So your saying that because paul had a dream ... you can now eat whatever you would like to eat??
11What goes into a man's mouth does not make him 'unclean,' but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him 'unclean.' "
I don't understand how this says NOT to eat pork??? Doesn't it just say that its not "necessarily" what goes in your mouth.. that makes you a screwed up person.. but what comes out of your mouth. Therefore becareful of what is in our hearts.
And how does that make eating pork okay according the christianity. RAther it sounds like he is making a point that people could understand of the time. I.E. clarifying the false belief that eating something makes a person unclean!
And trying to get people to stop worrying about the little things when much more important sins need focusing on first. I.E. purifying our hearts!
17"Don't you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body? 18But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man 'unclean.' 19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. 20These are what make a man 'unclean'; but eating with unwashed hands does not make him 'unclean.' "
And I think this last passage is excellent because it talks about the evil within a persons heart! And isn't part of being a good person obeying God and his commandments? Even if we have no reason (logically) to not eat pork other than obeying HIM! And, if we were grateful, wouldn't this be a small price to pay for everything he has given us? Especially when we look at the gift of guidance about purifying our hearts!
I agree pm in what you said earlier. In that if it was said in the Quran that pork is shameless or even a saheeh hadeeth then this statement would be normal and fine. Otherwise it is just rhetoric, opinion and false assumptions.
And far too often muslims tend to focus on less important issues than what we should focus on. And I think there is a reminder of this in the above biblical passages.
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Acts 10:10
So your saying that because paul had a dream ... you can now eat whatever you would like to eat??
11What goes into a man's mouth does not make him 'unclean,' but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him 'unclean.' "
I don't understand how this says NOT to eat pork??? Doesn't it just say that its not "necessarily" what goes in your mouth.. that makes you a screwed up person.. but what comes out of your mouth. Therefore becareful of what is in our hearts.
And how does that make eating pork okay according the christianity. RAther it sounds like he is making a point that people could understand of the time. I.E. clarifying the false belief that eating something makes a person unclean!
And trying to get people to stop worrying about the little things when much more important sins need focusing on first. I.E. purifying our hearts!
17"Don't you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body? 18But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man 'unclean.' 19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. 20These are what make a man 'unclean'; but eating with unwashed hands does not make him 'unclean.' "
And I think this last passage is excellent because it talks about the evil within a persons heart! And isn't part of being a good person obeying God and his commandments? Even if we have no reason (logically) to not eat pork other than obeying HIM! And, if we were grateful, wouldn't this be a small price to pay for everything he has given us? Especially when we look at the gift of guidance about purifying our hearts!
I agree pm in what you said earlier. In that if it was said in the Quran that pork is shameless or even a saheeh hadeeth then this statement would be normal and fine. Otherwise it is just rhetoric, opinion and false assumptions.
And far too often muslims tend to focus on less important issues than what we should focus on. And I think there is a reminder of this in the above biblical passages.