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Re: McMinnville pastor accused in suit of Defamati
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Originally Posted by Godsdrummer
The point you seem to be missing, do we have these religious practices today in say America?
Seems to me you went to a lot of trouble to explain the meaning of this passage only to prove to me that these commandments lay down by the council still dealt with a cultural practice of that day. In other words, they rejected the keeping of the Mosaic law, in the very fact that they did not require circumcision. Then only placed on them those things needful in light of their present situation. Abstaining from the idolatrous worship from which they came out of.
Again, I ask you in what manner does this passage apply to you and I today. We did not come out of a religion that offers things unto idols, sexual debauchery etc.
And yes I agree that this passage is not teaching us how to prepare food.
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OK, let me explain it this way, if you look at the two thousand years of Christendom you will see that pagan practices were added into Biblical Christianity. While we are dancing around four of them on the list, the apostle gave them enough information to indicate to 1st Century Romans that paganism wasn't going to be baptized into their new found religious worship.
So, since we are talking culture, what happened when this religion pressed on to other parts of the world was it OK to incorporate any other pagan worship just as long as it wasn't found on Acts 15:20's the list?
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