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Hey, um, everybody in this scene? The food laws were repealed in the New Testament. This is why Jews still observe kosher food law and preparation but Christians do not. Just sayin'.
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Not everybody does, and in fact some people are allergic to it. The passage refers to shellfish in general, including lobsters, crabs, etc.Forgive me if I'm wrong, but it seems unlikely that that one particular passage refers to shrimp. Everyone likes shrimp.
Precisely this. To keep people safe. The better educated among the public -- the priests, primarily -- were aware of the dangers of eating certain foods that they had yet to find a way to cook properly, and found an avenue to reliably make sure that people did not kill themselves by eating poorly cooked meat. A good number of the laws were less 'edicts from God' and more just to keep order and keep people healthy.Not everybody does, and in fact some people are allergic to it. The passage refers to shellfish in general, including lobsters, crabs, etc.
BTW, the Jewish kosher laws aren't arbitrary, and in fact they are very like, if not identical to, Muslim dietary laws. The reason eating pork was banned was because of the genuine danger of the diease trichinosis, which comes from undercooked pork. Shellfish preumably has its dangers as well.
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