Jesus also said, “Go and sin no more.”

The shrimp / shellfish argument is full of holes but is appealing to many because so few bother to study the passages. I address five serious problems with it in flaws of the shellfish argument.

Your best response to your son is to provide solid biblical answers straight from the source which is the word of God. You will have to study though. I’m sure Mel’s book is replete with out of context quotes from the bible and is filled with his own eisegesis which is nothing more than modern day gnosticism. You will have to root yourself in the word and even go to the point of looking up the original Greek/Aramaic, audience, context, and stick to exegesis.

Kyle

Your mealy mouth answer is spoke with a fork tongue and I think you know it. You and others hide behind the blanket statement “love” in a generic sense. Now, if you had said that they should remain in the Church in order that they may “repent” of their sins then that is one thing. However, most people who leave comments such as yours are really using subtle language and are actually proponents of that lifestyle.

Now as for shrimp and other dietary laws it was quite simple and again your answer is such a weak strawman. God had various dietary Laws established due to the species tendencies to carry parasites and introduce illnesses to people. Take pigs for example. Trichinosis worm at one time prior to better herding conditions was attributed to porcine products. However, due to advancements in the cattle business we no longer have to worry about such illnesses. So to answer your question God’s dietary laws were to protect the people from illness.

You really need to come with a better response than that Nate. Otherwise we could knock down your strawmen all day.

Kyle