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    Why did Paul contradict the disciples in the laws of food and the law?Some Christians claim that pigs are not forbidden in Christianity, and they deduce this with flimsy evidence



    It’s not what goes into your mouth that defiles you; you are defiled by the words that come out of your mouth.”
    ((Matthew 15:11 ►)




    In fact, this saying has nothing to do with banning pigs or not, but rather as part of a response to the Jews when they reproached the disciples of Jesus for not washing their hands before eating. On the contrary, the intention of the Lord Christ with his words is to show that moral impurity is far more dangerous than physical impurity.







    ” Peter said, “Explain the parable to us.” “Are you still so dull?” Jesus asked them. “Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body? But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them. For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. These are what defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”

    Matthew 15:11-20







    1. Pork prohibited in Qur’an
    The Qur’an prohibits the consumption of pork in no less than 4 different places.
    It is prohibited in 2:173, 5:3, 6:145 and 16:115.
    “Forbidden to you (for food) are: dead meat, blood, the flesh of swine,
    and that on which hath been invoked the name of other than Allah.”
    [Al-Qur’an 5:3]
    The above verses of the Holy Qur’an are sufficient to satisfy a Muslim as to why
    pork is forbidden.








    2. Pork prohibited in the Bible
    The Christian is likely to be convinced by his religious scriptures. The Bible
    prohibits the consumption of pork, in the book of Leviticus
    “And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be cloven footed, yet he cheweth
    not the cud; he is unclean to you”.
    “Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcass shall ye not touch,
    they are unclean to you.” [Leviticus 11:7-8]
    Pork is also prohibited in the Bible in the book of Deuteronomy
    “And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud,
    it is unclean unto you




    The laws of God are one from Adam to Muhammad, peace be upon them
    the worship of the One God (the Father) and not of a human being or an idol or anything you can imagine
    and Prohibition of fornication, alcohol and pork




    Dr Zakir Naik proved that having Pork is prohibited haraam in Islam as well as in Christianity





    Why did Paul contradict the disciples in the laws of food and the law?


 
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