Why do Christan eat pork (read whole article before anwering)?

Question

Why do most practising Christians eat pork even though, according to Bible, they shouldn't? I've heard some people say that it's forbidden according to Old Testament, which is for jews, and that they rely on New Testament. But the thing is New Testament says also not to eat pork.

In the book of Leviticus, chapter 11, v. 7, it is recorded that God declares the pig to be unclean for believers. Then, in verse 8, God says: “You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you”. This command is repeated in Deuteronomy 14:7-8. Then, in Isaiah 65:2-4, and 66:17, God issues a stern warning against those who eat pork.

Some people are aware of this prohibition from God, but they say that they can eat pork because St. Paul said that all food is clean in his letter to the Romans 14:20. St. Paul said this because he believed (as he wrote in his letter to the Ephesians 2:14-15) that Jesus had abolished the Law with all its commandments and regulations. He seems, h

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Answer 1

"This is an eternal law for all generations"

(Exodus 12:14, 12:17, 12:43, 27:21, 28:43, Leviticus 3:17, 7:36, 10:9, 16:29, 16:31, 16:34, 17:7, 23:14, 23:21, 23:31, 23:41, 24:3, Numbers 10:8, 15:15, 19:10, 19:21, 18:23, 35:29, Deuteronomy29:28)

It is absurd to accept the Divine origin of the Torah yet deny it's eternal relevance.

Answer 2

pharoahmuhammad,
Peter's vision in Acts is another source to support eating just about anything. Remember the difference. To the Jews and Muslims, the works become mandatory to please God. The Christians, if they are on top of the message, know that by faith we are saved, and we by faith fulfill the law. The works of the Law are no longer what God looks at, but by faith, which is what He wanted all along, is what He looks at.

So this Christian eats pork because he likes pork. It means nothing to me, other than it's really tasty sometimes.

Here is the distinction that best says how to live life, in that what is okay, and what is not okay for any person who is Chirstian:
Romans 14:14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

If you were to become Christian and it would violate your perspective to eat pork, thinking it a sin, you would be correct in not doing that. But for those where it is not even an issue, it's no sweat!

That's the liberty we have in Christ. Christianity supports a certain type of individualism. It's the most individualistic major religion, in my opinion.

That was a good question.

Answer 3

The Torah does not prohibit non-Jews from eating pork. Therefore, when Isaiah talks about bad stuff coming to those who eat pork, it MUST only refer to Jews, since Gentiles were never given such a command. (Isaiah 66:17).

This should also make it plainly obvious that this Torah command, like all others, is eternally binding and unchanging, as the Hebrew scriptures state over and over again regarding the Law brought down by Moses.

Interestingly, in the Christian Bible, Paul lays out dietary commands for new Christians. In the early church there was debate whether or not gentiles needed to first convert to Judaism in order to join the Church.

Paul wins this debate and sends a letter to the new gentile converts in Syria they need not become Jews, but only that they need abstain from things offered to idols, from fornication, from eating the meat of strangled animals, and from blood. (Acts 15)

Why don't Christians follow these dietary commands? Beats me.

Answer 4

Nothing Wrong In Ea\ting Pork. Read The New Testament Again About What Happened To Peter

Answer 5

Acts Of Apostles 11

6 Into which looking, I considered, and saw fourfooted creatures of the earth, and beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air: 7 And I heard also a voice saying to me: Arise, Peter; kill and eat. 8 And I said: Not so, Lord; for nothing common or unclean hath ever entered into my mouth. 9 And the voice answered again from heaven: What God hath made clean, do not thou call common. 10 And this was done three times: and all were taken up again into
From Corinthians
23 All things are lawful for me, but all things do not edify. 24 Let no man seek his own, but that which is another's. 25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, eat; asking no question for conscience' sake.

Answer 6

The prohibition on pork came with the law. In the opening chapters of Genesis, God specifically states that all animals of the earth will be meat for man. In the New Testament, all foods were acceptable to Christians, except foods offered to idols and consumption of blood.

Answer 7

With Jesus' coming came a new covenant that God holds us to even today. When Jesus came, the law (not eating meat, requiring circumcision, etc) was not required, merely belief in Jesus and following his example. So eat pork and be merry! (just read the Bible while you're doing it...lol j/k)

Answer 8

Jesus did not abolish the Law, he abolished the idea of unclean foods.. And considering that God himself said that nothing he made was unclean, I would say that's good enough authority for me. (Oh, and this was also to do away with the exclusion of the gentiles, so that ALL, even muslims and other non-beleivers could be included in the plan of Salvation.) (Always pays to read and understand the whole thing, rather than just the parts that serve your own interests.)
Love and Peace

Answer 9

You do realize that Leviticus, Isaiah and Deuteronomy are all considered part of the Old Testiment, right? The New Testiment starts from Matthew to Revelations (which would include Ephesians). The Old Testiment is from Genesis to Malichi, which would include Leviticus, Deuteronomy, and Isaiah. You did answer your own question - you just didn't know it.

Answer 10

Pork was a problem in old times since Tricneosis (not sure of spelling) would make you sick or kill you if the pork was not cooked enough.
Today, with modern cooking, it is easy to make sure the pork is well cooked.
The old reasons for the ban on pork are gone now. Leviticus was just spreading an old superstition about pork. Most superstitions, like religious beliefs go away when people become educated.

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