At our family table we find a vegetarian, a couple Weight Watchers point counters, organic gardeners, locivores, a meat-and-potatoes man or two, and one lactose intolerant diner. What’s a mother to do?
Creation began in a perfect garden. Weekend conversation about Genesis revealed that Adam and Eve began as frugivores. (Look it up.) It was only after the flood that God permitted people to partake of animal life. I guess you could make the case that meat-eating is a mark of the fallen world.
The Story ends a future perfect garden. Though the millenials that I know might not frame it theologically, this is The Issue of today’s generation, the restoration of the Garden. Redemption of creation is God’s work, and we can only be grateful that this generation is choosing to be involved in that work (whether or not they recognize God’s investment in the process).
