Why do you Christians Eat Pork?

Question

"And the swine,. . . he is unclean to you. Of the flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you." Leviticus, 11:7-8

"Pork although one of the most common articles of diet, is one of the most injurious. God did not prohibit the Hebrews from eating swines' flesh merely to show His authority, but because it was not a proper article of food for man."

So again, why do you christians or Jews eat pork?

Atheists, non christians or people of the book should ignore and refrain from taking part in this thread or answering.

Thank you!

"You are what you eat" - Native American proverb

Answer 1

"He said to them, "Are you so ignorant? Don't you know that nothing that goes into a person from the outside can make him unclean? For it doesn't go into his heart but into his stomach, and is expelled as waste." (Thus he declared all foods clean.)" (Mark 7:18-19)

And

"Around noon the next day, while they were on their way and coming close to the town, Peter went up on the roof to pray. He became very hungry and wanted to eat, and while the food was being prepared, he fell into a trance and saw heaven open and something like a large linen sheet coming down, being lowered by its four corners to the ground. In it were all kinds of four-footed animals, reptiles, and birds of the air. Then a voice told him, "Get up, Peter! Kill something and eat it." But Peter said, "Absolutely not, Lord, for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean!" Again a voice came to him a second time, "You must stop calling unclean what God has made clean." (Acts 10:9-15)

That's why.

Answer 2

Good answer The Jimbo and victory, but a clarification, it was Peter that saw the vision. And what was the vision saying? That the gentiles were not to be shunned as "unclean" anymore. God was preparing Peter for the visit from the servants of Cornelius in Acts 10:17. God was not declaring all things clean by this vision, but allegorizing the gentile nation through the vision.

So, what was Peter's vision saying? That the kosher diet represents the covenant given to the Jews--thus the Jewish people. What does an unkosher diet represent? The gentile nations. In this YA question, it would be good to remember Paul's words to the gentile Romans...

"Receive one who is weak in the faith, but not to disputes over doubtful things. For one believes he may eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables. Let not him who eats despise him who does not eat, and let not him who does not eat judge him who eats; for God has received him."

A little clarification on Mark 7:19. The phrase "In saying this, Jesus declared all foods clean." does not appear in ancient texts. The context of Jesus quote has to do with the ritual washing of hands. Mark 7:19 is not a good passage to make the argument for the gentile participation in the unkosher diet. There are better arguments elsewhere in scripture.

A better argument is to parallel the kosher diet with circumcision. Can a gentile who is not circumcised be saved? Or was this a covenant given to the Jewish people? You MUST put both together, because they are both related. And there you have much evidence to prove that the kosher dietary laws were part of the Levitical covenant to the Jewish people--NOT the gentiles.

Answer 3

Leviticus also prohibits the wearing of cotton-linen blend trousers, or indeed any garment made from more than type of fibre. Companion planting, an organic method where, for example, you plant onions amongst your carrots to keep the carrot fly away, is also prohibited. As is having contact with women during their menstrual cycle. Men with crushed testicles get a hard time in Leviticus as well, as do those with imperfect sight. And if you've been masturbating, it says in Leviticus that you should have a bath immediately after, and touch nobody nor sit on any furniture until nightfall.

Answer 4

God during that time was setting standards for a chosen people who were unclean. Having brought them out from the land of Egypt, a land full of sin and unclean doings. Baptizing them through the Red Sea, washing them and sanctifying them, created laws and statutes to set them apart from these unclean people. But it was noy the meats that were making God's chosen people sin. It was the disobedience and the mind set of the people that made them turn back to the ways of Egypt. The scriptures teaches us in
1 CORINTHIANS 10:25,26
25) Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:
26) For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.

A shamble is a market. So whether it be snake, squid, pork, or possum, as long as you pray over and give thanks to God for it, you are free to eat it. But if you know that certain foods are harmful to your health and will give you such things as high blood pressure then I pray that you have sense enough to not eat it

Answer 5

The book of Leviticus was the original law given to the Levite priests, and it (not eating pork) was indeed the law prior to Christ. The importance of the book of Leviticus to Christians today is that it is primarily historical to show the types of rituals that were no longer required when Christ came. If we were living 2,000 years ago the language of Leviticus would have had a much deeper meaning when compared to reading today with a modern mindset and set of interpretations.

Answer 6

I am part of an native america indian .. I know it very well.. We the indians STILL eat pigs. God made PIGS for food. It tasted good and delicious... Bacon sandwich sounds yummie .. i only eat once a month beca its very Fattening.... Im sure others would agree with me. U are missing out a delicious meat.. what if GOAT is DIRTY or unclean and u eat it .. whats big deal about it .. MEAT IS MEAT or FOOD IS FOOD.. God mades them all ..


I am sure U DONE several UNCLEAN things that we all dont know about .. U cannot deny this.. GOD SEES WHAT YOU DO. Im sure u do in sex which is very unclean but IT FEELS GOOD, RIght? SO whats the point of your discussion here. everyone has opinions of what to eat or not ..

It was funny because i accidently met a muslim online out of blue . he was talking so much about sex? i said u are a muslim? he said yes .. ALLAH IS A TRUE GOD.. i said oh really? What u say to me was very unclean sex and diguesting to know that u do all these things against ALLAH.. he said noo u dont undrstand .. I fully Do understand.... He was playing my mind off in a strange ways .. SO how can u tell me not to eat pig which is unclean meat... bird flu is unclean birds and u eat them ... GIVE ME A BREAK!

Answer 7

Mark 7:14-19, 14Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, "Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. 15Nothing outside a man can make him 'unclean' by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a man that makes him 'unclean.' "
17After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable. 18"Are you so dull?" he asked. "Don't you see that nothing that enters a man from the outside can make him 'unclean'? 19For it doesn't go into his heart but into his stomach, and then out of his body." (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods "clean.")

While you are correct that it is not good for you, it won't kill you right off. It does contain a fatal nearly incurable heart worm, though. This heart worm is killed by sufficient heat, one that the then nomadic Jews would have been unable to generate .

Answer 8

Pigs aren't to any extent further grimy animals. Pigs are animals that are frequently kept in grimy situations. Wild boar isn't any dirtier than farm animals or goats. you're incorrect about Hindus and Buddhists: Hindus do no longer devour cows, yet devour different meat (in the adventure that they could have the funds for it). Buddhists devour meat. Jews had a prohibition about eating beef, which changed into followed into Islam too. interior the previous they could were accurate - there are countless ailments that ought to bypass from pigs to people, along with tapeworm. that would not prepare any extra. modern farming has damaged the cycle the position human waste (sh*t) finally ends up interior the pigs' foodstuff.

Answer 9

Because when Jesus came he made it clean.

In the bible Paul the Apostle had a dream where a picnic blanket came down with all kinds of forbidden Jewish foods.

It came down two or three times and Jesus kept re-iterating that it was clean through Him. I think what he was trying to say was that if you are working for me i will take care of you even if you are offered food not previously allowed, usually as a guest in somebodies home.

Although this was also an allegory as Jews were previously forbidden to speak to people who were not Jews.

Jesus was trying to get through to Paul and say that we are all sons of God not just Jews and that he should go and speak and teach to those other than of his kind.

On this note, I don't eat pork and I am Christian. Pork was forbidden for the jews but Christianity brought about a new way, the old law was abolished.

the only new law Jesus brought was to "Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind" and "Thou shalt Love thy neigbour as thyself" "on these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets!"

In living love in everything we do we don't need to be ordered not to murder, commit adultery etc. because we would not do these things if we love one another.

Answer 10

Pigs are injurious as food for a good reason: they're extremely intelligent creatures, who think, have emotions and are capable of love.

Christians eat pork because Greeks and Romans loved pig meat, and Paulism -- I mean Christianity -- was created in Rome and Greece and changed in many ways to suit the natives.

Jesus was probably an Essene -- a vegetarian.

The Torah says nothing about pork being unhealthy.