-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/11/07 12:10, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Joe Hart wrote: >> The difference is that the person "dressing" the lamb is preparing it >> for use, usually to eat. That serves a purpose in at least nourishing >> the body. I suppose sacrificing the lamb could be said to be nourishing >> the spirit, but I don't think a court of law would see it that way. >> >> > As I understand it, in the old days, the sacrificial lambs ended up > being what the priests ate.
And in the Greek/Roman cities, the temples would cook and serve the meat as "fast food" to raise money. This is discussed in Romans 14:14-15 (NASB) I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; but to him who thinks anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean. For if because of food your brother is hurt, you are no longer walking according to love. Do not destroy with your food him for whom Christ died. The background of this passage is that some Christians thought it was OK to eat pagan temple meat (because they knew that pagan gods were false) and some Christians did not want to (or see other Christians) eat pagan temple meat because it reminded them of their pre-Christian lives and might draw them back into that lifestyle. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGRPbLS9HxQb37XmcRAgDTAJsFn72eALpQCvLhPFnCiZYwEJh+5ACgz0aF NBE7pUQjRXOxzzKYfkLTLFo= =uIPc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]