I am certainly no authority on religion but I think the scriptures are
"pictures of" a teaching.  In the verses where Jesus speaks of 'fearing not
what goes into the mouth, but fearing what comes out of the mouth', I think
is a picture of  words being able to cause damage to the mind and spirit and
was teaching clean thoughts and communication.  When the new testament was
written, it was a picture of the old testament and the "doing away with" the
law and legalism.  I notice Christ was the one who brought the food when he
ate with the people.  It was always fish. I think that is symbolic too, but
this is not a forum for scriptures.  Just a couple of  thoughts on religion
and food.     Oliva

-----Original Message-----
From: Anna L. Abrante <[log in to unmask]>


>In a message dated 7/9/99 7:16:30 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [log in to unmask]
>writes:
>
>>
>>  Some people today eat certain things or don't eat them, based on the
>> teachings
>>  of the religion they adhere to.
>>
>
>Obviously. But is it paleo?
>
>
>>  The original thread starter, who like all thread starters on the
Internet,
>> has
>>  vanished :-), wanted help on being paleo while still adhering to the
>dietary
>>  proscriptions of his religion.
>
>This is what I am referring to.  Using christianity as an example, you get
>different stories about what to eat depending on which testament you read.
>This may not be the case with every religion (I am not a theologian by any
>stretch of the imagination) but even buddhism, that doesn't change with the
>society, isn't paleo.  The food mentioned in the bible is food eaten during
>*their* present time, again, not exclusively paleo, very neolithic.
>If you're going to follow it, new testament quotes Jesus
>as saying that it doesn't matter what goes into your body it's what goes
into
>your soul that matters. So does the food affect us or not?  Not for
spiritual
>purposes I suppose.
>
>>
>>  None of this should be hard to keep track of - since it is all in the
>> Subject
>>  header ! :-)
>>
>
>I think we have all seen subject headers that were inaccurate. And I
>don't believe that every person that writes a comment goes back to the
>original thread before doing so.  That would be ridiculous. Our comments
>are responses to the posts in front of us, not those behind us.
>
>
>>  So, when you said:
>>
>>  "Were there any modern religions 40,000 years ago?
>>  Why do people on a PALEOFOOD list insist on bringing
>>  in modern deities/gods?  Seems to me they are as
>>  neolithic as grain. "
>>
>>  the answer is because that was what the ORIGINAL question in the thread
was
>>  about.
>>
>
>That's not an answer to my question though.  I notice you didn't answer any
of
>the other questions I posed in my last post either. I am eagerly awaiting
>anyone's
>response to those.
>
>>  PS  You said "I do not believe that god and evolution are mutually
>exclusive.
>> "
>>  and in fact the Pope has said just that (that they are not mutually
>> exclusive).
>>
>
>I could be facitious and say 'great minds think alike', but I have zero in
>common with the pope.  And he doesn't know for a fact either. He's just a
>very
>intelligent man that sees the overwhelming evidence in favor of evolution,
>but maintains his belief in god, even without overwhelming evidence. And
>this is fine. Whatever makes him happy is cool..8-)
>>
>>  --
>>  Cheers,
>>
>>  Ken                         <*>
>>  [log in to unmask]
>>
>>
>
>I recognize that people will have their beliefs. And the more they believe
>the harder it is to get them to see different. This applies no matter what
>side one might be on.  My question simply is this... If man is looking at
>an evolutionary diet to best suit his needs, why is he conferring with a
>neolithic god? And if you believe that the word of god is *IT* for all
>eternity
>,,then why go to a paleo diet at all? Hasn't it been replaced by the most
>recent perfect entity?
>
> Surely the *latest*  thing god said must be the *most* perfect for us....
>
>No?
>
>(Keeping in mind that god's word changes every few thousand years, at
>least in scrupture. In reality it changes with the whim of the society or
>leader of the time.  Nowadays it can change daily.)
>
>Anna