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Was Jesus Christ a Vegetarian or a non Vegetarian ?

Thief

Rogue Theologian
did He not teach?......when you enter someone's home....
partake as they do
but refrain of partaking an offering to another god

so....I get it this way....
I can savor anything my host would hand me
but not if he does so in the name of another god
 

SalixIncendium

अग्निविलोवनन्दः
Staff member
Premium Member
I would love to see the screen shot of that paraphrase if you can arrange one ?

It's interesting that you are looking for a paraphrase based on what I wrote.

I am thinking back to where the Bible mentions Jesus eating. I don't recall any mention of him eating mammals or poultry, but I do recall reading about him eating fish.

Luke 24:41-43
 

Spiderman

Veteran Member
He said, "unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the son of man, you have no life in you".

That doesn't sound like the words of a vegetarian. Sounds like cannabalism. And that's okay! :p
 

chinu

chinu
did He not teach?......when you enter someone's home....
partake as they do
but refrain of partaking an offering to another god
So now my question becomes..
Did Jesus Christ ever had any problem partaking in a Vegetarian or a non Vegetarian ceremony ?
 
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Phantasman

Well-Known Member
Valentinus says Jesus ate in a special way. Taking in only what he needed to exist physically, not even enough to poop.

He was continent, enduring all things. Jesus digested divinity; he ate and drank in a special way, without excreting his solids. He had such a great capacity for continence that the nourishment within him was not corrupted, for he did not experience corruption.- Valentinus

FWIW.
 

chinu

chinu
He said, "unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the son of man, you have no life in you".

That doesn't sound like the words of a vegetarian. Sounds like cannabalism. And that's okay! :p
Valentinus says Jesus ate in a special way. Taking in only what he needed to exist physically, not even enough to poop.

He was continent, enduring all things. Jesus digested divinity; he ate and drank in a special way, without excreting his solids. He had such a great capacity for continence that the nourishment within him was not corrupted, for he did not experience corruption.- Valentinus

FWIW.
That is okay.
But, veg or non-veg ?
 

chinu

chinu
He said, "unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the son of man, you have no life in you".

That doesn't sound like the words of a vegetarian. Sounds like cannabalism. And that's okay! :p
But, I don't think "He" ever drunk and said this :)
 

Thief

Rogue Theologian
So now my question becomes..
Did Jesus Christ ever had any problem partaking in a Vegetarian or a non Vegetarian ceremony ?
if Jewish weddings (and I don't know).....are well served....

anything goes
 

exchemist

Veteran Member
So now my question becomes..
Did Jesus Christ ever had any problem partaking in a Vegetarian or a non Vegetarian ceremony ?
This is silly. He was a Jew and would have eaten the Jewish diet of the time. There would have been no "vegetarian ceremonies" for him to encounter. The gospels mention him eating fish. There was at least one annual non-vegetarian ceremony he would have taken part in: the Passover.
 

Phantasman

Well-Known Member
That is okay.
But, veg or non-veg ?
I can only "believe" he ate what was offered him.Meat? Possibly. Since he said:

Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.- Matthew 15

It takes food out of the equation, which was a "Jewish" law, not a Christian one.
 
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