I'm claiming that all have a religion, and that this religion is the grounds for whatever they do, whether it be science, or bungee jumping, or painting a picture, or writing music, or learning, etc.
So hobbies are tantamount to religions?
Such dietary laws are symbolic. The forbidding of pigs from the diet was symbolic of the Covenantal exclusion of the Gentiles (this is not bologna: it is clearly understood throughout Scripture), an exclusion which was done away with with the advent of the New Covenant. Thus, these symbolical ordinances are not anymore for our outward observation. They are grounded principially in the understanding of the Covenant God (Yahweh), and symbolically show how He relates to His people throughout history.
There is no symbolism in the dietary laws. It means what it says, and it's not hard to understand why they were created, namely, they promoted disease. But more to the point, these are Moses' rules, not God's decrees.
A lasting, healthy society is only possible where men love Christ more than man.
According to whom? We have countless societies that identify with Christianity and yet there is no discernible difference. After all, the US is routinely cited as a "Christian nation" yet its leaders have no compunction with invading sovereign nations for gain under the guise of a humanitarian effort.
Might still makes right in Christian ethos.
*I sense a No True Scotsman fallacy right around the corner*
Edited by Hyroglyphx, : No reason given.
"Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it" -- Thomas Paine
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