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Originally Posted by Sept5SavedTeen
How do we understand Paul's words that tell us that we should be careful not to offend our brethren in Christ?
Should meat offend one of you, and we were out to lunch, I would get a salad...
Should I live in a way that offends some here, let's say I had an earring and long hair or something else like that- which I don't, but let's just imagine... it can be fun sometimes... I would not post it here, because I know the sight of a brother in Christ with long hair and an earring (which I believe both to be wrong on a brother) would offend some here...
So... my question is this, would some of us think that seeing someone else in shorts or sleeveless shirts or excessive jewelry (some here are 100% anti-jewelry as some of us know) could be offensive to some brethren?
Worldly example: I went to an event called VegFest in Boston last October, and there were vegetarians, vegans and some people who were just organic food people (like I try to be, but who are not necessarily vegetarians, they might eat organic meat). Anyways, you know what the "standard", if you will, was at the VegFest? Vegan. We all went to the lowest common denominator as to not to offend anyone, and all the 100+ booths had no animal by products whatsoever.
Thoughts?
-Bro. Alex
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I think MOSTLY the context Paul was speaking of are Jewish brothers that kept the law or were used to doing so and being with a Gentile brother that did not and never did and has no phobias over what they can or can not eat, including food offered to idols.
Vegitarians I know don't care if I eat meat. It does not bother them that I eat meat in front of them.....
And if they did I'd probably tell them to leave that poor defenseless carrot alone!
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