Salaam aleykum, Muslimwoman (and everyone here)
I have been enjoying your posts. I share many of your interests, and this caught my eye:
I'd like to try and address this question the best way I know how. I have a Christian background, and so my answer is necessarily coming from this, but I am not answering this way in order to argue, but hopefully to contribute something helpful, because I believe that we are all connected in Allah/G!D/ and the Wisdom of His Love. I believe in sincere and compassionate communication toward the goal of understanding and peace. So I have tried to pick a Scripture passage to cite that might contribute to the discussion and hopefully not offend here on the Islam message board:
The man who eats everything must not look down on him who does not, and the man who does not eat everything must not condemn the man who does, for God has accepted him. Who are you to judge someone else's servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.--Romans 14:3-4, NIV
One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. --Romans 14:5, KJV
For anyone interested, the entire chapter of Romans 14 expounds on the very question you have asked. It might help to explain how a concerned Christian would see things. Perhaps it is similar to the views of a compassionate and peaceful Muslim, as well. There are other passages I can give along these lines, if you like, and will be happy to do so either here or in private.
InPeace,
InLove