Do Christians think it's a bummer that lobster dinners aren't kosher?

Question

I KNOW it's a problem for Jews and Muslims. I was curious about Christians.It IS in the OT, you know!

Answer 1

It's generally disappointing when you invite some guests or friends out to a nice seafood restaurant, only to discover that they are Jewish, and so can't eat most things on the menu. I sympathize greatly, having been taken to steakhouses and burger places on many a Lenten Friday.

Christians don't usually follow the dietary restrictions because that was part of the old covenant with Israel. The new covenant founded on Jesus, which applies to everyone, does not require gentiles(non-Jews) to keep the old laws, although we consider all moral laws in the Old Testament to be expansions on what Our Lord Jesus preached.
Catholics abstain from meat during Fridays in Lent in order to empathize with the poor (since meat is the most expensive part of any meal) not because of kosher regulations.
Because fish was long a staple of the poor in the Mediterranean, there is an exception provided for it. Modern theologians generally agree that eating something like lobster or crab does not fall in the spirit of the discipline (note I use this word rather than "doctrine").

Answer 2

What the heck is this question about??? Makes no sense. Christians don't worry about being kosher. My decision not to eat lobster has nothing at all to do with my religious beliefs. I simply cannot eat anything that is displayed in an aquarium with a bunch of other lobsters, awaiting to be plucked out of "safety" and plunged into a hot pot of boiling water alive, until the nerves and senses are dulled and they are cooked before they have fully died. Nope - can't do it, no matter how succulent and yummy those steak and lobster commercials make it look.

Answer 3

Hello! I broke out in laughter aloud when reading your question here. Most Christians, especially Protestant (I'd say), don't really follow the Jewish custom of eating kosher food. I don't know if any eat lobster during the Lenten season, but they may. The kosher standards were set in place following the Mosaic law given by God for the good of His people. We are not bound to that any more, but that's not to say it wouldn't be a good thing though. As for constraints during lenten, I'd say mainly those in Catholic churches and perhaps a couple of Catholic related Protestant churches go with this. Hope this helps. Keep it coming.

Answer 4

We don't care, only the Jews and the Arabs care whether something is kosher. Well actually the Muslims just have similar rules not necessarily kosher.

Answer 5

Kosher? Aren't you talking about Jews and not Christians?

Answer 6

Well, Kosher really only is followed by Jews, Christians dont follow Jewish eating customs.

Answer 7

Christians reall don't worry about it. Kosher is not an item in Christianity. It is a part of the relegion of Judism.

Answer 8

christians arent kosher, thats Jews?

Answer 9

No.

I, personally, try to abstain from non-kosher foods. Health reasons.

Eating a giant cockroach of the sea just isn't my thing.

Answer 10

To be kosher is to have a Rabbi bless it.

Jesus teaches that it is not what you put into your mouth that is unclean but that, that comes out of the mouth. What comes out of the mouth is what is in your heart.

I'm not a lobster fan...they are ocean roaches. They belong to the arthropod family...so they are cousins to roaches. You can call them ocean roaches. Can you say...ewwww! Thank you but no thank you!