Reeva, I included it because that is the example that the apostle 
Paul gave.  Nope, today's Christians don't do it.

earlier, Reeva Parry, wrote:

>Hi John!
>
>Eating meat sacrificed to idols? Hmmm? Christians don't do that sort 
>of thing! Now, I'm not being sarcastic here, but why would you 
>include that in your message? I eat meat all the time, but to my 
>knowledge, it isn't a sacrifice to an idol. If I thought it were, I 
>certainly wouldn't eat it! It would gross me out big-time!
>
>
>LOVE IN CHRIST,
>
>Reeva Parry, writing for myself this time.
>
>
>On Tuesday 6/5/2007 05:21 PM, John Schwery said:
>
>>Phil, this reminds me that even in the 70s, some people wouldn't 
>>shop on Sundays or buy from grocery stores that sold beer.  then, I 
>>got to thinking about the principle of Christian liberty.  You may 
>>remember the towns in Iowa called Pella and Oskaloosa, Dutch 
>>communities.  It may not be this way any more, but it used to be, 
>>that if you wanted to be a witness for the Lord in those towns, you 
>>didn't mow your grass on Sunday.  Why?  Because it offended those 
>>people.  Paul used the example of eating meat offered to 
>>idols.  There is nothing wrong with eating meat offered to idols or 
>>cutting grass on Sunday.  But, sometimes it is best to forego 
>>liberty to be a good witness.
>>
>>earlier, Phil Scovell, wrote:
>
>>>Recently, we had a TV put in my office.  My office used to be a breezeway,
>>>so called, between our house and garage so you didn't have to go outside to
>>>get to the garage.  When Everett and Donna got married, they lived in our
>>>basement for about a year which has a one bedroom apartment in it.  When
>>>their house was done in the back of our home, they moved out, of course, but
>>>our garage had to be torn down to provide access, driveway access, to the
>>>backyard.  Everett's lot was separated from my lot and is technically called
>>>a Flag Lot.  Anyway, to conform to city ordnance, the breezeway had to be
>>>cut back by 2.5 feet.  When we first moved into this house nearly 25 years
>>>ago, I made the breezeway into a pair of rooms.  The larger room is now
>>>about 15 by 10.5 feet and the smaller room is only about 7 feet by 10.5 or
>>>there about.  In the smaller room, I have all of my electronic stuff and
>>>that is where the TV went.  I said all of that to say this.  I was watching
>>>something on one of the Science channels last night and as they were talking
>>>about the origin of rogue waves, I got thirsty.  I have some diet pop out in
>>>my office but it isn't cold.  I just reached down, pulled out a can, popped
>>>it and began drinking it at room temperature.  As I listened to the science
>>>program and took little sips now and then, I got to thinking about cans of
>>>pop.  I remember when they first came out.  As a Baptist family, we were
>>>even careful about buying root beer because the word beer was in the name of
>>>the product.  My folks were even concerned about the appearance of drinking
>>>pop from a can where you could be seen by the public because up to this
>>>point, only beer came in cans.  Then I started thinking about the television
>>>in my little personal room with all my radios, recorders, and now my sinful
>>>TV.  As a kid, my dad owned a TV because, he said, those in the church who
>>>didn't have a TV, when their kids came over to play at my house?  All they
>>>wanted to do was watch TV.  When I went to their house, the last thing I
>>>wanted to do was watch TV.  Now, all these years later, I am watching TV and
>>>drinking from a can.  How bad can it get?
>>>s
>>>Phil.
>
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