A recent documentary entitled 'Food Inc.' has been released which seeks to expose the 'corrupt practices' of major food production corporations and to produce paranoia and fear in big city folk who have never considered the fact that for them to be able to eat that bacon double-cheeseburger, a cow did actually have to die and be cut up and pushed through a meat factory. The film is hardly objective with frightening music and gory scenes intended to cause discomfort to the viewer and to instill a romanticism with 18th-century style farming and organic foods. Dave reviews the film on this edition of Generations and provides his perspective on the state of food today discussing both positive and negative aspects of our food supply and what Christians should do with the food they eat.
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“ troubling ” I was really concerned listening to this podcast. We are missionaries overseas. Many of our family have celiac disease. We DO eat with a joyful heart (even gluten free food!), but it did not protect us from environmental and food factors causing us to become sick. We pay way more attention now to what we eat, not in order to fret, but in order to actually consume things that can be called "food" and not food-like substances. Twinkies would be a good example of this.
Eating GMO food and just waiting to see what will happen is a potential recipe for disaster. Potentially our grandchildren will see whole new types of illnesses springing up in their generation because of our food habits now in the same way that we are now experiencing so many health consequences of eating non-food and non-organic food. It's only been in the last 75 years or so that we have been eating food that is not organic and look at the health of society and convince me that it is not related.
I respectfully disagree that we can sit back and just see what happens. I want many years to share the gospel and I do not want to die young because of extremely preventable health problems. What we feed this next generation is very important. So we will eat and drink in a way that Glorifies God and honors
Chris in Vancouver (9/7/2010)
from Vancouver, BC
“ Organic fretting ” We eat mostly organic and we definitely don't eat days old donuts (unless they're home made).
It is news to me that we and other people we know that are picky about food fret and worry over food.
Perhaps some people just have more refined taste and don't consider Krispy Kreme to be fit for human consumption?
Dave makes some great points but it doesn't appear he understands why many people are picky about what they eat. Most of the sick (or on the way to being sick) and obese people don't appear to be fretting and worrying over what they eat, perhaps they should.
Paul Washer, who has travelled widely, made some interesting remarks in some of his sermons regarding American face stuffing and the lack of refined taste in American food culture, is he also fretting or could it be that there's more to eating any old slop and being thankful?
Kevin Swanson has served as elder and pastor of Reformation Church, OPC since its inception. Kevin was raised on the mission field in Japan in the 1960's and 1970's. Together with his wife Brenda, they are bringing up five children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord....
