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Tuesday 20 August 2019

食豬肉的問題 The Question About Eating Pork

聖經IQ:
食豬肉的問題

一位外國來的女性朋友,她既非穆斯林,又不是猶太教徒。她捧著聖經,信奉一個不見經傳的基督教派,極有可能是一些「基要派」。
她拿著聖經,指著肋未紀(利未記)說:「豬,不潔,所以不可以吃。」(肋11:7

倘若你想告訴她,現在已經是新約時代,不一定需要遵守舊約,她便引用耶穌驅魔入豬群的神蹟(瑪8:28-34,谷5:1-20,路8:26-39),告訴你耶穌在懲罰養豬的村民。所以,不吃豬是對的。
回心一想,以為新約時代不用遵守舊約的法律,這論點的確有問題,耶穌不是說:「你們不要以為我來是廢除法律或先知;我來不是為廢除,而是為成全。」(瑪5:17)嗎?
這位朋友祇接受聖經的權威,所以在下挑戰各位看倌:
請從聖經,新約舊約不拘,找出一些經文,容許基督徒吃宗教上「不潔」的豬肉,並略作解釋。
我會在24小時後交代我的意見。
天主保祐!



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Bible IQ
The Question About Eating Pork

A female friend from overseas is not a Muslim nor a Jew. She holds the Bible and belongs to a little known denomination, most like some fundamentalist church.
She points to Leviticus and says, "Pig is unclean. We should not eat pork." (Leviticus 11:7)
If you tell her that it is New Testament now, it is not necessary to follow the commandments in the Old Testament. Then she points to the story of Jesus driving demons into a herd of pigs to punish the villagers who kept pigs against the law. Therefore, it is right to abstain from eating pork.
To a certain extent, she is right. Claiming that we don't need to obey the laws of the Old Testament is problematic. Doesn't Jesus say, "Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill." (Matthew 5:17)

My friend only accept the authority of the Bible. Here is a challenge:
Quote a few passages from the Bible, whether Old Testament or New Testament, and explain why it is permissible for Christians to eat ritually unclean pork.
As usual, I will explain myself after 24 hours.
God bless!

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