Keith Akers

Keith Akers is a prominent American advocate of vegetarianism.

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American - Vegetarianism

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Akers graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1971 with B. A. (magna cum laude) in philosophy and was a professional computer programmer for many years. He is very active in the vegetarian community, as former president of both the Vegetarian Society of D. C. and the Vegetarian Society of Colorado, and as an officer in the International Vegetarian Union.

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Vanderbilt University - Philosophy - Computer programmer - Vegetarian Society of D. C. - Vegetarian Society of Colorado - International Vegetarian Union

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He identifies his "debut in the field of religious controversy" to 1967, when he "delivered the 'youth sermon' for the First Baptist Church in Oak Ridge, Tennessee" and "shocked the congregation with the declaration that (based on Matthew 25:31-40) religious belief is irrelevant to salvation."

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