Can christian eat food use as offerings or place on altars ?
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I eat. I don't eat the faux meat though. It tastes like crap.
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mock meat? yeap
do u rem how they taught us to do it in chemistry classes? -
r u serious??!!!Originally posted by laurence82:do u rem how they taught us to do it in chemistry classes?
heng during my time nv teach -
basic ingredients are flour, water, and some colouring and artificial flavourOriginally posted by ben1xy:r u serious??!!!
heng during my time nv teach
the reason why some mock meat are yucky coz the food companies dont get it right, and the gullible consumers go buy those, the better ones i ate are from somewhere else.. -
Consider the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar? Do I mean then that a sacrifice offered to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons. You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord's table and the table of demons.
If some unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat whatever is put before you without raising questions of conscience. But if anyone says to you, "This has been offered in sacrifice," then do not eat it, both for the sake of the man who told you and for conscience' sake--the other man's conscience, I mean, not yours. For why should my freedom be judged by another's conscience? (1 Corinthians 10:27-29 NIV)
By telling his guest the meat has been offered to an idol, the host is expecting the guest to join him in eating to the idol's glory. In that case we should not eat it. After all, we know idols are nothing, but the host sees the idol as his god. We don't want to join him in worshipping his god, but instead make clear we only acknowledge the One, true God.
Thus we can eat whatever food there is, as long as we eat it to the glory of God, and not while even so much as acknowledging idols. -
Of course Christian can eat food offered to idols! BUT......
"Everything is permissable, but not everything is beneficial". Therefore, sure, "the earth is the Lord's and everything in it" (1 Cor 10:25, 26), eat anything you like! But as this is permissable, it may not be beneficial. In the process of eating the food, do not "cause anyone to stumble" (vv. 31 - 33). If it causes your brother to stumble, don't eat it.
But if it doesn't, then by all means, why should anyone stop you from eating something that you've given thanks for? Like i said, the earth is the Lord's and everything in it. -
In short, if it harm no one, do what you will.Originally posted by cool_ridge:Of course Christian can eat food offered to idols! BUT......
"Everything is permissable, but not everything is beneficial". Therefore, sure, "the earth is the Lord's and everything in it" (1 Cor 10:25, 26), eat anything you like! But as this is permissable, it may not be beneficial. In the process of eating the food, do not "cause anyone to stumble" (vv. 31 - 33). If it causes your brother to stumble, don't eat it.
But if it doesn't, then by all means, why should anyone stop you from eating something that you've given thanks for? Like i said, the earth is the Lord's and everything in it. -
then there are a lot of things you cannot do.Originally posted by iveco:In short, if it harm no one, do what you will.
Seldom can you find somethng harming no one. that's why pple come out with utilitarian philosophy. -
I am more amoral, than moral or immoral.
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actually har, whats the point of this thread? if eat, then ok lor, if dont eat, also ok lor.
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Well, we know that lots of Christians refuse to eat them, resulting in unnecessary familial discord.Originally posted by laurence82:actually har, whats the point of this thread? if eat, then ok lor, if dont eat, also ok lor. -
ya lor why these christian like tat one ?Originally posted by SingaporeMacross:Well, we know that lots of Christians refuse to eat them, resulting in unnecessary familial discord. -
look, as long as he refuse to eat them its allright, its what kind of remarks tha he spout that matters..Originally posted by crazy monkey:ya lor why these christian like tat one ?