is a sin to eat? or shouldnt be eaten?\n4 christians
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Actually the Bible only condemns certain foods for Jewish people, later in the New Testament it says that all things are cleansed by God's grace with the giving of thanks. Basically the premeal prayer
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Dear soldier,\n\nThe Bible gives us the full acount of sin and how sin came about. it all started in the beginning, Adam and Eve lived in a tranquel and quiet Garden named Eden, all was well and every animal was at peace and everything was as God designed it to be. The serpent (Satan) came and tempted adam and eve to disobey God. there was a tree in the garden that was forbiden, the Devil tempted adam and eve and they fell into sin and ate the Fruit from this forbidden tree. as soon as they disobeyed God they brought destruction upon themselves and also upon the rest of mankind. now we live in a fallen world. God Has promised to put an end to sin, when we all die and stand before God he will destroy sin wherever it is found. anything found with sin will be destroyed. On judgement day, we will also be judged for our actions. Every thought word and deed you have ever had will be brought up on the day of Judgement. How will you do?\nHave you Ever broken any of the Ten Commandments?\n Ever Lie?\nEver steal anything?\never use God's name in vain?\never look with lust?\n\nListen to your conscience, are you guilty of breaking these commandments? any of them (these included)? if you are guilty on the day of Judgement the bible says the outcome on the day of judgement will not be pleasant. God will have to punish you and i for our sins, the place of punishmnet is Hell. Hell is a terrible place of torment and punishment. This is not Gods will, he has provided a way for us to be forgiven. Jesus Died on the cross and took all the punishment you deserve. he stepped in for you. In order for us to recieve forgiveness however, we Must repent and turn from our sins and ask Jesus to Forgive us and grant us eternal life. Please if you have not, make sure you are ready to leave this world.
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Yielding rocks! My favourite answer was this one...\n\nQuestion:\n\nIs ************ a sin? If yes, where in the Bible?\n\nYieldings Answer:\n\nThe bible says; \n\nThou shalt not ********** with a *********, for thou art a ************ if thou dost. \nLet all ye who ************ be smote with *********** for the ********** is thy ********* and therefore thy *********** will shrivel up and drop off.\nShould thou ************ with a ************ up your ***********, then the ************* shall be thy ***********, and the *********** will be like to that of the ************ on the Jerry Springer show.\n\nROFL!!!! That's just TOO funny!!!
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It might be an idea to ask them...\n\nFor me personally fasting is not simply a matter of unthinking obedience, in itself it is a real spiritual preparation for any holy day. Jesus said that we can't live on bread (meaning food generally) alone. (Matthew Ch 4 verse 4).\n\nWe often forget we are spiritual beings as much as physical ones and, for me, fasting (and contemplating God's word at the same time) is a way of both honouring or respecting that fact while at the same time nourishing the soul.\n\nEven in living memory it was customary not to eat anything on Sunday before taking communion (Eucharist) for the same sort of reason.
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I don't think it is a sin.  I love beer, and I do not feel that it is a sin to drink it -- only to abuse it.  \n\nHowever, it is not important what I think.  What do YOU think?  Why do you feel guilty?  If you feel it is a sin, then yes, for you it is a sin.  \n\nPersonally, I think you can abuse (gluttony) pretty much anything in life.  Gluttony is where the danger is.
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Sacrifices are no longer necessary.But there was a time when they were.\nyou are asking about sacrifices for SIN,aren't you?
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Hi, no this is not a sin as indeed it is entirely possible to avoid sin  \nfor certain lengths of time, by the grace of God,but it is prideful and wrong to think that we are without sin,and this is very grave matter, it would deny the sacrifice of Calvary, as we would in fact be saying that Jesus death was not necessary for me.
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My advice to you is don't listen to the Christians. They use the "unnatural" and "abomination" arguments so much they've lost all meaning. Homosexuality is not a sin. I, like you, know good people who happen to be gay. And to address your confusion with the logic behind the persecution, there is no logic.
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Leviticus 11:7 - And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you. \n\nThis chapter talks about what you can eat.
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That's true.\n\nIn order to be forgiven, you must confess (take responsibility) and repent (ask God to forgive you and turn away from the sin)\n\nGod's forgiveness is unconditional in that he will always forgive us when we ask him to.  But He still gave us free will.  His forgiveness is there, but we have to receive it, and to confess and repent is how we receive it. \n\nLook at it this way, you can bring food to a starving man, but it's up to the man to take it and eat it.  If you have the food  in your hand and you give it to the guy and say "here, take this.  Eat it."  The man could say "No, I won't eat it" then refuse to eat and die.  It's the same way with God.  He has done all He can do.  He is standing there offering eternal life to anyone who will take it, yet so many people say, "no, Lord, I don't want it." and they die and go to hell.  God is a gentleman.  He will not force the food down anyone's throat. It's up to every person to take it or not.\n\nWhen we confess our sins to Jesus and repent, we are accepting the food, the life Jesus has to offer us.  If we don't, we are refusing it.
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Your question seems to be asking for a biblical point of view so I'll give it to you according to the Holy Bible.  You are correct that some acts bring pleasure and ask a good question about why pleasure is a sin. The bible says sin is pleasurable for a season, and then brings death. Death has many biblical definitions, one of which is eternal seperation from God in the lake of fire. God doesn't want this for anyone, which is why you're wrong. It does hurt someone...it hurts you (I mean you in general, not you only Betty).\n\nNow, all of us are sinners by nature. We all seek pleasure among other things because it's natural for us to do. Some pleasures are okay with God. However, it's very difficult for us not to seek sinful pleasures. God knows this about us. So He devised a plan to save us from this eternal death. A supreme sacrifice that would cover the sins of the entire human race, to anyone willing to accept His sacrifice by faith. Of course, we know this sacrifice to be Jesus Christ.\n\nThink of it another way. It might be pleasurable to eat that sweet chocolate covered, candy coated, rat poison. But it will kill you.\n\nHope this helps.
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It's still against tradition to eat red meat on Fridays during Lent.\n\nI doubt something that small would doom anyone to hell. I don't think God really cares about the small things, but about the goodness of your soul.
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Sweety God has given us the Bible and told us the many ways to kill the flesh witch is what causes you to sin, trying to please your flesh instead of your spirit makes you sin and keeps you sinning. If I listen to my flesh I would curse out every doubter here, but because I love God and I know that everything I do should give him glory I chose not to listen to or make provisions for the flesh, and yes you can live free of sin once you willingly accept the blood of Christ that's why he died. So not only do I have the word of God to live by I have the strength of the Holy Spirit to resist sin and be free from sin. Fasting and praying allows you to live by the spirit and not by the flesh..... SO NO YOU DO NOT HAVE TO SIN But, doesn't it feel good to know that if I do slip up God will not turn his back on me but, keep giving me chances to get it right, living for Jesus and ending up perfect in God's will is what I strive for as a Christian.\nMatt 26:41\n41Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.\n(KJV)
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Why only Christians???---Eating too much is harmful for Everyone\n\nWe in India also think that eating too much hinders spiritual progress. I wouldn't use the word 'sin' though\n\nIf you are exercising and feel energetic, that should be okay then, but at the same time do think about the long term after effects of 'over eating'
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i hope ur a christian cause if your not then your not fasting.\nyou are just not eating\nfasting is skipping meal so you can spend time to pray to God during the time you would take eating
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Look at the whole chapter, Leviticus 11:::\n\n                 Leviticus 11:1  And the Etrnl spake unto \n                 Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, 2  \n                 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, \n                 These are the beasts which ye shall eat \n                 among all the beasts that are on the \n                 earth. 3  Whatsoever......\n\nit goes on to say what is edible from the domesticated animals (must both chew its cud and have cloven hoofs), and from the waters (must have fins and scales).\n\nFurthermore, the animals must be killed by humans (road-kill is outlawed):::\n\n                Exodus 22:31  And ye shall be holy men unto \n                me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is \n                torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast \n                it to the dogs. \n\nThere are four levels to keeping kosher. The first, defined by the Bible, is the list of animals 'fit' or 'proper' to be eaten. This is found as you read above from Leviticus 11.\n\nThe next level is how the animal is slaughtered. It must be done as instantly and as painlessly as possible. This is insured by making the slaughtering a religious ritual so that it must be done the same way every time.\n\nThe third level is how the meat is prepared. Jews are forbidden to eat blood::\n\n          Leviticus 17:10  And whatsoever man there \n          be of the house of Israel, or of the \n          strangers that sojourn among you, that \n          eateth any manner of blood; I will even \n          set my face against that soul that eateth \n          blood, and will cut him off from among \n          his people. 11  For the life of the flesh \n          is in the blood: and I have given it to \n          you upon the altar to make an atonement \n          for your souls: for it is the blood that \n          maketh an atonement for the soul. 12  \n          Therefore I said unto the children of \n          Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, \n          neither shall any stranger that \n          sojourneth among you eat blood. \n\nTherefore as much of the blood as is possible must be removed. The way this is done is by a very very thick, course salt. The meat is covered with it, the salt soaks up much of the blood, and then the bloody salt is washed off. This is repeated a few times.\n\nThe fourth level is how the meat is served. The Bible tells us that one must not boil a baby goat in its own mother's milk. It was a pagan, not Jewish, custom to take a baby goat and boil it alive in its own mother's milk. The pagans felt this was some sort of magical thing, that the life-giving milk killed the animal instead....who can understand the pagan mentality? At any rate, Gd forbids the Jews from the horrible practice, and so in 3 places in the Bible::\n\n          Exodus 23:19  The first of the \n          firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring \n          into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou \n          shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's \n          milk. \n\n          Exodus 34:26  The first of the \n          firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring \n          unto the house of the Etrnl thy Gd. Thou \n          shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's  \n          milk. \n\n          Deuteronomy 14:21  Ye shall not eat of \n          any thing that dieth of itself: thou \n          shalt give it unto the stranger that is \n          in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou \n          mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou \n          art an holy people unto the Etrnl thy Gd. \n          Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his \n          mother's milk. \n\nFrom this the Jews learn another lesson, and that is that Gd does not want us to mix life, which is the milk, with death, which is the meat. Jews who keep these laws dont mix milk or milk products with meat or meat products, to stay holy to Gd. Remember that 'holy' means 'different, set ap
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I agree with you completely, my brother.  I am a Christian, and I do NOT serve a god of cruelty and slaughter.  I serve the true, living, eternal God, the source of all love and compassion and mercy.  Thank you for your question.