I know this is off topic, but I still wanted to reply. I understand that those laws had to do with meat eating, I didn't say anything about plants. ha. My point was that those laws were temporary, not eternal. (If they were eternal, then that would mean it is perfectly OK to eat certain animals for all of eternity and you and I both know that is not true.)
I had a feeling when I posted that that it likely would be misunderstood… because it kind of sounded like I was taking the mainstream Christian position that now because we're under a New Covenant, we can all eat whatever we want and God doesn't care, anything is on the menu! But as you know, that is absolutely not what I believe.
As you know, God doesn't change, his nature does not change, and I believe that God never wanted us to eat animals in the first place, and that desire for us to not exploit, harm and eat animals has never changed. But because of our hard hearts in this fallen world, God temporarily permits certain things, under certain restrictions or guidelines....things that are not what He wants. Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems that many of those dietary laws had more to do with cleanliness and health issues, as opposed to ethics. Certain animals are scavengers and not healthy for anyone to eat. So I do partially agree with you, on the point that the principles behind those laws are just as true today as ever… they are going by the wisdom of not eating things that cause us to be sick.
So maybe we disagree on whether or not those Mosaic laws are still in effect, but I don't need to believe that to be a Christian vegan, because I base my position on other things, as you know, like God's perfect will, as clearly stated in Genesis 1 and the prophetic scriptures... and of course, on the tons and tons of scriptures that command us to be merciful, to love others and do no harm to our neighbor, which includes the animals because God's love and mercy extends to animals, and they are indeed our neighbors.
