that was my point to you, you say that you read the old testament.....Perhaps your school didn't directly refer to the "meat sacrificed to idols" subject, but by assigning the old testament to be read, you were aware that it was there. I also pointed out that we, as christians, were not subjected to those prohibitions which they also taught you. I graduated from Catholic high school in 1957 and knew full well that Kosher, halal, whatever, had no meaning at all and they certainly wouldn't keep me from eating the meat. The problem with those who worry about the old prohibitions are those who take biblical quotes out of context, fail to put them in perspective, and assume that if it is in the bible at all it must apply to everyone....I think they leave out circumcision!!!!
Actually, my school didn’t assign the OT as a reading assignment. That was something I did on my own. The fact that I hadn’t been circumcised as a part of religion, and that my family didn’t have to keep kosher, was enough to indicate that we Christians did not have to keep the OT laws.
I knew that kosher hot dogs were okay to eat, even though they had bee produced under dedication to Yahweh, the God of the OT, rather than Christ. I suppose that was why I assumed that it is perfectly permissible to eat halal meat - not that I’d ever knowingly do so. The few times I have walked into a halal meat market, the smell of rotting meat was enough to drive me out the door. I discovered why that day that I passed the local halal meat market getting a meat delivery. A plain panel truck was parked next to it, the back doors open. The truck was about 1/4 fill of skinned, unrefrigerated goat carcasses, just stacked on top of each other. The guys were simply hoisting them over their shoulders and walking them into the store.
I’m an adventurous eater. I’ve enjoyed goat in my day, usually highly spiced. Now I know why the flavor was masked with pepper.