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Originally posted by queenofangels_17
reply to post by Missing Blue Sky
Missingbluesky,
I'm not criticizing my neighbor here. I follow Jesus' examples and true teachings. My only concern here is what if it's not Jesus who made eating pork lawful but some disciples who came after him and attributed it to Jesus?
Because it is clear from Jesus' teachings that he still considered some meat unclean.
Thereupon, said one of the scribes: "If I shall eat pork, or other unclean meats, will they not defile my conscience?" Jesus answered: "Disobedience will not enter into the man, but will come out of the man, from his heart; and therefore will he be defiled when he shall eat forbidden food."
The wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord... Therefore, my brethren, you also were made to die to the Law through the body of Christ, that you may be joined to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bear fruit for God... we have been released from the Law, having died to that by which we were bound, so that we serve in newness of the Spirit and not in oldness of the letter
"...why do doubts arise in your hearts?.. These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things that are written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled... Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and rise again from the dead the third day, and that repentance for forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all the nations..."
What was a flock of swine doing in Judea, where nobody ate pork?
And was Jesus being Godly towards the owner of the flock, by running his capital assets over a cliff?
Originally posted by Valhall
At the same time - I don't care one way or the other if anybody (including myself) takes it literal to eating pork. What I find ludicrous - both of Judeaism and Islam is that they believe their connection to their spirituality is so tenuous that a slice of bacon can throw it off. I guess the Jewish/Muslim God connection is chemical. o_O
Originally posted by Ismail
Because if you are christian, allthough the guidelines have changed from old to new, you still worship the same god. The one who condemned magicians, pagans, fornicaters, adulterers and lazy people (yes it's in the book of leviticus !) to death. So either GOD WAS WRONG, in which case the godly perfect part is kind of screwed, or the old testament was wrong, in which case the whole basis of christianity, namely divine creation, is screwed.
The rules of Islam will soon be the rules that you'll have to live by. I hope that then you'll understand what an easy burden Christ asked you to carry.
I used to LOVE pepperoni pizza. But these days when I order a pizza, I get it with beef sausages .. and let me tell you, it is on point!