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Originally Posted by Jokers.girl275
....It's a fish...aren't all animals God's creation? What has a shellfish ever done...?
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The eating of shellfish is a dubious practice at best for anyone who intends to follow Christ's teachings. It is expressly forbidden in Leviticus 11, but many dietary restrictions were overturned by Jesus' (temporary) sacrifice, although His early followers didn't realize it until a few decades later when Peter had the following dream:
Acts 10:9-16
9 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:
10 and he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, 11 and saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
12 wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.
15 And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
16 This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.
Notice that no mention is made of shellfish in Acts 10:12. Some Christians think that the cleansing of shellfish for Christian consumption follows the spirit of Peter's vision, and that this was a simple oversight or omission on the part of the author. However, we know that the Biblical authors were all moved by the Holy Spirit (II Peter 1:21) and that God basically dictated to them (e.g., Habakkuk 2:2, Jeremiah 36:2). So to say that the author made an omission is to say that God made an error, which is nonsensical, since He has promised to preserve His Word for all generations (Psalm 12:6-7).
You're on shaky theological ground at best if you try to assert that Peter's dream in Acts 10 revealed that shellfish had been purified for consumption. I guess you just have to ask yourself, "How serious am I about Salvation? Is it really worth
risking eternal hellfire because shrimp and oysters and clams and mussels and lobsters are delicious? Jesus died (temporarily) for my sins. Will I throw that back in His face over some crab cakes?"
If you're wrestling with these sorts of important spiritual matters, then you should get on your knees and thank the LORD for bringing you here before it's too late. Hopefully you'll stick around and learn a thing or two about what it means to be a True Christian™ and what steps you'll need to take and what requirements you'll need to fulfill in order to receive Jesus' unconditional love. I'll include you in my prayers tonight, friend.