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is filled with cancerous and scrofulous humors. Their bodies are
composed of what they eat. But when suffering and disease come
upon them, it is considered an affliction of Providence.—
Testimonies
for the Church 3:563, 1875
[389]
Decreases Mental Vigor
678. Those who use flesh meats freely, do not always have an
unclouded brain and an active intellect, because the use of the flesh of
animals tends to cause a grossness of body, and to benumb the finer
sensibilities of the mind.—[
Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene,
47
]
Counsels on Health, 115, 1890
679. God wants the perceptive faculties of His people to be clear
and capable of hard work. But if you are living on a flesh diet, you
need not expect that your mind will be fruitful. The thoughts must be
cleansed; then the blessing of God will rest upon His people.—
The
General Conference Bulletin, April 12, 1901
680. It is impossible for those who make free use of flesh meats to
have an unclouded brain and an active intellect.—
Testimonies for the
Church 2:62, 63, 1868
681. There is an alarming lethargy shown on the subject of un-
conscious sensualism. It is customary to eat the flesh of dead animals.
This stimulates the lower passions of the human organism.—Extracts
from Unpublished Testimonies in Regard to Flesh Foods, 4, 1896.
682. A meat diet changes the disposition and strengthens animal-
ism. We are composed of what we eat, and eating much flesh will
diminish intellectual activity. Students would accomplish much more
in their studies if they never tasted meat. When the animal part of the
human agent is strengthened by meat eating, the intellectual powers
diminish proportionately. A religious life can be more successfully
gained and maintained if meat is discarded, for this diet stimulates
into intense activity lustful propensities, and enfeebles the moral and
spiritual nature. “The flesh warreth against the spirit, and the spirit
against the flesh.”—Extracts from Unpublished Testimonies in Regard
to Flesh Foods, 7, 1896.