Does 1 Timothy 4 suggest vegans are following a demon and that animal flesh was created by God to be eaten with thanks?

God created fruit and vegetation, not animal flesh, to be eaten with thanks. If forbidding certain foods proves demonic influence, then that would mean God is following a demon, since God gave numerous food prohibitions throughout the Bible. Calling the Spirit of God a demon is blaspheming the Holy Spirit. The passage is not doing this but is instead talking about hypocritical liars who abandon the faith and forbid what God declares good.

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