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To: Buggman; Zionist Conspirator; XeniaSt

The Acts 15 restrictions were general categories for Gentiles broadly apply.

Sexual immorality = all forms

Meat to Idols = any participation in idol worship

blood = all health and cruelty issues relating to blood

strangled = all non-supervised killings for food purposes

And, of course, no circumcision requirement.

This is my take on the Jerusalem Council, but I think it’s logical.


294 posted on 10/11/2010 1:51:33 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and proud of it. Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory!)
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To: xzins; Zionist Conspirator; XeniaSt
Hmm . . . looking at your list, I see nothing that leads into an injunction against theft . . . or a requirement to honor one's parents. Indeed, there's not a single positive comandment (e.g., "love your neighbor") in there--and quite a few missing negative ("thou shalt not") commandments that we know from the epistles were expected to be universal.

That's why I suspect the Acts 15 council was not attempting to give a comprehensive list of commands, but rather a set of injunctions targeted at removing Gentiles from idolatrous practices.

Btw, what exactly do you mean by, "all non-supervised killings for food purposes"? Who is supposed to be supervising the meat industry? (Obviously, you're not thinking rabbinic supervision.)

Shalom.

301 posted on 10/11/2010 2:30:23 PM PDT by Buggman (returnofbenjamin.wordpress.com - Baruch haBa b'Shem ADONAI!)
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