eating what God intended

That was a question that one of our members posed in Chat, and I think would make an interesting discussion.What foods are available that are "what God intended?"Even in the third world, what food stuffs are still available that have not been molded, created, through human design and manipulation?One of the funny videos out there is the classic "Banana" example, where a banana is held up as an example of something God designed. What is so funny is the banana that is used as an example is a classic example of human intervention and design. It is the result of humans modifying something to meet the very human needs of shipping and marketing.So what is still out there that is "what God intended?"

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But even there, is there wheat, barley, beans (of some kind), lentils, millet or fitches available today that are not the result of human modification and selective breeding?

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Almost all the result of human breeding. And the few truly native ones are often small and bitter.Edited by jar, : No reason given.

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Planting seeds from apple trees that had been grown and cultivated by man for millennia?

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Absolutely true. And yes, both the chicken and the egg are the result of human engineering.

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But God is not "manipulating foodstuffs to our benefit", rather we are changing things to what we intended, to our tastes and more recently, to the demands of world-wide commercial shipping.If god intended for bananas to be long, firm and virtually seedless, God had the chance to make it that way. But God did not; man made the banana what it is today.

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There are grubs and worms and termites and spiders and lizards and saskatoons. If you could find wild bananas you could eat them if you wanted.There are pine nuts, and caterpillars and a few wild birds and fish.What other things are still as God Intended?

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The end result though is that we did the manipulating.My point in the OP was that some folk tend to think processed food as one example, or GM foods, are "Not what God intended". If though they take your position, whatever is there is "what God Intended."

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Snakes
Frogs
Dandelions
some daisies and buttercups
some clovers
rats
squirrels
some rabbits
mice

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Opossum
Ground Hogs
Wild Turkey (but even there, like deer and elk and moose and bear, it is a managed resource)
Some Geese.
Crows.

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Wild Leeks
Fiddleheads
Cat tails
some Mushrooms
Kudzu and other plantsEdited by jar, : more appalin spallin---thanks brenn

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Well, thanks. That might be true. But as with Jaderis' post, if we take that tack then any and all food stuffs available could be classed as "as God Intended" or we get into some judgmental blame game.But this thread is oriented more towards simply trying to find what foodstuffs might still be available that are not designer foods.Edited by jar, : fix sub-title

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Yes, exactly. Lots of bugs, worms, termites, ants, slugs and such.

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I'm not so sure.Don't most studies show foraging is actually less labor intensive than farming?

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Cattle are absolutely designed by man. You might be able to call something like a Wildebeest as God intended.And deer are among the most managed of herds out there.

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