Hey, Anti-Hunters: Don't Read The Bible Because It's Pro-Hunting

Townhall.com ^ | May 18, 2014 | Doug Giles

[samtheman]

I have friends in New York State who have contracted Lyme disease. One person I know, twice. And their dogs, too.

[trebb]

But Acts 10 has absolutely nothing to do with hunting. Nor does it justify eating pigs and such. As Peter himself explains about 15 verses later.

My response was to demonstrate that God/Jesus had no problem with us killing animals to eat. With all the examples of animal sacrifices and feasts involving meat, it shouldn't be an issue, but some choose to idealize Jesus after their own thoughts.

My part of the quote merely mentioned the part about killing and eating - I never mentioned anything about eating pigs. But...how does Peter's dream in Acts 10 not make it OK to eat pigs? Are you saying that his comment to Cornelius constitutes a whole different meaning to the dream?

You told me to beware of getting things out of context (after putting context into my post that I hadn't put there myself) and I would like for you to explain, in context, how Peter decided that pork was off the menu after his dream.

[BuddhaBrown]

“You told me to beware of getting things out of context (after putting context into my post that I hadn’t put there myself) and I would like for you to explain, in context, how Peter decided that pork was off the menu after his dream.”

I apologize for adding context to your post.

Nonetheless, Peter’s vision had nothing to do with making garbage food into clean food. The whole context of the chapter is about God using symbolism (as He commonly does) to knock Peter off his high horse and remind him that the message of Christ is food for all, not just for Jews.

Jesus Himself was extremely clear that He did NOT come to change one jot nor tittle of the law. Only to pay the price for us breaking it - assuming we believe and repent.

It would be quite insulting to Christ to imagine that “What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common” is a reference to His shed blood cleansing pigs. Pigs can’t sin. Christ died to cleanse sin. From people. Even non-Jewish people.

If the chapter was about cleansing unhealthy critters, it would have ended with Peter and the gang having a luau instead of it ending with him preaching to gentiles. Never once either before or after Christ’s death and resurrection is it recorded that even a single one of His followers ate unclean meats.