11:7 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you. 11:8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.
11:10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you: 11:11 They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.
2007-10-16 00:47:57 · 38 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Fuzzy- I'm not sure if you were adressing me or another answerer but I'm not Muslim... I'm just curious as to why for example the Koran and the Torah (I think? Sorry if I'm wrong I'm no expert) prohibit pork, and the bible sort of does, sort of doesn't.
2007-10-16 08:16:40 · update #1
God must have changed his mind on those abominations, but homosexuality is still an abomination! All those laws like that, that directly effect Christians, are done away with... but the ones that says "thou shalt not suffer a witch to live" are in FULL effect buddy.... The Lord will strike you down if you suggest those laws are gone, but the food stuff and mixed fabrics and women wearing mens clothing and jewelry/make up... all that stuff is ok now.
*please read with heavy sarcasm*
It's amazing when they claim they don't understand why they are called "cherry-picker Christians" or "Cafeteria Christians"... they just pick and choose which laws are in effect and which ones should still apply (such as killing witches and homosexuals since those 2 are abominations, but the food abominations are no longer abominations to them - they have taken the place of their God and decided what is "good" and what isn't)
Edit:
Funny how some are listing Matthews "what goes in the mouth does not defile a man, but what comes out". It goes on to list things that are totally irrelevant to Food that defiles a man... so why in the world would "what goes in" have ANYTHING to do with Food? Please... do you all even know what the hell the word "context" even means??????
2007-10-16 01:49:34 · answer #1 · answered by River 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
The bible says you shouldn't eat pork. The distinction of clean and unclean foods were originally made all the way back in the book of Genesis with Noah, before Jews. They were just repeated in Leviticus 11 and were just described in more detail. So these food laws were meant for everyone, not just the Jews. And they were never changed.... Some people have thought it is now ok to eat because of mis-interpretation of scripture.... The verse where it says not that which goes into the mouth defiles a man, but that which comes out of the mouth,this defiles a man has nothing to do with unclean foods, if people read the entire section in context the Pharisees were telling them they were defiled because they did not wash their hands before breaking bread. The verses in Acts where Peter see's a sheet come down showing unclean animals and saying they are clean isn't literal. If they read further it explains those verses, it actually says it wasn't talking about the animals literally, it was talking about the Gentiles (who were originally considered unclean). Once Stephen was stoned the Gospel was taken to the Gentiles. God was telling Peter that they are no longer to be considered unclean anymore. It refers to PEOPLE, not animals. The animals in the vision were just used as an example. The verse that says everything God has created is good, and no food is to 'be rejected, provided if is received with thanksgiving: the word of God and prayer make it holy.... By examining this passage in its overall context, Paul was countering a false teaching by saying that it is permissible to eat animal flesh as long as the meats were approved in the word of God. Paul was addressing the subject of enforced vegetarianism, not the subject of "unclean meats." Unclean animals are still unhealthy and shouldn't be eaten. God didn't change the animals and he didn't just change His mind about them.
2016-05-22 22:27:47 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the misinterpretation of Biblical knowledge...."we are not bound by old testament laws babble....
the laws were nailed to the cross, etc...
Jesus went to the cross for our sins...
Jesus fulfilled the law...
some common sense......Jesus did not cancel the ten commandments....Jesus did not cancel the dietary laws...the dietary laws are not a Hebrew, Jewish , kosher thing...it is a common sense health thing....
an unclean animal is still and unclean animal....pigs, lobster, vultures, etc are still the clean up crew of the environment and they are still consuming the trash no different than they did in biblical times.....
our tummies are still the same....
our health is going to hell in a hand basket and everyone is blaming God 'cause they are sick.....
I have stated before the number of years that I have worked in the nursing home area...and the diseases that are killing people in their 40 & 50...I also worked in a 7th day adventist home where everyone was in their 90+...the adventist don't eat that which is unclean.....
125 years of research at Loma Linda shows this also...
I find it rather funny that so many christians will point fingers at SDA and claim we are strange.....while all the while we are following what the Bible, that they also have, says....
My husband and I both grew up on farms....he was told that he had MS....I took away the dairy and the meat...he does not have MS...he is 6ft and 250 construction worker....
with all the recalls for ecoli and such why would anyone even want to eat meat??
and where did the ADHD and autism come from also....think about it....
we are poisioning our selves and wrongly pounding on the Bible claiming it is ok....it isn't.....
in the garden we were vegitarian and in heaven we will be vegitarian....why consume meat today??
2007-10-16 04:27:19 · answer #3 · answered by coffee_pot12 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people feel that we are still under this mandate and, therefore, Christians pick and choose which mandates they will follow. Is this really so?
Not according to the inspired record at Colossians 2:13-16. Here we learn that the law was taken out of the way, according to verse 14, having been nailed to the instrument of Christ's death. Then verse 16 plainly says not to allow anyone to judge you according to what you eat or drink.
At the mouth of two witnesses let a matter be established. Therefore, consider the 'witness' of Ephesians 2:14-15 where we are taught that God abolished the law of commandments consisting of decrees.
And we are thankful for this. Why? Well, what is the punishment for failing to keep the Sabbath which was also a part of the law of commandments consisting of decrees? Death.
So then, we are able to eat whatever foods we wish without fear of displeasing God.
Hannah J Paul
2007-10-16 01:07:36 · answer #4 · answered by Hannah J Paul 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Myself and my family adhere to the dietary laws of the OT but for the most parts Christians dont. The verses you are going to get will be Matt 5 where Christ says he came to fulfill the law. This verse is debated as some feel that meant he was able to fully abide by it while others believe it means he abolished it. As well you will hear the story of Peter's dream in which God shows him a table of all foods of the Earth and says he has made all these things clean. This is also debated as signs shown are not always direct translations. Some feel that the foods represent the gentiles that came to his door directly following the vision but once again the majority claim this verse sanctifies the eating of all foods.
2007-10-16 00:53:31 · answer #5 · answered by daemon747 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
With all due respect to my fellow Christians it is nothing but a misunderstanding of some New Testament texts on their part.
There is no way the death of Jesus could make an unclean animal clean. Jesus and Paul both were Jews and one cannot imagine them eating unclean animals. It just goes to show that whatever they said regarding eating have been misinterpreted to mean Christians can eat anything while Jesus and Paul themselves would not partake any of it.
2007-10-16 01:17:33 · answer #6 · answered by Andy Roberts 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
LOOK and get this strait,,, 1st the LAW was given to Israel,,,, NOT you, or me! You quoted ? 11:7 & 8, of what book?! Also? 11:10 & 11 WELL I wonder why,,, Now go back and see that YHWH said this to ONE people ,,ISRAEL!! (for you) means THEM! Did you omit other cloven hooved animals such as the CAMEL! Quote Eph 2:11-12! MUSLIM, don't y'all eat camel? Bet JEWS won't,,,, NOW read and remember,,even QUOTE 10: 12-16 now since you are back in class LISTEN Eph 2:11-13 "Threrfore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh-who are called uncircumcision by what is called the circumcisionmade in the flesh by hands-(12) at that time you were without Christ, being ALIENS from the commonwealth of Israel and STRANGERS from the covenant of promise having NO hope and WITHOUT God in the world. (13)But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ!!! so since Christ fullfilled the LAW,,,,YOU? and Mohommed would tell us to get back under the CURSE of the LAW?,,,,somehow I find it strange that you quote in the english of 1611,,,SO since y' tried that trick I'm gonna have some BACON! "N" EGGS!,,, you eat a camel sammich!!!!
2007-10-16 01:26:23 · answer #7 · answered by hamoh10 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Jesus said;
Matthew 15:11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
Matthew 15:18-20 says:
18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
20 These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
grace2u
2007-10-16 00:54:21 · answer #8 · answered by Theophilus 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Hi. Here is what I got:
The collective designation for the ordinary pig; a medium-sized, cloven-hoofed, short-legged mammal having a thick-skinned, stocky body usually covered with coarse bristles. The pig’s snout is blunt, and its neck and tail are short. Not being a cud chewer, the pig was ruled unacceptable for food or sacrifice by the terms of the Mosaic Law. (Leviticus 11:7; Deuteronomy 14:8)
While Jehovah’s ban on eating pork was not necessarily based on health considerations, there were and still are hazards connected with the use of this meat for food. Since pigs are indiscriminate in their feeding habits, even eating carrion and offal, they tend to be infested with various parasitic organisms, including those responsible for diseases such as trichinosis and ascariasis.
The Israelites generally seem to have viewed swine as especially loathsome. Hence the ultimate degree in disgusting worship is conveyed by the words: “The one offering up a gift—the blood of a pig!” (Isaiah 66:3) To the Israelites, few things could have been more inappropriate than a pig with a gold nose ring in its snout. And it is to this that Proverbs 11:22 compares an outwardly beautiful woman who is not sensible.
Although apostate Israelites ate pork (Isaiah 65:4; 66:17) show that during the foreign domination of Palestine by the Syrian king Antiochus IV Epiphanes and his vicious campaign to stamp out the worship of Jehovah, there were many Jews who refused to eat the flesh of swine, preferring to die for violating the decree of the king rather than to violate the law of God.
When Jesus came the Old Law was done away with, but still we need to cook pork completely in order for it to be pure and healthy for eating, avoiding all parasites when cooked completely.
Shellfish (Fins and Scales) - Leviticus 11: 9 - 12
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‘This is what YOU may eat of everything that is in the waters: Everything that has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas and in the torrents, those YOU may eat.
No Fins & Scales
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And everything in the seas and the torrents that has no fins and scales, out of every swarming creature of the waters and out of every living soul that is in the waters, they are a loathsome thing for YOU. Yes, they will become a loathsome thing to YOU. YOU must not eat any of their flesh, and YOU are to loathe their dead body. Everything in the waters that has no fins and scales is a loathsome thing to YOU.
Again, after the coming of Jesus, he did away with the old law.
2007-10-16 01:05:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
There is no precise definition of a 'Christian'.
If someone says they are a Christian then whatever they do, is (self-evidiently) compatible with their definition of being a Christian.
Jesus didn't write the bible, the old testament was around before he was born and the new testament (as we know it) was hacked together by vaiours people who all had their own views on what Christianity should be.
Check out the "Gnostic Gospels" - bits of the new testament that the christian churches ditched because they didn't fit in with what Rome and Paul wanted in the 'new' religion.
A persons religion is their own, noone can tell them how/what to do - anything else is just politics in disguise.
2007-10-16 01:00:08 · answer #10 · answered by P P 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋