But they really missed out on bacon. Bacon really should be it’s own food group.
Posted on 07/17/2014 4:58:01 AM PDT by NYer
Judging by the diets of my Lebanese friends, many of these practices continue today. Ping!
Given this list, why do I so often hear that any consumption of alcohol is sinful and that the tea-totalers\anti-alcohol\no drinking religious movement is a big part of this.
Of note: I noticed in Germany that even Evangelical Christians enjoyed beer and wine like Germans tend to do. None of them drunkards, but none thought drinking beer and wine or even spirits to be evil or sinful in any way.
That seems to be an American thing.
Good article, thanks for posting
Is it time to go kosher?
I even had an argument with a tee totaler aunt that said that wine in the bible was actually just juice.
My mother still thinks Jesus drank Welsh’s Grape Juice and never wine.
It all sounds good. But they really missed out on bacon. Bacon really should be it’s own food group.
Most Christians I know will have a beer or two, likewise a glass of wine.
I tend to think it’s the religious crowd who abstain completely.
Too many Christians have been taught that Jesus did not actually make the water into wine but grape juice...absurd. And they refuse to use any wine for communion. There is no dancing, even though David danced before the throne of God, and there is no drinking -0-, even though Jesus turned the water into wine for the Wedding.
In fact, twenty or more years ago there was a Christian convention in Europe where Christians drank beer, and the Americans left in a huff...unbelievable. IN areas of Europe the beer was better to drink than the water, so it was a staple at meals, just like wine. Unbending religious attitudes are problematic, if they are not teachable.
Msgr Pope did a lovely job today! I really enjoyed this study.
Once I ate friend locusts.
It was honestly not bad. They were soaked in a brine first, had the legs and head cut off, and tasted a bit like a shrimp popper.
Which proves little other than a teenage boy will eat anything presented to him.
But they really missed out on bacon. Bacon really should be it’s own food group.
No Peanut Butter!
Awesome! Pretty expensive however. Wonder how much bacon you get?
I think they generally drank wine diluted with water, because of widespread pollution of their water. The wine’s alcohol killed the bacteria in the polluted water. One could drink a lot of diluted wine before one became drunk.
The Puritans in New England drank beer for the same reason. It was common for their water to be polluted.
Life in Irael in 30 AD. Third of a series that Msgr Pope is writing on life in Israel at the time of Jesus.
Very interesting! Thanks for posting this.
I'm gonna open a new restaraunt featuring an open bacon and salad bar.
Gonna send out a mailing to all Freepers.
Will probably close within two days!
Locusts? Bugs are not Kosher, are they?
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