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   steaks, to say nothing of blood pudding and blood sausage.  While   
   modern science (which these folks eschew when it contradicts their   
   beliefs) tells us that the red liquid from rare steaks is myoglobin   
   and not blood, I'm pretty sure the first century Judeans thought it   
   was blood, and that is part of what was prohibited.  So how do   
   modern scholars explain why it is okay for Christians to eat blood   
   pudding and blood sausage?  All the explanations I found seem to be   
   that Paul wanted to avoid offending the Jews of the time as much as   
   possible, so he put these strictures in as a nod to all the laws of   
   kashrut, but they weren't really laws from God.  But for reasons   
   passing understanding(*), of the four prohibitions, the second gets   
   to be ignored, while the fourth is considered super-important.   
      
   (*) A wonderful phrase which comes from Philippians 4:7, "And the   
   peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your   
   hearts and minds through Christ Jesus."  [-ecl]   
      
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                                        Evelyn C. Leeper   
                                        evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com   
      
      
              Satellites watched the residue of gas and energized   
              particles strike the surface and rebound.  There was no   
              heat or momentum transfer.   
                                  --Peter F. Hamilton, PANDORA'S STAR)   
                                  (as noted in ANSIBLE 211, Feb 2005,   
                                  Magical Physics Dept)   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)