[kosta50]

In many cases, the rationale is simply lost over time. The Church, just as it selected Scripture, came up with an arbitrary set of rules based on the Holy Spirit guiding it

I certainly hope, for the sake of the Bible, that the Holy Spirit would have guided the Church, but for fasting rules, making eggs non-fasting and lobster fasting, I seriously doubt that!

[MarkBsnr]

***I certainly hope, for the sake of the Bible, that the Holy Spirit would have guided the Church, but for fasting rules, making eggs non-fasting and lobster fasting, I seriously doubt that!***

Hard to say. The Church is the Church.