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Counsels for the Church
From the light God has given me, the prevalence of cancer and
tumors is largely due to gross living on dead flesh
In many places fish become so contaminated by the filth on which
they feed as to be a cause of disease. This is especially the case where
the fish come in contact with the sewage of large cities. The fish that
are fed on the contents of the drains may pass into distant waters and
may be caught where the water is pure and fresh. Thus when used
as food they bring disease and death on those who do not suspect the
danger.
The effects of a flesh diet may not be immediately realized; but this
is no evidence that it is not harmful. Few can be made to believe that it
is the meat they have eaten which has poisoned their blood and caused
their suffering. Many die of diseases wholly due to meat eating, while
the real cause is not suspected by themselves or by others
The Swine is Unclean Unto You
The tissues of the swine swarm with parasites. Of the swine God
said, “It is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch
their dead carcass.”
Deuteronomy 14:8
. This command was given
because swine’s flesh is unfit for food. Swine are scavengers, and
this is the only use they were intended to serve. Never, under any
circumstances, was their flesh to be eaten by human beings. It is
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impossible for the flesh of any living creature to be wholesome when
filth is its natural element and when it feeds upon every detestable
thing
Pork, although one of the most common articles of diet, is one
of the most injurious. God did not prohibit the Hebrews from eating
swine’s flesh merely to show His authority, but because it was not a
proper article of food for man. It would fill the system with scrofula,
and especially in that warm climate produced leprosy, and disease of
various kinds. Its influence upon the system in that climate was far
more injurious than in a colder climate.... Swine’s flesh would not
be palatable to the taste in its natural state. It is made agreeable to
the appetite by high seasoning, which makes a very bad thing worse.
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Counsels on Diet and Foods, 386-388
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The Ministry of Healing, 314, 315
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The Ministry of Healing, 313, 314