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Author	: Bill Kochman
Publish	: May 14, 2025
Update	: May 14, 2025
Parts	: 03

Synopsis:




Continuing our discussion from part two, as we have seen thus far in this series, despite the clear, unquestionable evidence which is found in the Scriptures, the person who wrote the opinion piece we have been discussing is totally convinced that God was strongly opposed to sacrifices which involved the killing of animals and the spilling of their blood. He has deceived himself into believing that this is why the Lord told the Israelites that He was sick of their. sacrifices and assemblies. For this very same reason, he is likewise convinced that eating meat is wrong, even though God himself gave us this permission in Genesis chapter nine.

Now, personally, in agreement with Romans 14, I do judge or condemn this man for embracing the views that he does. As the Apostle Paul wrote, we should each be fully persuaded in our own minds regarding what we believe. Also, we should not allow others to condemn us for our personal beliefs, and we shouldn't condemn others for their faith either. However, I do NOT agree with his beliefs, and I am strongly opposed to the way that this individual uses dishonest tactics in order to try to convince people to believe as he does. Furthermore, there is no need for me to judge or condemn him, because he has already done that to himself by denying the Messiahship of Jesus Christ. As we read in the Gospels:

"He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved . . . He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him."


"For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned."


As we have seen, this man purposely ignores key Bible verses which establish God's Will for humankind, meaning that it is okay for us to eat meat. He is definitely what is known as a cherry-picker. With other verses he intentionally distorts their meaning. And yet with still other verses of Scripture, he only partially quotes them so that they seem to support his views. As you will recall from part one, Apostle Peter called this bad practice wresting the Scriptures unto their own destruction. He outright lies and deceives. This is why I have a major problem with his commentary.

As I moved deeper still into his commentary, my jaw dropped even more as I read some of the things he had to say. In a word, this man struck me as being more of a New Ager than as a bona fide Christian believer. Yes, he does quote from the Bible; but if he is distorting the meaning of so much of it so that it conforms to his misguided extremist vegan system of beliefs, what is the point? Let me also point out that nowhere in his commentary does he ever mention Jesus or the Sacrifice of Christ. This raised a red flag with me. But if we consider everything that he said, should we really be all that surprised by the absence of Christ?

So, out of curiosity, I tracked down his timeline on Facebook, and I visited it. To say the least, his page confirmed what I had suspected. It's NOT a Christian page. In the "Intro" part, he identifies himself as "Vegan - Animal Activist". There is nothing about being a Christian or believing in Jesus. As I scrolled down further on his timeline, I came to a disclaimer where he states the following:

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"I do not subscribe to any religions or belief systems. This information merely provides another perspective on historical events. Let your heart lead you to your spiritual destination."

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While he believes that Jesus was a real person, and while he even talks a lot about some of the things that Jesus did, he does NOT view Jesus as the Messiah and Savior of the world. In his own words, he states that Jesus was "a Jewish mystic, healer, and teacher." Of course one reason why this person cannot accept the Lord as the Messiah, is because he views blood sacrifices as being barbaric. From a conversation I had quite a number of years ago, I learned that the Urantia Book believers view the Crucifixion in the very same way. To them, it was barbaric, and was not necessary to obtain our Salvation.

So this man has a very typical New Age attitude which I have seen many times before over the years. New Agers are like the "This far and no further" people. They accept Jesus to some degree, but they do not go all the way and accept Him as the Messiah. He is simply an Avatar and an Ascended Master who is on the same level as the Buddha, Confucius, Muhammad, Moses and other so-called enlightened individuals. As I scrolled on his page, I found many posts which revealed where his head is at. Four in particular are the following:

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"The Christian religion is the anti-Christ religion."

"Religion is a culprit of human ignorance and violence."

"Religions are mere facades, disguising people's wickedness."

"Promising a Messiah that will never come is future-faking -- a form of narcissistic behavior. Embrace oneness, not gods."

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As I have stated before, one thing that makes people like this man and other New Agers so dangerous, is that they will mix in some Biblical truth with their deceptions and lies. This is why it is so easy to become deceived by them if we do not have a firm foundation in God's Word. In the words of the Apostle Paul, they appear as angels of light, as we see by the following group of verses:

"But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him . . . For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works."


Like so many New Agers, this person refers to the Earth as "Mother Earth" and treats the planet as if it is a living being. It comes as little surprise to me then that when he offers his interpretation of Romans 8:22, he also treats the Earth as a real being who remembers the Garden of Eden, and who is waiting for us human beings to remember Eden as well. Thus he writes as follows:

"For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now."


"Animals, ecosystems, and fellow humans are suffering under a system of carnism, consumption, greed, and violence. The Earth groans because it remembers Eden -- and it waits for us to remember too."

Do you see how he just mixed in some truth with a lie? The first part contains truth, but then he gets into the Mother Earth nonsense. Now, because he rejects Jesus as being the Way, the Truth and the Life, and the only way to return to the Father, in his misguided New Age way of thinking, he has to provide us another route. Except his route does not lead us to Heaven. It leads us to a new Eden on a restored Earth. And what is the route which he provides? Veganism. If you doubt that this is so, consider the following text snippets from his commentary, but please be very careful, because some of it is quite deceptive:

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"Veganism Is the Road Back to Eden."

"Why only veganism leads us back to peace and paradise."

"Veganism Is Restoration."

"Veganism is not the end goal -- it is the beginning. It is the first gate we walk through if we hope to return home." [He does not mean Heaven.]

"Veganism is not just a diet -- it is a spiritual act of resistance against the Fall. It is a refusal to participate in the systemic violence that exiled us from paradise. In choosing plants over flesh, we choose Genesis 1 over Genesis 3. We align with the Creator's original will."

"Every time we harm a defenseless being for taste or tradition, we re-enact the Fall. We say, "My desire is more important than your life." That's not peace. That's hierarchy and hubris."

"In Revelation 21:4, the promised paradise is one where "death shall be no more." That vision begins with us. Each vegan choice is a reversal of the curse -- an act of atonement that brings Earth one step closer to Eden."

"We have the tools to create it [meaning Eden] again -- fields that do not run with blood, homes that are built on compassion, and meals that do not cost another's life."

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So you see, according to this foolish man, Jesus is not the Way, the Truth, the Life and the Strait Gate. Veganism is. Everything he says is so humanistic. We can do it ourselves. We don't need to be washed in the Blood of the Lamb. We can recreate the Garden of Eden anew just by returning to veganism.

Please notice the lie that he tells in the above quote. He claims that it was "systemic violence that exiled us from paradise." By "paradise", he is referring to the Garden of Eden. However, that is just NOT true. It was Adam and Eve's disobedience that actually got them expelled from Eden. But you see, in his crooked way of thinking, because God had to create coats of skins for them, he views that as violence, and he casts the blame on Adam and Eve.

He tells another New Age lie in the very next quote when he claims that we re-enact the Fall whenever we harm animals by eating them. You see, he is again trying to guilt trip meat eaters. But to reiterate, the Fall had absolutely nothing to do with Adam and Eve committing violence or eating meat. He is simply bending every single Scripture that he possibly can so that he can paint as dark a picture as he possibly can of carnivores. As I said earlier, that is his main mission, and it is all over his Facebook timeline as well.

As if he hasn't already spun enough lies, notice how he then twists the meaning of Revelation 21:4. Once again he takes a very humanistic approach and claims "Each vegan choice is a reversal of the curse -- an act of atonement." Say what?! We can reverse the curse of Eden just by choosing to become a vegan? We can atone for ourselves? Now wait just one minute! I thought the curse of death was lifted when Jesus died on a Roman cross for our sins. I thought Jesus was our one and only Atonement. You mean, I got it all wrong? Well, according to this misguided fool, apparently so. Excuse my sarcasm!

Then in the final quote above, he dives right back into his humanistic approach. "We can do it! We can recreate Eden on the Earth! All we have to do is become vegans!" That's what he is basically saying. No Jesus. No atonement on the Cross. No being washed in the Blood of the Lamb. We can achieve it all by our little selves . . . if we just forsake meat and become vegans.

Well, for any New Agers, or other deceived folks who believe that garbage, let me just say this: The only thing that will ever possibly change this wicked world is direct and forceful intervention by God himself! Period! To believe that selfish, evil, greedy man can do it on his own is a fairy tale and a fantasy. It is a thing of dreams. Do you New Agers and vegans honestly believe that the entire world is going to willingly forsake their meat-eating habit and just switch to veganism? When we look at the extreme veganism that this man promotes, it is highly doubtful.

You folks really need to wake up! Switching to a vegetarian or a vegan diet is NOT going to stop all the wars. It is NOT going to stop all of the drug trafficking. It is NOT going to stop all of the human trafficking. It is NOT going to stop the oppression of the poor. It is NOT going to stop all of the murders, the political corruption, the Big Business corruption, the pharmaceutical industry corruption, abortion, or anything else. Veganism is not some magical cure-all. The only thing that can change each person is spiritual renewal through faith in the Atoning Sacrifice of Jesus Christ, and being born again in the Spirit. That is what the Bible says, and that is what I believe. How about you?

Of course, to add a degree of legitimacy to all of his quotes -- at least in his own eyes -- he had to add a few more Bible verses as well. Of course, it doesn't matter that he is again twisting their meaning, or that he is only quoting parts of the verses so that they conform to his own New Age vision and his extremist vegan agenda. Thus, he shared these two:

"And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox."


"They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain."


But guess what? Once again, he is only quoting part of verse nine. Now why is he doing that? Well, consider what the full verse actually says:

"They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea."


Do you recall the three reasons I gave you in part two which explained exactly why God was so put off and upset with their sacrifices? The second reason included the fact that they had lost the knowledge of God due to their rebellion and apostasy. But this fellow did not want to include that when he quoted from Hosea 6:6, because as you will remember, he wanted you to believe that God was angry at the Israelites because they were killing animals and spilling blood. Well now. Isn't it rather interesting that in Isaiah 11:9 above, he ALSO omits the very same segment as he did in Hosea 6:6. In other words "for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD."

Why is he doing that? I already told you why earlier. It is because this man is a California New Age liberal who does NOT truly embrace Christianity, or believe that Jesus Christ is God the Father's chosen Messiah. Like all humanists, he wants to develop an earthly utopia -- centered around veganism -- that is based purely on human endeavors. He does NOT believe that Jesus is the LORD, so he can't possibly include that in his verse quote. Now do you see it? As far as he's concerned, the gate or door to this earthly paradise is veganism. You saw his quotes that I shared with you earlier. That is what he said. Jesus is not his door. Veganism is.

And then his final words in his commentary are "That mountain begins at your plate." Which mountain? Well, as I explain in my article called "New Jerusalem: Heavenly City and Mountain of the Lord's House", when Isaiah writes "My holy mountain", I believe that he is talking about the Heavenly City, or New Jerusalem. However, when this fellow refers to the phrase, for him the mountain is really an earthly, utopian paradise that is based on veganism. That's why he says that it begins at your plate. You can take one small step to bring about his utopian paradise by becoming a vegan. So you see, this man just keeps on pushing his misguided agenda to the very end of his opinion piece . . . and Jesus is nowhere in sight. Think about that!

With these thoughts, I will bring this article to a close. It is my hope that you've found it informative and enlightening, and I pray that it has been a blessing in your life as well. If you have an account with Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr or with any other social network, I would really appreciate if you'd take the time to click or tap on the corresponding link that is found on this page. Thanks so much, and may God bless you abundantly!

For additional information and further study, you may want to refer to the list of reading resources below which were either mentioned in this article, or which contain topics which are related to this article. All of these articles are likewise located on the BBB Bible web server. To read these articles, simply click or tap on any link you see below.

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Albert Einstein and God
Divine Healing or Medical Healing?
Is Science Better Than the Bible?
Keeping Things in Proper Perspective
New Jerusalem: Heavenly City and Mountain of the Lord's House
Our Expanding Universe: Einstein, Hubble, Dark Energy and God
Robot Wars and Skynet: Is Sci-Fi Becoming Our Reality?
Science and Technology: The Forbidden Knowledge?
The Blood Atonement: In Jesus' Own Words
The Fruits of Disobedience
The Urantia Book: A Dangerous New Age Doctrine!
The Urantia Book: An Attack on the Blood Atonement!

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