Thank you for your reasoned and kind response.
Hmmmm, ((( Smiles )))
bout me and the church I attend...
The Elders at your church will be able to give you any extra help you may need with this.
Thats why they are there for you.
I think the question has been answered already here.
Perhaps it has been answered but my searches turned out to be rather fruitless.
My comment about the church I attend was aimed at Abishag's denigrating remarks about me and my church. I was rather upset.
My elders have been asked that question by me and I was asked the same question by some teens in my Youth Group. I stated what Paul said. Any food is good for nourishment, but the foods marked as unclean may carry more risks. Most important is to not let your personal dietary restrictions or freedoms cause your brother to fail in his personal restrictions or freedoms.
I personally would not eat pork or shrimp as they are scavengers.
Bacon either though nitrate wasen't a factor to warn about back then either.
Bacon is pork. Most smoked foods contain nitrates from the smoking process. There are more nitrates in modern smoked foods because it is added unnaturally to speed up the smoking process.
Additionally, most fish are scavengers. The will eat the bodies of the dead fish. Certainly they eat live creatures also but they are not above scavenging.
The Bible does have reasons for instructing the Israelites not to eat unclean creatures.
Most are animals that are more likely to pass on diseases if not cooked completely.
How does knowing the Festivals help determine what foods we should eat?
You posed the question such as that but why learning more about the holy days of thoses times.
And the meaning of for a better understanding of..
Paul tells us that all of theses special days have been appointed by God to reveal the Messiah to the world as part of God's great plan for His creation.
--- Colossians 2:16-17
The application of those special days to the life of Christ is fairly obvious to those who study. I just don't see how it is related to determining our dietary restrictions.
Plus..
It's your health your body your choice.
What you put into it.
And what you do with it.
If you eat enough bad for your health food.
The consequences of doing so may bring about ill health.
I heartily agree. I lean more toward organically grown foods and keep to whole foods as much as possible. A pig can be organically grown just as a chicken can. The question still remains as to whether the organically grown pig is restricted from a believer's diet by Biblical mandate.
You seem to be saying that it is not but you prefer to avoid those foods because you believe that will make you healthier.
You may possibly be right.
