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Why do Catholics eat meat which in the Old Testament were forbidden? Are these laws still in place and just ignored by most Catholics? I’d like to know so I can adjust my diet accordingly, or stop worrying about what I put in my mouth. (Animal flesh, that is!)
 
Read Acts 11, one of the greatest passages in the New Testament essentially this is way we stopped being kosher. Also, from the debates within the community about whether the coverting Gentiles needed to be Jewish (i.e. circumcision) first before converting.
 
Read Acts 11, one of the greatest passages in the New Testament essentially this is way we stopped being kosher.

I think the writer meant Acts 15.
 
The scriptures that are being referred to are those concerning the vision of Peter relating to the sheet full of abomnible creatures forbidden by God to be eaten of the Jews. If you read the WHOLE thing and the next chapter as well you will find it has nothing to do with what can and cannot be eaten but how the relationship of the Gentiles was to change. In essence, is was God’s way of showing Peter that the Gospel was no longer to be withheld from the Gentiles but to be given to them as well as the Jews had, for the most part, at this time, rejected it. Ask yourself these questions;

1 does science show that some meats are more hazardous to your health than others?
  1. If so, should I abstain from these meats to keep my body healthy?
  2. If there meats are hazardous to my health, should I actually be eating them?
All in all, it is your choice, but, you should also study what God has to say about these things as well, remembering that he does not change. Don’t get me wrong, I still eat meats, I am just more careful in the meats that I eat.
 
The scriptures that are being referred to are those concerning the vision of Peter relating to the sheet full of abomnible creatures forbidden by God to be eaten of the Jews. If you read the WHOLE thing and the next chapter as well you will find it has nothing to do with what can and cannot be eaten but how the relationship of the Gentiles was to change. In essence, is was God’s way of showing Peter that the Gospel was no longer to be withheld from the Gentiles but to be given to them as well as the Jews had, for the most part, at this time, rejected it. Ask yourself these questions;

1 does science show that some meats are more hazardous to your health than others?
  1. If so, should I abstain from these meats to keep my body healthy?
  2. If there meats are hazardous to my health, should I actually be eating them?
All in all, it is your choice, but, you should also study what God has to say about these things as well, remembering that he does not change. Don’t get me wrong, I still eat meats, I am just more careful in the meats that I eat.
Meat is NOT hazardous to health. The issue of whether one or the other has more cholesterol could be brought up but that is not relevant if you maintain a balanced diet.
In short, cooked properly and eaten in moderation meat is not hazardous.
 
Just remember that on Fridays… no meat. 🙂

There is an exception to this if you adopt another as weighty (for you) penitential practice, but this is the norm for a Catholic and what should be done.

All Fridays are days of penance, due to Christ’s death being on a Friday… the 3 o’clock hour of special significance.
 
Meat is NOT hazardous to health. The issue of whether one or the other has more cholesterol could be brought up but that is not relevant if you maintain a balanced diet.
In short, cooked properly and eaten in moderation meat is not hazardous.
Really? Hmm, the USDA points out that pork should not be eaten because to often it is not cooked properly. Pork contains high amounts of tricona (sic) larvea, which leads to tricinosis (sic), often misdiagnosed some sort of joint ailment. Look it up on the net, do some research. As for other meats, I’ve quit eating beef just because man has turned them into cannibals which has lead to Mad-Cow disease. Other meats will follow as man has altered the genetic makeup of “raised” animals that their value as a nutritional source will be highly doubtful in the future as well, that is unless you want to start ingesting streroids of unknown quantities and types.
 
Guess what. People who eat meat, DIE. Vegetarians, DIE. What is the difference?
 
Really? Hmm, the USDA points out that pork should not be eaten because to often it is not cooked properly. Pork contains high amounts of tricona (sic) larvea, which leads to tricinosis (sic), often misdiagnosed some sort of joint ailment. Look it up on the net, do some research. As for other meats, I’ve quit eating beef just because man has turned them into cannibals which has lead to Mad-Cow disease. Other meats will follow as man has altered the genetic makeup of “raised” animals that their value as a nutritional source will be highly doubtful in the future as well, that is unless you want to start ingesting streroids of unknown quantities and types.
If you read my post you will see I wrote “properly cooked”. Obviously you ask for trouble if you don’t cook something properly!

Frankly I think you are paranoid about this. There is nothing wrong with eating meat. Of course you might be referring to American meat which I don’t eat anyway.
 
If you read my post you will see I wrote “properly cooked”. Obviously you ask for trouble if you don’t cook something properly!

Frankly I think you are paranoid about this. There is nothing wrong with eating meat. Of course you might be referring to American meat which I don’t eat anyway.
If YOU read MY earlier posts you would see that I do eat meat, just not certain types. Also, my statement stated that most people DO NOT properly cook pork, which leads to the ailments I discribed. Just because I’m paranoid doesn’t make what I’ve stated false. 😃
 
Really? Hmm, the USDA points out that pork should not be eaten because to often it is not cooked properly. Pork contains high amounts of tricona (sic) larvea, which leads to tricinosis (sic), often misdiagnosed some sort of joint ailment. Look it up on the net, do some research. As for other meats, I’ve quit eating beef just because man has turned them into cannibals which has lead to Mad-Cow disease. Other meats will follow as man has altered the genetic makeup of “raised” animals that their value as a nutritional source will be highly doubtful in the future as well, that is unless you want to start ingesting streroids of unknown quantities and types.
Problem: Meat is uncooked
Solution: Cook your meat.

On that note, I think some blood-dripping rare stakes sounds good for tonight, with a side of pork chops and a caesar salad with raw eggs.
 
The Japanese might have something to say about the paranoia here… 🙂

And that is, ‘Itadakimasu!’

Which basically means let’s eat! Sushi… raw fish… raw… everything.

I remind my mother about these things every time the next paranoid ‘health’ news article comes out trying to either convince someone to give up one food (for the sake of fanaticism), or eat another (that someone is selling).

Nothing like a raw egg in a milk shake. 🙂
 
Hi, Sabbath Keeper,

If I read your post correctly, I do not understand why you have made a distinction here: yes, the animals Peter saw in the sheet were forbidden under the Old Testament - and, Peter was literally instructed to eat under the New Testament. And, yes, Jews were to avoid associations with Gentiles and the sheet was a symbol of the embrace of Christianity.

From my reading of this, both elements are present. You can eat pork, shellfish and other such foods (properly cooked, of course 😃 ) and bring more people to a knowledge of the Love of Christ.

God bless
The scriptures that are being referred to are those concerning the vision of Peter relating to the sheet full of abomnible creatures forbidden by God to be eaten of the Jews. If you read the WHOLE thing and the next chapter as well you will find it has nothing to do with what can and cannot be eaten but how the relationship of the Gentiles was to change. In essence, is was God’s way of showing Peter that the Gospel was no longer to be withheld from the Gentiles but to be given to them as well as the Jews had, for the most part, at this time, rejected it.
 
Hi, Sabbath Keeper,

If I read your post correctly, I do not understand why you have made a distinction here: yes, the animals Peter saw in the sheet were forbidden under the Old Testament - and, Peter was literally instructed to eat under the New Testament. And, yes, Jews were to avoid associations with Gentiles and the sheet was a symbol of the embrace of Christianity.

From my reading of this, both elements are present. You can eat pork, shellfish and other such foods (properly cooked, of course 😃 ) and bring more people to a knowledge of the Love of Christ.

God bless
The distinction is clear. Peter, himself, interpreted his own vision, in his interpretation he never mentions anything about what should and should not be eating, only that the vision was pertaining to the new relationship to the Gentiles which God was showing him, nothing more, nothing less. However, we are all given the freewill to eat or do whatever we feel is necessary to our own well being, some prefer to abstain from certain activities while other prefer not to abstain, to each his own. I would remind everyone what Paul said, “Know you not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit?” (Parapharsed) As such, we need to consider what we put into it, after all, we need to treat such an exalted guest with all due respect.
 
Really? Hmm, the USDA points out that pork should not be eaten because to often it is not cooked properly. Pork contains high amounts of tricona (sic) larvea, which leads to tricinosis (sic), often misdiagnosed some sort of joint ailment. Look it up on the net, do some research. As for other meats, I’ve quit eating beef just because man has turned them into cannibals which has lead to Mad-Cow disease. Other meats will follow as man has altered the genetic makeup of “raised” animals that their value as a nutritional source will be highly doubtful in the future as well, that is unless you want to start ingesting streroids of unknown quantities and types.
Two words for you…

Free Range
 
The Japanese might have something to say about the paranoia here… 🙂

And that is, ‘Itadakimasu!’

Which basically means let’s eat! Sushi… raw fish… raw… everything.

I remind my mother about these things every time the next paranoid ‘health’ news article comes out trying to either convince someone to give up one food (for the sake of fanaticism), or eat another (that someone is selling).

Nothing like a raw egg in a milk shake. 🙂
You do realize that the Japanese have the highest rates of stomach cancer and parasitic infestations in the world don’t you?

Eat whatever you want, but please, COOK IT!

Go chi soo samadeshita!
 
The distinction is clear. Peter, himself, interpreted his own vision, in his interpretation he never mentions anything about what should and should not be eating, only that the vision was pertaining to the new relationship to the Gentiles which God was showing him, nothing more, nothing less. However, we are all given the freewill to eat or do whatever we feel is necessary to our own well being, some prefer to abstain from certain activities while other prefer not to abstain, to each his own. I would remind everyone what Paul said, “Know you not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit?” (Parapharsed) As such, we need to consider what we put into it, after all, we need to treat such an exalted guest with all due respect.
Of course we should treat our bodies with respect and shouldn’t overindulge in any food. Sugary or fatty or salty or overly processed - all has every bit as much potential to harm our health as undercooked pork. So why is that a particular bee in your bonnet?

As to Peter’s vision - his and the others’ behaviour afterwards, especially in regards to eating with the Gentiles, shows that they DID see the vision as applying to food as well.

Why would merely sharing a (kosher) meal be a problem for they, whose Lord and God associated with sinners and tax collectors, Roman centurions and Syrophonecian women? It wasn’t - it was the non-kosher food the Gentiles ate that was the problem. And Paul was rightly criticial when Peter avoided the Gentiles and their non-kosher meals.
 
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