Kosher is distinct from halal, in that Kosher has unecessary (for Christian gentiles) precautions taken in in preparation.
Halal, in contrast, is pagan, and sacrificed to a demon.
While Mathew makes clear that this would not make one “unclean” (in the Jewish sense), Acts and Corinthians makes clear such pagan-sacrificed meat should be avoided.
It’s black-letter, New Testament stuff.
Surprised at the resistance of supposed sola scriptura people here.
Only for conscience sake, that is, for the sake of the conscience of one offering the meat sacrificed to idols. We need to be cautious for the sake of weaker brethren. The Christian is under no absolute prohibitions in eating meat sacrificed to idols.
Besides, no one here has established that this is food actually “sacrificed to idols” in any biblical sense. It’s merely a WorldNutDaily author repeating the theory of this right-wing pastor.
Frankly, it makes Christians who repeat it look foolish, but that’s nothing new.
Halal, in contrast, is pagan, and sacrificed to a demon.
Really? (sigh)
So I went and read Halal Guidelines for Food Preparation and nowhere in the text did I see anything about sacrificing the meat to demons. In one document I did see the requirement for the slaughterer to utter "Bismillah" while performing the slaughtering, but that requirement is absent in this document.
Quite frankly I don't see much difference in Halal foods and the freakishly anal-retentive regulations issued out and enforced by the USDA and FDA.
If you are self-classified as "weaker brother" and find your soul in mortal danger, then I would advice against Halal and Kosher foods and eat pigs, dogs, rats, eagles, bears, tigers and other non-demonic foods - Just to make sure that God still approves of you.