“Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to
doubtful disputations. For one believeth that he may eat all things, another
who is weak eatheth herbs. Let not him that eatheth despise him that eateth
not.” (Romans 14:1-3)
The first thing I see here is that we are supposed to get
with each other in the church. If someone is a herb eater (vegetarian) don’t
pick on them and start arguments with them. This hits home with me. I have discovered through
experience that as much as I love chocolate covered cherries I can expect to
get a horrible headache within a half hour after consuming chocolate of any
type. Add corn syrup to the chocolate and I not only have a headache but I get
dull of mind and cannot think. Further if corn oil is in the food I will double
over in cramps and wind up in bed.
I’m not going to condemn anyone for being vegetarian or for
having any kind of special diet, because I am sensitive to all kinds of foods.
The hardest thing for me was to give up was beef. The Jews were told not to eat
the meat of animals with cloven hoofs except those that chew their cud. They
can eat beef, but not pig. I must not have any Jewish blood in me at all
because pork and chicken are the only kind of meat I can eat without it making
me sick.
Related to that
subject is those who drink strong drink. Some cultures drink alcoholic drinks
in small amounts without any seemingly harmful effect while others cannot take even
that first sip. We all have predispositions to addictions of some kind. Not
just alcohol but sugar, butter fat and etc. We are all weak in some area and
need not condemn another for their weakness
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