Christians--what can you eat and what you can't?

Question

I heard from many Christians that the Old Testament law about food is
not applicable as Jesus made all foods(whatever you choose to eat)
clean.That's why they can eat anything if they chooses to.
So, can you eat urine, faeces, human flesh(not by killing but after a person dies naturally or by judicial execution), which has very similar taste to pork according to some tribes in Papua New Guinea,
dogs, cats etc.
Don't say that some of them are harmful to health. I can argue that
pork might be also damaging to you health.
So, do you think God forbade something previously to Jews just for law's sake. Or because they are harmful.
If they were harmful and it's the cause of the law why he later changed his law?
Does God work without any compreensible rationality?

answer to ♥alnzack♥:
so is pork according to OT. right??

answer to fr_chuck:
a person like you who is not rational is not able to answer rational questions. repent your sins and forsake Christianity.

Answer 1

Well it's a sin to eat shellfish!!

Answer 2

I can't eat Brussel Sprouts - never could.

Jesus didn't release the food requirements, God did.

Act 10:10 and he became hungry, and desired to eat: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance;
Act 10:11 and he beholdeth the heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending, as it were a great sheet, let down by four corners upon the earth:
Act 10:12 wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts and creeping things of the earth and birds of the heaven.
Act 10:13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill and eat.
Act 10:14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common and unclean.
Act 10:15 And a voice came unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, make not thou common.
Act 10:16 And this was done thrice: and straightway the vessel was received up into heaven.

Answer 3

Just look at what the Oahspe says, concerning food. In fact Moses and Abraham, Jesus and the disciples and John the Baptist all where strict vegetarians if not vegans
The zeta say that reincarnated spirits can be given a temporary home in animals while the birth guides find a new home for them, to me that is a good reason not to eat any thing that has had flesh
The Oahspe also says that what food we eat helps our spiritual growth and development...so important leading up to these soon to be earth changing and end of an age days as planet X passes by.
Blessings

Answer 4

Where did Jesus say that unclean foods are now made clean? He never said his followers could eat pork, seafood, camel meat, etc. In fact, he said many times that one must KEEP the laws if one wished to enter God's kingdom, and that breaking even one was tantamount to breaking them all, AND if someone broke even the LEAST of the laws, and taught others to do so, he would be considered least in God's kingdom. Sure, you might still get there, but you'll be relegated to cleaning God's toilet for all eternity, I would guess.

The verses Christians often use to make it seem as if unclean foods are now clean, are ones which do not even mention food at all. They are a reference to the ritual washing of hands, which Jews at the time practiced. You can find this in Matthew 15. I suppose you COULD use this little tale to mean that he made unclean foods clean--but then why would Jesus say to break God's laws in one place, then say to obey them elsewhere? According to the Old Testament, God meant for those laws to be ETERNAL. Last time I checked, eternity hadn't ended yet.

Answer 5

The Old Testament laws or "The Law" as I would refer to it from hereon has been givn by God to His people, the Israelites, to guide them on what is good and pleasing to His eyes. The Law shall be followed as a whole, without exception. This may seem impossible as there are more than 200 laws in the Torah.This is to let us know that because God is holy and pure, we cannot really reach his holiness by doing things on our own. This is where grace and faith comes in.

When God sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to die on the cross for our sins, God is extending His grace towards us. For Christ has fulfilled the Law.

As Christians, we have received Christ as our Lord and Savior, and as a result has received the fulfillment of the Law. As such, the Law shall not be the reason for our salvation but the grace that God has given us. In this, we have freedom.

I Cor 10:23 says " Everything is permissible but not everything is beneficial. Everything is permissible but not everything is constructive"... In this we see that we are free to do what we would want to do... even to eat what we want to eat... in this, the decision rests on us... would the food you would take be beneficial to you? If so, then go on and eat...

Answer 6

Dietary laws are a "point of contention" between Jews & Christians.
Irregardless of any health reasons for obeying Scripture, the fact is...G-d established dietary laws, & people who follow them are healthier & better off. Go read Jordan Rubins's book, "The Maker's Diet".
And; FYI...Jesus never said all foods were clean. There are no Scriptural examples of any of the JEWISH Apostles eating any unclean foods.
Even Peter's vision of swine (an unclean food) had to do with unclean people (non Jews) being brought into the covenant of Abraham's faith. Nothing to do with food whatsoever. It was a comparison. Read it in context, & you'll see that Gentiles were "grafted in".
G-d never changed His Word. The Word of G-d endures forever.

Answer 7

As far as I know, you can eat anything. (I wasn't aware that human waste was considered food, but whatever.)

I am not aware of any place in the Bible that prohibits eating human flesh. But there are a few places where Israel was under seige, and people were reduced to eating their kids. Where the Bible records those incidents, they are not related in such a way that would make me think they are positive occurrences. They reflected tragedy, showing how bad thing had gotten for Israel. So if it's a sin, I don't know. But it does not seem to be a positive thing from a biblical standpoint.

Answer 8

Hope this helps a bit.

In the book of Acts, Paul spoke about this very question, even including meat left at the alter for a false god.
Could as a Christian, we eat it, after all it was left for another GOD but a false GOD

Paul answered and said, yes, as a believer, you could eat that meat, but if it would cause another to believe that you were worshipping the false idol, please do not do it, for to harm anothers belief who has not learned this truth yet, is worse than going without meat.

All is allowed as you stated, even the gross stuff, but not all is convienient or good for us.

Hope this helps a bit.

Answer 9

First of all, the laws of Kashrut were only ever required of Jews. As far as dietary restrictions, the Torah only ever required Gentiles to "not eat the limbs of living animals".

The first Jewish followers of Jesus kept the law (kosher laws included) just as Jesus had instructed. (Read the Sermon on the Mount).

Paul and the early Church leaders were debating whether or not new Gentile Christians had to be circumcised, keep dietary laws, etc. (Basically whether or not they had to convert to Judaism first in order to join the Church).

The conclusion was made that they should not be "burdened" with the Law. And so Paul sent a letter to the Gentile Christians in Syria telling them they did not need to keep the Law from Mt. Sinai in order to be part of the Church, but he did give them a few restrictions to follow (speaking on behalf of the "Holy Ghost")

"For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you NO GREATER burden than these necessary things: That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well."

Answer 10

According to the Bible, we are free to eat most anything, except those things sacrificed to idols. I wouldn't eat sh#t, cause that is just stupid health wise. All animals are legal to eat, and bugs, and reptiles, fish, etc.. However, if you follow the dietary laws laid out in the old testament you will have a healthy life.

Answer 11

The things that you consume into your stomache is not what gets you to heaven or saves youe soul, so therefore it doesnt matter if you choose to eat deadly things and shorten your life. That would be under the free will heading.Jesus came so that we could all be saved, Jesus loves you.