OLD TESTAMENT
KJV LEVITICUS 23:9-20

9: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
10: Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:
11: And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.
12: And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD.
13: And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin.
14: And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
15: And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:
16: Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD.
17: Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD.
18: And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the LORD.
19: Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings.
20: And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.
21: And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
22: And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God.
KJV DEUTERONOMY 2-7

2: And the LORD spake unto me, saying,
3: Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.
4: And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:
5: Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.
6: Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.
7: For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.

KJV 1 KINGS 4:21-24

21: And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
22: And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
23: Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.
24: For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him.

NEW TESTAMENT

KJV MATTHEW 3:1-6
1: In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
2: And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
3: For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
4: And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
5: Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,
6: And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.

KJV MATTHEW 9:9-11
9: And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
10: And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.
11: And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?

KJV LUKE 7:33-39

33: For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
34: The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
35: But wisdom is justified of all her children.
36: And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat.
37: And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,
38: And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
39: Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.

KJV 1 CORINTHIANS 10:1-5

1: Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
2: And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
3: And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
4: And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
5: But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

KJV HEBREWS 5:1-14

1: For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:
2: Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
3: And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
4: And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.
5: So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.
6: As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
7: Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
8: Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
9: And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
10: Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.
11: Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
12: For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. 13: For every one that useth milk is unskillful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
14: But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

lecherous: I disagree that medicine's only purpose is treatment. Modern man already has preventive medicine. Even pregnant mothers undergo regular check-ups and nutritional regimens to minimize certain pregnancy risks and birth defects. Moreover, many exercises today are unhealthy and are done in the name of vanity. Steroid shots, hormonal stimulation formulas and other mass building nutritional regimens could be unhealthy.

janrey: by medicine im referring to actual medication and not the medical field. regular check ups does not negate the benefits of a natural healthy diet/lifestyle which covers "nutritional regimens." really it all comes down to natural vs synthetic! infact many of the diseases including diabetes II and even I is reversible. and our body at its optimum can combat many illnesses like the swine flu, cancer, etc... and optimum health is gained through eating more vegetables and less meat (that's proven scientific fact). also as for steroids, hormonal stimulation, etc... isn't considered "exercise." again it's about goin all natural! GOD knew what HE was saying/doing when HE gave HIS people the dietary guidelines.

lecherous: Many persons in Okinawa, Japan have longer life spans than SDAs. That's the point. And majority of them practice Shintoism and/or ancestor worship. I don't believe in the Shintoist faith or its variants, and I don't believe God favors these people because they are Shintoist or because they worship their ancestors.

janrey: well i don't think the practice of shintoism or ancestor worship can be objectively studied. japanese had healthy foods prior to westernization(ie. mcdonalds). obesity is rising in japanese since the introduction of such restaurant chains. anyways, it was their diet and their healthy lifestyle not ancestor worship.

lecherous: That's one of the reasons I used to disprove your implied claim that God favors the Seventh Day Adventists through longer life expectancies.

janrey: LOL it's not about GOD favoring SDAs. it's about SDAs following GOD's guidelines. which is why japanese had long lifespans as well. their diet and lifestyle mirrored that given in scriptures. i never said GOD favored SDAs. i prove the bible's validity by showing that by following it's guidelines about healthy living it is proven to be scientifically beneficial.

lecherous: Many verses in the Bible illustrate that God changed His mind-- most often, after certain persons changed their ways. What's wrong with that? God did not bend anything. He just changed His mind. Is that so hard to accept for you?

janrey: i already addressed that issue. that's called conditional promises/punishments. GOD gave them a time frame to change their ways. GOD usually says something like "IF they do this or do that." therefore by giving them an opportunity to repent HE does not bend any of HIS principles since HE is merciful. tell me what's conditional about healthy diet? nowhere does the bible imply that if we are righteous, somehow GOD changes our biological system so we can benefit from unhealthy foods and lifestyle. really it all comes down to healthy living.

lecherous: You're jumping into conclusions again Jan Rey. I always keep a Bible close to me whether in paper form or electronic form. In fact, I read my Bible almost every week if not every day.

janrey: then why call doctrines "trivial"? besides, if u were hearing this from a professional health expert would u put up such a fight? i doubt it...

lecherous: Of course, I do. I am not the one here who insists that God is vegetarian or that God doesn't have a right to change His mind because certain believers say God cannot change His mind.

janrey: well i don't think GOD even eats, but that's irrelevant. the fact is GOD gave us dietary guidelines to follow and is proven scientifically as more beneficial than any other diet. also GOD changing HIS mind is too broad. as i said, concerning conditional promises/punishments HE gives them ample time to change and repent or prove themselves worthy of HIS promises. as for principles HE does not change. HE does not change how salvation works (everyone from adam and eve to the last person in the world are saved by grace alone). HE does not change HIS character.  and HE certainly does not change our biological system so we can eat unhealthy without affecting us.  GOD desires us to strive for the best whether physically, spiritually, or mentally!