God's Good Gifts Are Good Things

The foods were created by god, and they were created to be received with thanksgiving. In genesis chapter one, verse 29, for instance, man was given the privilege of eating of every tree and of every plant. And in genesis chapter nine, verse three, man was explicitly given the right to eat of the animals too. This is why reception of these gifts needs to be with belief, with knowledge of the truth and withThanksgiving. If things can't be received in that manner, they aren't being received as gifts and can't be properly enjoyed. However, any suggestion that abstinence from good gifts makes you a holier person should be viewed with great suspicion.