An All Raw Foods Diet Transition Journal

Today I read an article written by Mike Adams, the Editor of NaturalNews.com, where he said that he “will refuse to comply” with any mandated health insurance policy law in the United States. I understand Mike’s position and agree with him on many of the points that me makes in the article. If we take extra efforts to keep our bodies healthy because we eat right, exercise, etc., then a “sick care” mandated insurance system is not something that we need. Like Mike, I have no desire to inject chemicals into my body and abhor the idea of not being able to choose a more holistic and natural health care policy for my family and me.

However, I stop short of saying that I won’t comply. Here’s why.

As I’ve mentioned several times on this blog, I consider the 80/10/10 diet to be the “Genesis 1:29″ diet:

Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yeilding seed; it shall be food for you;”  (Genesis 1:29, NASB)

This was the diet plan that an omnipotent God gave to His perfect creation. Fruit and stuff that grows above the ground. This, in essence, is the 80/10/10 raw food diet. While later passages in the Bible expand on this diet (and I don’t want to start any theological debates; you are certainly free to eat what you want and must live and deal with your own convictions), I still believe that the Genesis 1:29 diet is “God’s best” for mankind.

But my desire to follow God’s explicit will doesn’t end there:

Let every person be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God. Therefore he who resists authority has opposed the ordinance of God; and they who have opposed will receive condemnation upon themselves.  (Romans 13:1-2, NASB)

Once you switch over to a raw food diet, “something” happens to you. In a nutshell, you become “weird”. You know how great your diet is and you know how foolish it is for the rest of the world to not see the “superiority” of your lifestyle. Of course, this is not a good attitude to adopt; there are a lot of other issues at stake here, and those of us who have “seen the light” and are either 100% or working towards it should exercise a lot more understanding towards those who still eat a diet of primarily cooked food.

But once that “something” happens, we have a choice as to what we will do with it. In some cases, people take this and channel it towards developing the spiritual side of their being (of course, your spiritual side must first be “made alive”, but that’s a discussion for another day — and perhaps another blog!). In my case, I came to realization that following Jesus of Nazareth was the right thing to do, and while it was something that I’ve been doing for most of my life, I also realized that some changes needed to be made from the way I’d been doing it (mainly stop being religious about it!).

Others express this “something” in a different way, as Mike Adams has done. It’s not my place to say what is right and wrong for others, though; at least in the United States, we still have considerable freedom to express ourselves as we choose. This freedom of expression, and the resulting individualism we have, is one of the things that makes the United States such a great place to live.

I’m grateful that we can all choose (somewhat) what we want to do with our lives. I’m extremely grateful for the voice that Mike Adams raises on issues like this and think that he is extremely courageous. I also think that mandated health care — forcing people to purchase insurance — is unconstitutional and just plain wrong. People should have the right — but not the obligation — to purchase this insurance, and they should be able to purchase an insurance policy that is in line with the way they want to live their lives. I can even see the case for the government subsidizing insurance for those who cannot afford it (although I think that the money would be better spent in empowering people to get off welfare and contribute to our country’s greatness and wealth so that they can afford the insurance without help and subsidy).

But to not obey the law (if the current health care package becomes law) is not really an option in my eyes. Yes, I can work to get it overturned and have a moral obligation to do so (and no, President Obama, I’m not an “opponent of change” — I’m an American Patriot who has proudly served my country and is exercising my constitutional guarantee of free speech to alert others to something that will have negative consequences! I ABHOR that phrase “opponents of change” — it smacks of McCarthyism and all of the bad, wrong things our country has done over the years when it attempted to steamroll a particular point of view down the throats of impressionable Americans while silencing the brave minority who had the courage to exercise their constitutional rights). But as long as the laws of man do not violate the spiritual principles from God, I need to obey them.

I believe that God does His work on earth through the hands of others, and I believe that, in many cases, God does His work regardless of our disposition to Him and spirituality. In other words, an all-powerful God can force people to do His will in some cases, even if that person is openly hostile to God (yes, this is a deep concept!). In this case, this proposed law is leading to some outcome that God has chosen for this country. To broaden the perspective, in spite of what happens in Washington, in our state capitals, and other seats of government, God is in total control.

God is sovereign, and what He wants to happen is going to happen. We need to remind ourselves of our place in the spiritual realm and ensure that we properly submit ourselves to God — and as the above Bible passage points out, to the God-appointed authorities. I don’t like this proposed law (just like I don’t like my tax dollars going to pay for people to sit at home and watch television), but as long as God’s spiritual principles don’t go against the laws of man, the choice is clear for me: obey the law. Besides, I acknowledge that all of what I now possess is because of God’s blessing, and He is certainly capable of providing the extra cash I’ll need to pay for this new “insurance”!

I will say that if a law came out that contradicted Jesus’ teachings (i.e. a ban on prayer and/or worship), I would have to consider disobedience in those cases. But even then, I don’t know that I would make a public issue of it (but would if I felt led to do so).

You are courageous, Mike Adams. You are a leader. I agree with your analysis and viewpoint, but not paying for the insurance should this become law is not something in which I can follow you. Thanks for considering my viewpoint, and thanks even more for the tireless effort you put into NaturalNews.com.

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