[Mrs. Don-o]

Too bad Marcion's theology of "bait and switch" (whereby the Almighty created an unachievable standard and then with inevitable failure offers "grace") has become the standard dogma of most Christians.

Most Christians? (Scratches head.) "Bait and switch" strikes me as some odd sectarian interpretation. It's not a doctrine of the Catholics or the Orthodox, as far as I know, and together they comprise "most Christians."

[safisoft]

Actually, Christian depends on the temporary nature of a vast majority of the law. There are various mechanisms to handle it from Supercessionism to Dispensationalism. The bottom line, whole portions of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy are religated to the dustbin, having no "application" for Christians. For instance, Leviticus 11 which you brought up. No eating blood - how about no eating pig, shellfish, etc.?

In this particular instance, the "bait and switch" comes in Acts 10-11, with further reference to Mark 7, where most Christian dogma ERASES the very commandments of Leviticus 11 as if they did not exist. The very idea that the Almighty issues an eternal command and later at a whim recinds it for "theological" reasons is the reason for my "bait and switch" comment. As you must note, I hold that all of the Word of G-d is both operable, and profitable and that no part - NO PART - has become "fufilled" (where the word "fulfilled" in modern Christian venacular means ABOLISHED, NO LONGER FUNCTIONING). Pleroo from Matthew 5:17 does not mean "fulfilled" it means "fully operable."