Ye Of Weak Faith

Romans 14:1-3

Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on disputable matters. One man's faith allows him to eat everything, but another man, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables.The man who eats everything must not look down on him who does not, and the man who does not eat everything must not condemn the man who does, for God has accepted him.

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This is a passage that seemingly claims that vegetarians or vegans are of lesser faith than people who eat meat, and I've met many a Christian who have tried to tell me so.

However, anyone who actually knows anything about this particular passage knows that to claim it has anything to do with the morality of eating meat is to take it completely out of context.

In this passage Paul is speaking to people who were refusing to eat meat that had been sacrificed at alters to other gods, some Christians were able to eat this meat without any fear, while others felt it would be spiritually bad for them and Paul tells both of these types of people not to look down on each other for the choice they have made.

But the idea of whether or not someone should be spiritually allowed to abstain or not from eating meat is not even addressed, suggesting that it was not even an issue for the early church, and thus should not be for the modern church.

Glory to God,

Asher