St Paul calls abstaining from meats a doctrine of devils and hypocritical lies. Paul went completely contradictory to the teachings of Jesus and his disciples. The Church uses the Christ’s teaching that “nothing that goes into a man defiles him” to try to “prove” he taught that it is alright to eat flesh meat.
But the majority of what Jesus and his disciples taught and lived show clearly that this could never have been what he was teaching. Eating flesh meat was a false doctrine that Paul taught, knowingly, in contradiction to what Jesus and his disciples taught. James, the brother of Jesus, who was made the head of the Christian movement in Jerusalem by Jesus himself, according to Eusebius and Hegesippus, “drank neither wine nor strong drink, ate no flesh…”
| Paul: abstaining from meats is of the devil and hypocritical lies | James: told Paul to command the gentiles to abstain from meat |
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| 1Ti 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 1Ti 4:2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 1Ti 4:3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. |
Act 15:20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
Act 15:29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well. Act 21:25 As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication. |
Now “things strangled” could obviously only be referring to animals being killed. The only reason for killing an animal would be to eat its meat, whether it is being offered to an idol or not. It is apparent that James being a vegetarian himself, was saying to Paul that he should teach the gentiles to abstain from eating meat.
| Paul taught it was Ok to not only eat meat but eat meat sacrificed to idols! | Jesus condemned eating meat sacrificed to idols and called those who taught it false apostles |
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| 1Co 8:4 As concerning therefore the eating of those things (flesh meat) that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
1Co 8:7 Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled. 1Co 8:8 But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. 1Ti 4:4 For every creature of God is good (to eat), and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving. |
Rev 2:14 But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
Rev2:20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. Rev 2:2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars: |
Paul belittled believers and called them “weak” because they didn’t have “faith” to eat flesh meat
1Co 8:9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them (bretheren) that are weak.
1Co 8:10 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol’s temple, shall not the conscience of him (a brother) which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;
1Co 8:11 And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?
1Co 8:12 But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their (bretheren) weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.
1Co 8:13 Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
Jesus commanded his disciples to abstain from eating flesh meat
It is obvious that Jesus’ disciples did not eat flesh meat for the following reason. Abstaining from meat was not a practice of the Jews. From the bible we can easily see that the Jews not only sacrificed animals but also ate the flesh meat that was sacrificed.
So where did the disciples get the idea that it was sinful to eat flesh meat? They could only have gotten the teaching from Jesus himself. However, there is no such teaching of Jesus in all the the new testament gospels. The reason is that the men that complied those gospels took only the teachings they thought would not offend the roman bishops and the emperors.
 Synoptic Gospels |
So the teachings of Jesus that refer to animal cruelty, animal sacrifice and the eaing of flesh meat were most certainly left out.
Contrary to popular belief, the 4 gospels in our bibles were not written by the men they were named after, nor were they originally wrote the way they are. No one knows who wrote them where they were written or when nor are there any original manuscripts to compare them with. All scholars know that the gospels are not the original writings but are obviously copies of other copies of manuscripts that men picked and chose what they wanted out of the original manuscripts — which are no longer to be found. A look at an analysis of the 3 synoptic gospels below should be sufficient to prove they are not originals, but were all pieced together from other documents. The parts of Jesus’ teaching they didn’t think appropriate, they left out and what they thought would help the church, they added in, even though it wasn’t in the original. |
Jesus didn’t eat flesh meat, nor did Mary
2.7 (Gabriel speaking:) “Therefore, Mary, do not eat any flesh, nor drink strong drink, for the child (Jesus) will be consecrated to God from your womb. He will neither take flesh nor strong drink, nor will he cut his hair.”
21.8 He (Yeshua) also said, “I have come to end the sacrifices and feasts of blood, and if you don’t cease offering and eating of flesh and blood, the wrath of God will not cease from you, even as it came to your fathers in the wilderness, who lusted for flesh, and ate to their content, and were filled with rottenness, and the plague consumed them.”
38.2 And Yeshua said to them, “They, whose hands are stained with blood, or whose mouths are defiled with flesh, or they who partake of benefits which are gotten by wronging one of God’s creatures, cannot be righteous; nor can they touch holy things, or teach the mysteries of the kingdom.”38.3.”God gives the grains and the fruits of the earth for food; and for righteous man truly there is no other lawful sustenance for the body.”
In Jesus’ teaching, he made it clear that it was “unlawful” to eat flesh meat.
In conclusion:
- Paul taught abstaining from meat was of the devil and hypocritical. James, the head of the church told Paul to teach the gentiles to abstain from meat.
- Paul taught it was alright to eat meat offered to idols as long as you have the faith since every animal of God is good to eat if you are thankful for it. Jesus, in Revelations, condemned eating animals sacrificed to idols as idolatry and praised the church for rejecting evil and lying false apostles.
- Paul belittled believers who abstained from flesh meats as if it were because they were lacking in faith and that they should not eat meat in front of “weak” brethren in order not to stumble them.
- Paul was a liar and a false apostle.
The truth is that Jesus and his disciples all abstained from meat
Jesus’ parents were vegetarians and so was John the baptist. Neither Jesus nor John Baptist, his cousin, who where priests, sacrificed animals as was the custom of Jewish priests, but they baptized in water for the remission of sins instead. Jesus said he came to put an end to animal sacrifice and he did it by sacrificing his own body — that’s when the ritual of animal sacrifice ended. He said it was unlawful to eat flesh meat and prohibited his disciples from eating flesh meat. The early church, known as Ebionites, abstained from meat. This is a well documented fact.
I might also point out that studies on Cancer by the World Health Organization show that Vegetarians and people who limit their meat consumption are at a lower risk of developing Cancer, in some studies up to 40% less likely than meat eaters.
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Health is a great consideration for becoming a vegetarian. It is proven to be a much healthier way of living. Humanitarianism is another aspect of vegetarianism, which is another reason many practice it. Still another is the philosophical aspect.
It is for this last reason that motivated me to practice it. It’s kind of like fasting or taking the nazarite vow. Since what is most important to me is Truth and not being deceived and most importantly not deceiving others. According to Jesus anyone who deals with the Word of God must be vegetarian:
For this reason I will never let flesh meat defile my body while I live — it is my vow to God.
This is one of the main reasons Christianity is in such profound darkness today. They think that they can teach the truth and defile their bodies with the flesh of dead animals. This is why they are deceive and are deceiving others — the blind leading the blind.
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Thank you for the encouragement.
This is my life’s work: to bring the real truth to the world, no matter what it is, no matter what the cost.