[Miami Rebel]

I’m not arguing that Paul didn’t find these practices repugnant. But to the Greeks these weren’t decadent. That is to say, they weren’t fringe behaviors that somehow seeped into the mainstream culture. They WERE part of the Hellenic mainstream.

[Parmy]

Pagan mainstream. Those practices were adopted by the Jews throughout their history and caused them to be conquered and dispersed time and again.

As far as Paul was concerned, this was definitely against Christ's teaching.