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John from Kentucky:
I need help from the spiritual giants on this website with the gift of spiritual discernment.

My mother is 77 years old.  She has been a good Catholic her whole life.  Catholics are not supposed to eat meat on the Fridays during Lent.  For the last several years she has been eating vegetarian pizzas during Lenten Fridays, which seemed O.K. with me.

However, this year she is contemplating sin.  She said she is sick of eating vegetarian pizzas.  This year she plans to eat soy products that taste like beef or chicken.

I told her that would be wrong.  That she has a total carnal mind that is trying to skirt the rules.  That if she has to give up meat, then eating a food that tastes like meat would be sinful.  I told her she needed to see her priest as soon as possible to get this straightened out.

I can't depend on a priest to agree with me.  So what I need is two or three scriptures to spiritually slam dunk the old lady.  Please help me!

arion:
With everything you have learned here John do you believe that your going to get 'truth' from a Catholic priest or any of the ministers in Babylon?  Why does she have to give up meat?  What do the scriptures have to say about this?

1Ti 4:3-5  ...Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.   For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

Whatever she chooses to eat that is her business and if she chooses to either eat meat or soy products that taste like meat and can do so with a clear conscience then more power to her.

To be frank and with all humility;


--- Quote ---So what I need is two or three scriptures to spiritually slam dunk the old lady.  Please help me!
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You have a greater problem you need to deal with before you try to correct her.  Why do you need to 'spiritually slam dunk' anyone...especially your own mother?

 

Dave in Tenn:
I couldn't find 'pizza' in scripture with my e-sword search function.  Since the bible doesn't say anything about eating pizza for Lent, she should probably forgo it altogether, or maybe eat something that tastes terrible.  I would imagine her priest would have no problem with that, and it might even earn her some 'brownie' points, so to speak.  Not that she should be eating brownies for Lent.  Unless they taste terrible.  I could whip her up a batch that would fit the bill.

Good luck with the slam-dunking.  It'd be easier to do BEFORE she eats, but that's up to you.

Craig:
When I first read your post I thought someone had hijacked your account, it didn't sound like you.  Then taking in account your posting history I saw the tongue in cheek.  But yes an emoticon would have helped.

Craig

Stacey:
John, betcha the Priest is gonna have the right answer ____ < insert what ever emoticon fits. Ha ha

Guess I'm a weirdo cause I didn't need a smiley face to pick up on the funny side of your first post here.

Don't have any Scripture to help you out, sorry, you may be on your own but maybe not, best of luck _____ < to you.

Stacey

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