In our particular church community there is a small handful of people who were "raised" in the Adventist church... the rest of us have joined, mostly as adults, and quite a few of us were impressed to become part of this worldwide movement because of the holistic understanding of the Good News-- that is, that our spiritual and mental health do not function independently from our physical health. We were created as "whole" beings in the likeness of our Creator. (Genesis 1:27) While not every physically healthy person is necessarily tuned in spiritually, I think it is safe to state that those of us who have regained physical health and hope through our understanding of the kind of balance and integration in lifestyle that God wants for us, well, we are more apt to be thankful to God for these gifts, and to grow (or re-gain) a stronger spiritual connection as a result of improved physical health. (*I am not a theologian so please excuse generalizations and other statements that appear simplistic or unnecessarily wordy.)
When something God-ordained works well, as a plant-based diet is shown to do, it impinges upon believers to share this knowledge. A movie like "Forks Over Knives" has a huge popular appeal and doesn't conflict with any of our Christian beliefs-- in fact, one of the movie's developers, Dr. Neal Barnard, is a Seventh-day Adventist Christian. Dr. Barnard came onto Dr. Oz's show to demonstrate some of the recipes from "Forks Over Knives" and to talk a little about plant-based living. Who are we to turn down the opportunity that such great "popular" resources afford to spread what we see as a God-given "Health Message"?
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