Message from @Maksim
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Not irrelevant at all, it's a different orthodoxy.
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I'm a Baptist, but most of my beliefs align with the Lutherans according to people I've spoken to
If an alligator entered my home, and was in front of me and I have to make the decision to shoot it or to open a door and try to let it escape
I'm shooting it
we should strive to be as close to divine as possible. Before we were cast from the Garden we ate only plants, before the flood we ate only plants. After the flood, we ate meat and were feared by Animals because of our malice and cruelty and lack of mercy. So strive to be merciful.
And that's a different scenario, in that scenario you could be in mortal danger.
Where does it say we only ate plants?
Genesis 1:29
We only ate meat after the fall
I don't see any mention that animals were not allowed to be eaten
The fact we only ate flesh after the fall of man.
Only?
Yes, only.
In Eden we didn't eat Animals
Before the flood we didn't
We do now, because we are stricken with sin
So strive to be merciful
The eating of meat wasn't a bad thing
After the fall because he was dissapointed in us
Genesis 9:3
Yes, read it in context
Dosent say that
It isn't a good thing
Anywhere
He eradicated life, dude
And started over
Because of how awful we'd gotten
Then said fuck it, do what you want, you're evil
No, you're interpreting, it's not self-evident
Of course I'm interpreting, that's how scripture works. But I am interpreting within context and within the frame of reference we are given in the Bible. To be merciful and righteous. That applies to everything in the Bible and how we should interpret it.
And in the context of the fact that he wiped out all life
With the flood
That implies nothing
Then made covenant
About meat
Be honest with yourself. You want to eat meat so you refuse to see the forest for the trees.
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