Kirk Cameron has entered one of the most unexpected Christian debates of the moment: Should believers be eating steak, sticking to salad, or trying to recreate the menu of the Garden of Eden?
In a new episode of The Kirk Cameron Show titled "Should Christians Eat Meat? Genesis, Jesus, and Your Dinner Plate," Cameron tackled the increasingly heated divide between carnivore devotees, vegans and Christians who believe Scripture itself points toward a plant-based diet.
"Food has become almost like a religion," Cameron said, noting that carnivore dieters are accused of destroying their arteries while vegans are warned they are wrecking their hormones. He then turned to the theological question behind the argument: Was Eden's plant-based diet supposed to remain God's permanent plan for humanity?
Cameron acknowledged that Genesis 1:29 depicts Adam and Eve eating plants and fruit, but argued that the biblical story does not end there. He pointed to Genesis 9, where God tells Noah that living creatures may be eaten, and argued that Scripture presents meat as a legitimate gift rather than a moral compromise.
Then Cameron brought Jesus into the debate.
He noted that Jesus ate fish, multiplied fish to feed thousands and ate broiled fish with His disciples after the resurrection. Cameron's argument was simple: if eating animals violated God's moral ideal, why would Jesus Himself do it?
Cameron also appealed to Paul's teaching in Romans 14, where believers who eat everything and those who eat only vegetables are told not to judge one another. He said the New Testament ultimately protects Christian freedom when it comes to food rather than prescribing one universal Christian diet.
And for anyone wondering which side Cameron personally lands on, his dinner menu left very little mystery.
The actor and Christian commentator revealed that one recent meal consisted of "three beef patties" topped with raw cheddar cheese, crispy bacon and a butter-fried egg, with avocado and fermented kimchi on the side.
"If I have a bigger menu, oh man, I'm going for the ribeye," Cameron declared.
Still, Cameron stopped short of declaring the carnivore diet the official Christian menu.
Instead, he urged viewers to determine what works for their own bodies, receive their food with gratitude and resist turning dietary preferences into another form of spiritual superiority.
"Your identity is supposed to be in Christ, not in being a carnivore or keto or vegan," Cameron said. He also warned against gluttony and judging people whose plates look different from your own.
His conclusion? Whether dinner is a fresh salad or a plate piled with beef, bacon and cheese, Cameron believes the bigger biblical issue is the attitude behind the meal.
"Whatever you eat or whatever you don't eat," he said, "do it all to the glory of God."
