That biblical, Christian perspective is interesting to me, as I just came across it yesterday in another post. But it also perplexes me, as it seems clear to me that after the fall, humans were very different beings, with different needs. Jordan Rubin's book "The Makers Diet", which excludes pork and shrimp for example, but not other animal products, makes more sense to me as a Christian guideline.

I'm also a great fan of Weston Price's approach. Given that his expectation was that he would find healthy vegetarian diets, the fact that he didn't find any vegan traditions is significant. I did a couple of posts about him when I was first on Steemit.

Looking at another traditional perspective, a correspondent from India once told me that the monks were vegan because they were living a spiritual life of contemplation, but it was understood in India that only the monks could do that. Anyone living in the physical world needed some animal products for sustenance.

I am content to do what I can, let go of what I can't, and allow others to make their own decisions without criticism.

Very wise. In the end, that's all any of us can do. Make the best choices we can for our overall health - physical, emotional, financial, spiritual - and not stress about the rest. After all, the worry is probably as harmful, maybe more. As are any feelings of hatred that we might project onto those we disagree with.