--- Sara McGrath <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Even when I was a child trying to be a christian, I
> never understood
> why the theories of evolution and creation couldn't
> go together. At the
> time, I figured about evolution, "so that's how God
> created us and the
> 'lower' animals."

Works for me.  But I do have a theological problem -
two of them, really, with the paleo diet.  With any
diet excluding grains, actually.

The minor problem is that as an Orthodox Christian,
approximately half the time I am supposed to eat no
animal  products at all - strictly vegan.  Until I get
my health under control, I have a dispensation to eat
what I need to, and I wonder if eventually I can
handle just eating vegetables and nuts during Lent
without messing up my blood glucose levels too badly.
The problem is more of a theoretical one: would God
tell us to eat in a way that is bad for us, which if
the paleo or grain-free diet is good for everyone, it
is?

And the other problem is that if bread is bad for us,
what becomes of all the symbolism where it is
conceived as something good?  The daily bread we are
to pray for, the loaves that were multiplied, and the
Eucharist itself. I can deal with a food being
unhealthy for me personally because of my
illness....but if it is healthy for no one, that
creates a problem.

Has anyone else wrestled with this or a similar
conundrum?  Any ideas how to reconcile religion and
paleo diet?

Andrea Sophia




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