God created the world—animals, humans, and all the food they would need to survive. Yet, no God has ever descended to dictate what anyone should eat. No divine whisper has ever promised heaven for one kind of diet and damnation for another.
For animals, God gave instinct. He blessed lions with the desire for meat and the digestive system to process it, and cows with the ability to digest grass. He never dictated menus to them, because nature already did.
Humans are no different. God doesn’t whisper into our ears about what to eat. He gives hints—and the first hint is this: humans cannot survive on grass. We cannot digest it raw, and we are not attracted to it. Yet humans can eat raw meat, digest it, and absorb nutrients with ease.
Fruits and vegetables are edible, yes, but humans cannot survive on them alone. (I’ve tried—and failed.) That’s the second hint.
Cooking, stealing milk from cows, goats, and camels—these came much later in human evolution. They were never part of God’s plan. He did not intend for humans to “steal” nourishment from other creatures. None of us steals from other humans, do we? That’s the third hint.
Agriculture, too, is entirely man-made. To grow crops, we must inevitably kill insects, rodents, and countless other small creatures. If we allowed them to share our fields freely, humans would be left with barely 30% of the harvest. God never made the world exclusively for humans; it belongs to all living things.
So, to be vegetarian—or vegan—is not morally superior. Every diet requires taking life in some form. Everyone has blood on their hands.
I eat meat for religious reasons. I have taken God’s hints seriously. He is not a fool, and neither am I. I trust that my place in heaven is determined by my actions, not by the food I choose to eat—a choice that, in truth, is entirely aligned with His plan.