The book of Mark is the oldest and was written about 30 years after Christs death. He had been one of the disciples |
Mark was a disciple, but who knows, really, who wrote the book of Mark? |
The authorship of Mark is inconclusive. |
What is known is that it was written about 70 ad, Christ was born around 2 or 3 ad. Died about the age of 35 Mark the evangelist or mark the disciple. |
The most common theory by biblical scholars is that the actual writing process may have involved multiple people and a compilation of traditions. |
I am do glad i have up meat 34 years ago. I barely ate it anyway. |
The reason is simple, G-d gave the dietary laws, kosher animals need to have split hooves and chew the cud. No reasons given, just follow.
Fish, need scales and fins, etc etc . Not difficult to follow if you follow your faith . |
The reason is simple, G-d gave the dietary laws, kosher animals need to have split hooves and chew the cud. No reasons given, just follow.
Fish, need scales and fins, etc etc . Not difficult to follow if you follow your faith . |
I've been told that the smell of pork cooking is very similar to the smell of human flesh burning. |
Back in the day, because of parasites to put it simply. |
Ummmm no. They didn't invent that. Smoking meat including pig goes back thousands of years before Spain ever even existed. Paleolithic people worldwide smoked cured meats including swine. |
People even now get sick every year eating shellfish and undercooked pork. People have died. Back in biblical times, there were no microwaves to nuke the parasites and harmful bacteria in creatures which eat filth, feces, or feast on the dead. These animals God declared unclean to eat. Similarly, God said not to wear mixed fabrics. Back in those days, there were no powerful detergents, no hot water rinse or steam cycles to destroy fleas and lice which hide and lay eggs in the gap between the two fabrics. Note that there was no death sentence for eating unclean foods or wearing mixed fabrics but there was a death sentence for rape of a betrothed woman, homosexuality, and adultery. |
And slavery! That was endorsed also! Don’t forget slavery! |
And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.—Exodus 21:16 Those people who stole Africans to sell into slavery —mostly Arabs and other Africans, would have received the death penalty. There is a big difference between becoming a slave out of economic necessity and being kidnapped. Most people in biblical times were farmers and herdsmen. If your crops failed or were destroyed by war or drought, it was either become a slave or starve to death. You should thank God every day for the blessed life you have. |
Are you saying that it was OK to be a slave in Biblical times and people should thank god because they are not slaves now? I don't believe that. |