With the exception of milk and honey can you cite any 5 examples from
the old  testament and 5 examples in the new testament of people
eating meat or any animal product back then. This could be eggs,
cheese, fish etc.?

I was a one day guest at a church where everyone was a vegetarian and
heard an impassioned stem winding sermon that the Bible teaches
vegetarian diets.  Somehow I think they are wrong. Thanks

Dear Mcisencraft, 

Let's start with: 

Genesis 9:3 - Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you;
even as the green herb have I given you all things.

Genesis 27 is full of descriptions of meat-eating: 
Genesis 27:7 - Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may
eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death.
Genesis 27:9 - Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good
kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father,
such as he loveth:
 Numbers 11:5 - We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt
freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions,
and the garlick:

Deuteronomy 2:6 - Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may
eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.

1 Samuel 20:24 - So David hid himself in the field: and when the new
moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.

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Matthew 15:37 - And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took
up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.

Matthew 25:35 - For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was
thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

Luke 24:42 - And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.   

Luke 9:13 - But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said,
We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go
and buy meat for all this people.

1 Corinthians 15:39 - All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is
one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes,
and another of birds.

I hope that helps. Please contact me if you need any clarification on
this answer before you rate it.

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WOW! A super fast answer, great price,  real Bible examples and no
preaching. I am going to include a $1.00 tip to this great researcher
so he can order fries with his "hamburger" Good Job, McIsencraft

Thank you for the rating and the tip. 

I didn't want to say anything, but I should stop answer questions that
make me hungry.

The Apostle Peter was a fisherman by trade, and at one point, Jesus
helped the disciples to catch lots of fish in their nets. (Luke
5:1-11)

http://www.christnotes.org/bible.asp?ViewBible=Luke+5%3A1-11&Version=KJV

The Old Testament even has instructions on the proper butchering and
cooking of meat.  (I don't know chapter and verse though.)

'But would this great researcher ... order fries with his hamburger?' I ask myself.

Somehow, I rather think that this Young Lady would would prefer
Kartoffelchips met sie Berliner.

But, agreed, she did a really GREAT JOB.

RE: "I didn't want to say anything, but I should stop answer questions that
make me hungry."

You know, I am just about to get up and get some food. And until I
read that I didn't realize why at all :)

Very interesting - a church full of vegetarians that got there from
scripture?  Other points ensued that caught my attn:
1) The "original" plan, pre-sin in the garden, WAS of necessity
totally vegetarian, since there was no death.  Sadly, that _seemed_ to
be rather short-lived (it reads pretty quickly, anyway)
2) The next phase of man's food choices expanded from tree-grown fruit
(some of which - from the tree of life - had some elixir-of-life
quality) to foodstuffs grown from the ground by the sweat of man's
hard labor investment - including vegetables and tubers and such
3) I'm afraid many of the references to "meat" would be more accuately
be translated to the english word "food" than the implied animal flesh
4) When God, through Moses, spelled out the allowable flesh items and
proper preparation thereof, now known to most of us as "kosher" meats,
you will notice the very specific avoidance of BLOOD and scavenger
species
5) Probably the most compelling OT story re: diet would be that of
Daniel and his young companions when they were first taken captive. 
They stood firm to their principles of clean living and were
MEASUREABLY the better for it!
6) Jesus did more than fill fishing nets: on at least three occasions
that I can think of He fed people (His disciples, the crowds or both)
fish by His own hands.  I cannot imagine how _those_ fish would have
been any of the "unclean" varieties of Mosaic specifications, but fish
they were!
7) No matter what guidelines were given to the chosen people of
Israel, the intention being for their well-being, they always seemed
to behave as if the grass was greener on the other side of the fence.
Likewise now - human nature being what it is - how many are so
enslaved by habits detrimental to their health that they would rather
have their moment of pleasure regardless the cost in later misery?
I cannot speak for the church folk whom you mentioned, but if you seek
Bible answers for a spiritual reason, like you see the Bible as
instruction from God about what He suggests and/or expects of you,
personally, the principle of watching your diet would come from your
desire to treat your body as the temple of God - something He would
rather you not knowingly defile. Whatsoever you do, do to the glory of
God.
Most folk would rather change their theology to fit their lifestyle
than the other way around.
'Nuf preachin, already!

In Romans chapter 14, the apostle Paul deals with this exact question!
Here's a link: http://bible.gospelcom.net/cgi-bin/bible?passage=ROM+14&language=english&version=NIV&showfn=on&showxref=on

Important points: "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." And later in the same
chapter: "Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another.
Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle
in your brother's way. As one who is in the Lord Jesus, I am fully
convinced that no food is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards
something as unclean, then for him it is unclean. If your brother is
distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love.
Do not by your eating destroy your brother for whom Christ died. Do
not allow what you consider good to be spoken of as evil. For the
kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of
righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, because anyone who
serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men. Let
us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual
edification. Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All
food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to eat anything that causes
someone else to stumble. It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or
to do anything else that will cause your brother to fall. So whatever
you believe about these things keep between yourself and God. Blessed
is the man who does not condemn himself by what he approves."

The message here, as I see it, is to stop arguing. If someone wants to
be a vegetarian, well, good for them. If they find that it helps their
walk, don't pass judgment on them. But also don't let them pass
judgment on you, because eating meat is not inherently wrong.

I think Probonopublico refered to Currywurst and Pommes. I also think
God invented Currywurst and Pommes, since it tastes so heavenly.

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