Eating catfish is just as sinful as homosexuality

[Warrior102]

For fish to be considered clean to eat they must have fins and scales. It is in Leviticus. I can't quote chapter and verse though.
the same book that says hosexuality is a sin as well.
And a sin is a sin.

Well, if you sin - go confess your sins.
That's in the bible too.
I won't get into all the details. You can Google it at your leisure.

 

[Sunni Man]

Isn't drinking alcohol also technically a sin in the Bible?

Drinking alcohol is not a sin in the Bible.

They only thing that it says is do not become a drunk and neglect your responsibilities.

But it is never forbidden.

 

[Momanohedhunter]

Try Acts 9:11-16 and Timothy 4:3-5. There are more, but those are all that come to mind right now.

 

[Dr.House]

Read it in the bible and weep folks.

Eating fish without scales is a sin.

Interesting how some churches have catfish dinners...

Guess they should have Homo day as well?

As a non-Christian, you can continue practicing your homosexuality and catfish eating guilt free... I'm happy for you...

 

[martybegan]

Here we go:

"About noon the following day as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray. He became hungry and wanted something to eat, and while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance. He saw heaven opened and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. It contained all kinds of four-footed animals, as well as reptiles of the earth and birds of the air. Then a voice told him, "Get up, Peter. Kill and eat."

"Surely not, Lord!" Peter replied. "I have never eaten anything impure or unclean."

The voice spoke to him a second time, "Do not call anything impure that God has made clean."

Acts 10 (9-15)

 

[KissMy]

It just means shell fish may make you sick. It says abomination unto you. Not an abomination of GOD.

Leviticus 11:9-12 King James Version (KJV)

9 These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.

10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:

11 They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.

12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you.

 

[Momanohedhunter]

Isn't drinking alcohol also technically a sin in the Bible?

No, getting blatto is.

 

[uscitizen]

For fish to be considered clean to eat they must have fins and scales. It is in Leviticus. I can't quote chapter and verse though.
the same book that says hosexuality is a sin as well.
And a sin is a sin.

Well, if you sin - go confess your sins.
That's in the bible too.
I won't get into all the details. You can Google it at your leisure.

Sin then confess. Repeat as the desire to sin happens.

 

[Nosmo King]

If you were a nomadic desert people with no means of refrigeration, wouldn't making dietary laws and then saying those laws are a mandate from God make sense?

With that in mind, wouldn't a homphobe make a law that justifies his prejudice in the same light?

If Jesus of Nazareth ever said that homosexuality is a sin, then maybe I'd go along. But He didn't, did He?

And since wehn have the laws of any given religion been the laws of the state? Sure, in Iran, but who wants America to be a theocracy?

 

[Stash]

died off thru not procreating? So God says it is genetic?

Well, Paul says it's genetic or otherwise natural, this is just his story.

But, but the bible is the word of God isn't it?

When Paul implied that God caused people to be homosexuals, he must have got his wires crossed.

 

[Marie888]

FOOD
What does the Bible say about what foods we should eat (kosher)? Are there foods a Christian should avoid? <--Link to read in full
Question: "What does the Bible say about what foods we should eat (kosher)? Are there foods a Christian should avoid?"

Answer: Leviticus chapter 11 lists the dietary restrictions God gave to the nation of Israel. The dietary laws included prohibitions against eating pork, shrimp, shellfish and many types of seafood, most insects, scavenger birds, and various other animals. The dietary rules were never intended to apply to anyone other than the Israelites. The purpose of the food laws was to make the Israelites distinct from all other nations. After this purpose had ended, Jesus declared all foods clean (Mark 7:19). God gave the apostle Peter a vision in which He declared that formerly unclean animals could be eaten: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean” (Acts 10:15). When Jesus died on the cross, He fulfilled the Old Testament law (Romans 10:4; Galatians 3:24-26; Ephesians 2:15). This includes the laws regarding clean and unclean foods.

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HOMOSEXUALITY
What does the Bible say about homosexuality? Is homosexuality a sin? <--Link to read in full
Question: "What does the Bible say about homosexuality? Is homosexuality a sin?"

Answer: The Bible consistently tells us that homosexual activity is a sin (Genesis 19:1-13; Leviticus 18:22; 20:13; Romans 1:26-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9). Romans 1:26-27 teaches specifically that homosexuality is a result of denying and disobeying God. When people continue in sin and unbelief, God “gives them over” to even more wicked and depraved sin in order to show them the futility and hopelessness of life apart from God. 1 Corinthians 6:9 proclaims that homosexual “offenders” will not inherit the kingdom of God.

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[Lonestar_logic]

Our Bibles are composed of two major parts, an Old Testament and a New Testament. Why were these names selected? A testament is a will or a covenant. We still use the word today when we speak of a person's "last will and testament." These names indicate that the Bible is composed of two wills of God -- an old will and a new will.

The change in wills is discussed at length in the letter to the Hebrews. In Hebrews 1:1-2, the author says, "God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world." God has changed the manner in which he directs his people. This change was foretold in Jeremiah 31:31-34: ""Behold, days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them," declares the LORD. "But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days," declares the LORD, "I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. They will not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them," declares the LORD, "for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more."" Notice that God said the covenant (or testament) would be different from the law given at Mount Sinai. Why would God change his law? Did he change his mind? I think not. Rather, the change in the law was planned from the very beginning. Before the world was created, God planned to send his Son and that through Jesus we would obtain salvation (I Peter 1:19-20, II Timothy 1:9, II Thessalonians 2: 13-14). Such a salvation through Jesus Christ could not take place under the law given by Moses.

The Hebrew writer lists several proofs that the covenant between man and God had changed.

1) There was a change in the priesthood. The author of Hebrews proves that Jesus is now our High Priest (Hebrews 5:1-10). However, Jesus was not a descendent of Aaron -- he was not even of the tribe of Levi! Rather, we find that the order of Aaron was not meant to be permanent (Hebrews 7:11). Hence, a change in the order implies there was a change in the Law (Hebrews 7:12-17). Suppose for a moment that the Law of Moses was still in effect. We would be forced to say that Jesus violated the law when he became our High Priest. However, no violation of the law has occurred because there is a new law in effect.

2) There was a change in the covenant. There was a problem with the Old Testament; the people did not keep it. There was nothing wrong the Old Law itself, but it did create a dilemma. The law defined what sin was, but it brought no relief from sin. It could only offer a future hope of salvation (Romans 7:7-13). The law bound sin to men, but Christ freed us from sin (Galatians 4:21-31; 5:1-4).

3) There was a change in sacrifices (Hebrews 9:16-28; 10:1-8). The Old Law had yearly sacrifices which could not free us from sin. The New Law had a single sacrifice that did free us from sin.

Jesus fulfilled the Law (Matthew 5:17-18). In other words, He brought it to its completion (Romans 10:4). Before Christ, no one could perfectly keep the law, but Jesus proved that it was possible to keep the law. Jesus showed that God's law was good, it was man who was the sinner.

So when did this change take place? Paul said that the Old Law was nailed to the cross (Colossians 2:14). In Ephesians 2:15, we are told that it was put to death on the cross. Hence, the law changed when Christ died on the cross at Calvary. The author of Hebrews put it this way, "For where a covenant is, there must of necessity be the death of the one who made it. For a covenant is valid only when men are dead, for it is never in force while the one who made it lives." (Hebrews 9:16-17). At the acceptance of the Old Law, Moses sprinkled the people with blood (Exodus 24:8). The new covenant also began with the shedding of blood -- Christ's death on the cross. Christ's testament could not come into effect until he, as its author, died.

Though the laws are different, can't we follow both of them? Does it make any difference which law we turn to, since both laws came from God? God said that he took away the first to establish the second (Hebrews 10:9). We became dead to the Old Law, so that we might be joined to a New Law (Romans 7:4-6). It is the same situation as a husband whose wife had died. While his wife is alive, he cannot be joined to a second woman (Romans 7:1-4), but after his first wife dies he is free to marry. In the same manner, we can't join ourselves to the new Law until the first Law was taken away. If we didn't wait until that point in time, we would have committed spiritual adultery.

We cannot even keep a select portion of the Old Law. The first problem is: How do we determine which portion to keep and which to discard? We know that we are inadequate to make such a decision (Jeremiah 10:23). Besides, it wouldn't work. If we justify ourselves by one part of the Law, we obligate ourselves to uphold the whole thing (Galatians 5:3). It is this very point that caused Paul to argue so strongly against the false teachers of his day. Some Christians, who came from the Jewish faith, were teaching that those who were once Gentiles, must become Jews. However, notice Paul's strong words, "You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace." (Galatians 5:4).

Why then is the Old Testament still a part of our Bibles? Romans 15:4 tells us that it was written for our learning -- to bring us patience, comfort, and hope. It contains examples for us, so that we will not be caught unaware and make the same mistakes that the Israelites made (I Corinthians 10:1-12). In Galatians 3:24-25, we find that the Old Law is our schoolmaster, to bring us to Christ. Now that Christ has come, we are no longer under its dominion. Therefore, we see that we can learn from the examples found in the Old Testament, but when we must determine what God would have us to do today, we must turn to his current will -- the New Testament.

 

[Two Thumbs]

For fish to be considered clean to eat they must have fins and scales. It is in Leviticus. I can't quote chapter and verse though.
the same book that says hosexuality is a sin as well.
And a sin is a sin.

Old testiment diet restrictions don't fully apply to christians.

And I'm not all that certain it was a sin in the first place. I think it was a more food warning than anything else.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Read it in the bible and weep folks.

Eating fish without scales is a sin.

Interesting how some churches have catfish dinners...

Guess they should have Homo day as well?

What fish doesn't have scales?

 

[Marie888]

Isn't drinking alcohol also technically a sin in the Bible?

No, Jesus turned the water into wine. But drunkness is a sin.

Yep yep, lol. There's also disagreements about this too, unfortunately.. pppftt. My stance is with what this site says.

Did Jesus change the water into wine or grape juice?

Those who oppose the drinking of alcohol, in any quantity, argue that Jesus would not have turned the water into wine, as He would have been promoting the consumption of a substance that is tainted by sin. In this understanding, alcohol itself is inherently sinful, and consumption of alcohol in any quantity is sin. That is not a biblical understanding, however. Some Scriptures discuss alcohol in positive terms. Ecclesiastes 9:7 instructs, &#8220;Drink your wine with a merry heart.&#8221; Psalm 104:14-15 states that God gives wine &#8220;that makes glad the heart of men.&#8221; Amos 9:14 discusses drinking wine from your own vineyard as a sign of God&#8217;s blessing. Isaiah 55:1 encourages, &#8220;Yes, come buy wine and milk&#8230;&#8221; From these and other Scriptures, it is clear that alcohol itself is not inherently sinful. Rather, it is the abuse of alcohol, drunkenness and/or addiction, that is sinful (Ephesians 5:18; Proverbs 23:29-35; 1 Corinthians 6:12; 2 Peter 2:19). Therefore, it would not have been a sin for Jesus to create a drink that contained alcohol.

 

[Two Thumbs]

Read it in the bible and weep folks.

Eating fish without scales is a sin.

Interesting how some churches have catfish dinners...

Guess they should have Homo day as well?

What fish doesn't have scales?

Catfish have skin.

and I think bullheads

 

[tonystewart1]

Read it in the bible and weep folks.

Eating fish without scales is a sin.

Interesting how some churches have catfish dinners...

Guess they should have Homo day as well?

I love it when somebody goes trolling for some good anti christian hate and it is painfully obivious they never researched their topic.

Next time read your bible and do the research.

 

[Momanohedhunter]

For fish to be considered clean to eat they must have fins and scales. It is in Leviticus. I can't quote chapter and verse though.
the same book that says hosexuality is a sin as well.
And a sin is a sin.

Old testiment diet restrictions don't fully apply to christians.

And I'm not all that certain it was a sin in the first place. I think it was a more food warning than anything else.

They dont apply at all.

1 Timothy 4:3,

"Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanks giving by those who believe and know the truth, For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused if it is received with thanks giving. For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer".

Lots in the new testament dealing with this issue.

 

[uscitizen]

It just means shell fish may make you sick. It says abomination unto you. Not an abomination of GOD.

Leviticus 11:9-12 King James Version (KJV)

9 These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.

10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:

11 They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.

12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you.

Umm catfish have no scales they have skin similar to a salamander or eel.

 

[Momanohedhunter]

And the law is still valid.

Jesus fulfilled the Law (Matthew 5:17-18). In other words, He brought it to its completion (Romans 10:4). Before Christ, no one could perfectly keep the law, but Jesus proved that it was possible to keep the law. Jesus showed that God's law was good, it was man who was the sinner.

This is what Jesus said,

17 &#8220;Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.

It still applies, and it is perfect. We are not.