not Kill The exact Hebrew of this biblical phrase is "lo tirtzack" which accurately translates as "any kind of killing whatsoever." 
• Abstinence From Flesh Diet Testimony of the early Christian Church to the universal abstinence from flesh diet.
• Jesus Condemneth the Ill Treatment of Animals They who partake of benefits which are gotten by wronging one of God's creatures cannot be righteous: nor can they touch holy things, whose hands are stained with blood, or whose mouths are defiled with flesh.
• Christ's Assault on Blood Sacrifice Undergirding the theory that it was the cheating moneychangers whom Jesus targeted as the culprits in the system of animal sacrifice, is the claim that the whole process had become "too commercial." This is akin to claiming that the institution of slavery had to be dismantled because it had became too commercial. It was the inherent immorality of those systems that brought together the historical forces which finally led to their collapse.
•  The Cleansing Of The Temple And the Jews' Passover was at hand, and Jesus went up again from Bethany into Jerusalem. And he found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting. And when he had made a scourge of seven cords, he drove them all out of the temple and loosed the sheep and the oxen, and the doves, and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables.
• The Money Changers and the Sellers of Animals The prominent feature of all four Gospel readings is that Jesus becomes enraged and throws out of the temple those who were buying and selling animals and those who were exchanging currency. But who were these people and what were they doing in the Temple?
• Vegetarian Essenes? Archaeological evidence which suggests that the Essene community of Qumran was indeed vegetarian.
• God, The Food And Drink Of All For of the fruits of the trees and the seeds of the herbs alone do I partake, and these are changed by the Spirit into my flesh and my blood. 
• The Last Supper Verily I say unto you, for this end have I come into the world, that I may put away all blood offerings and the eating of the flesh of the beasts and the birds that are slain by men.
• The Sanctity of Nature The first principle of ahimsa is the doctrine of refraining from harming any living thing. It is the understanding that the natural world has been created for all life as a means for the spirit to experience in the physical.
• Biblical Opposition to Flesh Eating Biblical condemnations of the killing or eating of animal flesh.
• On Vegetarianism Thesis by Elisee Reclus
• Biblical Vegetarianism  How vegetarianism relates to the bible, to animals, and to God.
• Vatican: Antichrist is a Vegetarian A leading candidate to succeed Pope John Paul II has warned that the Antichrist is already among us and was most likely now disguised as a philanthropist supporting creeds like vegetarianism, animal rights and pacifism.

Jesus did not say to preach to every nation, Jesus said to preach to all creation. ~Mark 16:15

 "Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox with hatred within." ~ Proverbs 15:17

• Eggs and Laying Hens "After laying 250 eggs a year, the 'spent hens' are sent off to slaughter. They usually end up in soups, pot pies, or similar chicken meat products in which their bodies can be shredded in order to hide injuries and deformities from consumers."

• Milk and Dairy Cows "Like humans, all dairy cows must give birth in order to begin producing milk. Dairy cows are artificially impregnated while they are still lactating from previous birthings, so their bodies are always producing milk." (See Veal)

• Veal, The By-Product of the Dairy Industry "The calves that are born female are raised to replace exhausted dairy cows. The calves that are male are slaughtered and used for veal."

• Inside the Pork Industry With corporate hog factories replacing traditional hog farms, pigs raised for food are being treated more as inanimate tools of production than as living, feeling animals.

• The Cruelty of KFC The worst scenes of animal cruelty ever witnessed.

• Meat and the Environment Many environmental groups, including the National Audubon Society and the Union of Concerned Scientists, have recognized that raising animals for food has a worse effect on the planet than anything else we do.

"Animals in the United States are subjected to intensive confinement and crowded so tightly that they cannot even turn around or stretch their limbs. Chickens, pigs, and cattle are packed into cages or crates which are lined up in rows in huge factory warehouses, and in many instances, the animals are kept there for years and never see the light of day."

"Whatsoever Ye do unto the least of these creatures, Ye also do unto me" 
"Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings? and not one of them is forgotten before God" 
~ Jesus, Gospel of the Holy Twelve

"They [the Essenes] lived on vegetables that grew on their own accord, and wore only such clothing as could be procured from plants or trees." ~ Josephus, 1st century Jewish historian.

• Inside the Fur Industry Consumers need to know that every fur coat, lining, or item of trim represents the intense suffering of several dozen animals, whether they were trapped, ranched, or even unborn.

• Leather: The Wearing of Animal Skin Every year, the global leather industry slaughters more than a billion animals for their skins and hides.

• Down, Silk, and Honey Each year, the down, silk, and honey industries kill thousands of geese, silkworms, and bees. Silk and honey producers excuse their actions with claims that worms and bees are just "simple" forms of life.

• The Wool Industry It may be called wool, mohair, pashmina, shahtoosh, or cashmere. But no matter what it’s called, any kind of wool causes harm to the animals from whom it is taken.

• Animal Testing: Toxic & Tragic Every year, millions of animals suffer and die in painful tests to determine the "safety" of cosmetics and household products despite the fact that test results do not help prevent or treat human illness or injury.

• Think You're Cruelty Free? From anti-aging creams to surgical sutures to chocolate milkshakes and marshmallows...we have injected animal products from cattle, sheep, and hogs into nearly every corner of our lives.

• Animal Ingredients and Their Alternatives A list of animal ingredients and their alternatives helps consumers avoid animal ingredients in food, cosmetics, and other products.

And Jesus said, "Verily I say unto you, they who partake of benefits which are gotten by wronging one of God's creatures, cannot be righteous: nor can they touch holy things, or teach the mysteries of the kingdom, whose hands are stained With blood, or whose mouths are defiled with flesh. ~ Jesus, The Gospel of the Holy Twelve

"And the flesh of slain beasts in his body will become his tomb. For I tell you truly, he who kills, kills himself, and whoso eats the flesh of slain beasts, eats the body of death."
~ Jesus, The Gospel of Peace

• Asian Bird Flu The Asian Bird Flu, also known as avian influenza could pose a bigger problem than SARS, the World Health Organization has warned.

• Bird Flu Pandemic Is Imminent World Health Organization officials have urged governments to act swiftly to control the spread of the bird flu, warning that "the world is in grave danger of a deadly pandemic that could kill millions."

• Bird Flu Being Sparked by Factory Farms There is strong circumstantial evidence that it is the movements of poultry and poultry products that are responsible for bird flu outbreaks and not by migratory birds as generally thought.

• Bird Flu Strikes United States A flock of 12,000 chickens in the US state of Delaware has been destroyed in an attempt to prevent the spread of avian flu.

• Mad Cow Disease "The very animals whose flesh you eat, are frequently so diseased that, if left alone, they would die of themselves; but while the breath of life is in them, they are killed and brought to market. As we lust for flesh, we take directly into our bodies poisons of the worst kind."

• Mad Cow Disease in the United States On December 23, 2003 the U.S. government announced that a dairy cow in Washington state was infected with mad cow disease, also called bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)

• What the Meat Industries Don't Want You to Know Dr. C.J. Gibbs, former chair of the World Health Organization's BSE investigation said, "Do I believe BSE is in the U.S.? Of course I do!”

• SARS Virus Came From Animals A new genetic sequencing has proved conclusively that the SARS virus came from animals.

• SARS, The Epidemic Caused by Eating Flesh The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) now spreading across the globe is just one more example of a situation in which a virus has leaped from animals raised for food to people.

• Sin and Dis-ease "Whoso eats the flesh of slain beasts, eats of the body of death. For in his blood every drop of their blood turns to poison."

• The Origin of AIDS Scientists have discovered two strains of an HIV-like disease dormant in chimpanzees. Originating in Africa, humans contracted the disease after hunting and eating infected chimps. In humans the disease morphed into HIV-AIDS which has now killed over 20 million people world wide.

• Ronald McDonald Turns Vegetarian Former McDonalds spokesman says "Meat is Murder" and has pledged to rescue animals from slaughterhouses.

"Woe unto the crafty who hurt the creatures of God, Woe unto the hunters for they shall become the hunted." ~Jesus, Gospel of the Nazarenes

Hunting: A Lust for Killing "Woe unto the hunters for they shall be hunted. Lo, every creature which God hath made hath its end and purpose." Fishing: Agony of the Sea "Lay down your nets and follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men." At once they left their nets and followed him.  Scientists Announce "Fish Do Feel Pain" After years of debate there is now proof that fish have feelings.

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"And the flesh of slain beasts in his body will become his tomb. For I tell you truly, he who kills, kills himself, and whoso eats the flesh of slain beasts, eats the body of death." ~ Jesus, The Gospel of Peace

 "Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox with hatred within." ~ Proverbs 15:17

"Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of something to eat." ~ Romans 14:20

"He who killeth an ox is as if he slew a man. And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear, for your hands are stained with blood, and your mouths are defiled with flesh." ~ God, Isaiah 1:15,66:3

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