Hello, my name Boris, I live Australia now but bfor was in Ruussia. Recently I become Christian (born agin) and I try to understand all things in Bible. My family never practice any religion, in Russia. So I not complete understand. My quesion is - why Chhristian not allowed eat pig? In Leviticuus 11 it say all animals like pig, kite, owl, moth 'detestable' which in my dictionary mean bad. SO: why god allow us to eat grasshoppr but not moth and pig? I like eating pig bvery much.
Thank you
Every animal God made was good but not good for everything. Most of the animals deemed unclean are scavengers. A pig is a scavenger of the land, as well as many of the birds. Crabs and lobsters are scavengers of the sea. When man only used to eat herbs, the clean animales were still clean and the unclean still unclean animals. Romans 14 is misinterpreted by many. From verse one we see the issue. The man who does not have faith refuses to eat meat whatsoever, while the man who has faith knows he can freely eat meat. It is not about clean vs unclean then. It is about whether one should eat meat or not. What is the cause of this debate?
Gentile christians just coming into the church would abstain from the meat sold in the market, for fear that it was offered to pagan idols and thus made unclean. That Gentile has weak faith and has not overcome his past fears of upsetting his pagan Gods. The Jews who still offer sacrifices would abstain from meat sold in the market for the same reason except for fear of consuming meat made unclean by sacrificing to God. This was a big issue in Paul's day. He also addresses this in 1 Cor 8 and 1 Cor 10.
1Co 8:7 Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.
1Co 8:8 But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
1Co 8:9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.
1Co 8:10 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;
1Co 10:19 What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?
1Co 10:20 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
There is much more to the chapter but i'll leave it there for now.