Are Seventh-day Adventists vegetarians

Answer 1

I was raised in the Seventh-day Adventist church. My father was a minister. To answer your question, typically no. Adventists believe that to have a clear mind you must to as healthy as possible and that the body is the temple of God and since meat tends to degrade the health, most Adventists do not eat meat. However, if you are going to eat meat, Adventist believe that the health laws of Leviticus are still binding so that the only meats that a Bible believer can eat are the ones that The Bible defines as being clean.

Clean animals are as follows:

Mammals: Must have a cloven hoof and chew the cud (Leviticus 11:3) Examples of Clean Mammals: Cows and Chickens

Fish: Must have scales and fins (Leviticus 11:9)

Birds: Clean except for listed unclean birds (Leviticus 11:13) (unclean being scavengers like vultures, hawks, eagles, etc.)

Other answers/comments:

Outside of the United States, the number of Adventists that eat meat varies, but is often higher than in the US.

Answer 2

The official Seventh-day Adventist Church stance is that vegetarianism is the ideal diet, and that people should be vegetarians, which goes along with the healthy lifestyle that the church recommends (which also includes things like not drinking, not smoking, and avoiding caffeine). Many Adventists in the United States are vegetarians. However, in other parts of the world, while vegetarianism is recognized as the official stance, a large number of members are meat eaters.

Other answers:

SDA believers are mostly vegetarians. However, some of them do eat meat. It is broken down into two categories. Clean and Unclean. Clean animals include beef (cloven hoof and chews the cud), fish (scales and fins), poultry (chicken and turkey), etc. You can check it out in Leviticus and Deuteronomy and Exodus. One main guideline can be found in Leviticus 11. I would also advise anyone interested in gaining further understanding on this topic to take a look at http://www.amazingfacts.org/FreeStuff/OnlineLibrary/tabid/106/ctl/ViewMedia/mid/447/IID/19/LNG/en/7/Hogs-and-Other-Hazards/SC/R/Default.aspx God bless! I hope this helps answer your questions :)

Answer 3

No. Seventh-day Adventists do not eat pork, as pork is unclean according the dietary laws in the Torah in Leviticus 11. Though some Seventh-day Adventists eat some kinds of meat ("clean" meats like chicken, beef, and fish), a majority of Seventh-day Adventists are vegetarians or vegans and do not eat any meat (that includes fish which is meat).

Answer 4

The Seventh-day Adventist Church recommends a healthy lifestyle that includes a vegetarian diet. However, vegetarianism is not a church requirement, and there are many Adventists who eat meat. However, the Church does hold to the levitical laws regarding clean and unclean foods, so Adventists generally consider it wrong to eat seafood (unless it has fins and scales), pork, meat from camels, horses, etc.

Answer 5

The Seventh-day Adventist Church officially advocates a healthy lifestyle, which includes vegetarianism, among other principles. Schools in the Adventist educational system also only serve vegetarian food in their cafeterias. However, vegetarianism, while encouraged, is not a requirement for membership, and there are many Adventists, particularly outside the United States, who are not vegetarians.

Answer 6

Some Seventh-day Adventists eat meat but vegetarianism is highly recommended. Adventists can eat many kinds of meat. In water animals, they can eat anything that has both fins and scales. They can eat quite a lot out of the bird family. Among land animals, you are allowed to eat anything that has cloven hoofs AND chews its cud. (Leviticus 11)

Answer 7

you can eat meat :) some seventh day adventists chose to go easy on themselves some like to be much more strict on themselves for the sake of them living longer and serving God

Answer 8

No, they just believe that eating unclean meats such as pig or shrimp is determental to there health.

Answer 9

Food.