I know when I decided and prayed to like practically like all food, it happened. Before that, I was a very picky eater.  

It really happened to the extent, there isn't any food I have ate from sometime after (like a few months) that day but I enjoy.

Food even that I hated most, are some of my favorites now.

MK. That's not God. That's you eating food you don't like to make it look like your prayers were heard!

Surely your God's left a bad taste in your mouth by now?

Let's not make it about God. I know right now I enjoy all food I eat.

Food I use to hate, I like. I think it's psychological. And we don't know how much control we have and power to change who we are.

Favorite food use to be lasagna up until a few years. One day I realized it was due to reading Garfield that I picked Lasagna as my favorite food. So I decided I don't want it to be my favorite.

I know I am free to choose what I like. I don't believe also that I don't choose who I have a crush on. Sure I don't choose all the chemical reactions that come when you are attracted to someone, but at the end, I decided if I am attracted to someone or not.

I believe choice. Choice is the fundamental thing that makes us human.

Most choices aren't apparent. They aren't apparent you've made them. But you have.

(April 16, 2018 at 6:50 am)MysticKnight Wrote: I know when I decided and prayed to like practically like all food, it happened. Before that, I was a very picky eater.  

It really happened to the extent, there isn't any food I have ate from sometime after (like a few months) that day but I enjoy.

Food even that I hated most, are some of my favorites now.

Mystic, I'm saying the same thing to you as I would any Christian, Jew, Buddhist or Hindu.

"Prayer" is nothing more than trying to convince yourself that talking to yourself has magical super natural powers.

In reality, you can choose to try different foods, but prayer isn't required to do that.

In reality, you won't burst into flames if you eat pork. It would be unwise to eat uncooked pork, but eating raw eggs would also be unwise.

I never prayed about drinking dark beer, originally though, I didn't like it, but over time, I developed a taste for it. Now that I am used to it, I prefer it to pale beer. 

Hindu's wont burst into flames if they eat beef either.

The self isn't static. Your personal taste palette is just the ground level of things you can consciously change about yourself.

There is really only one way to know if god has given you this gift...You must eat a ham sandwich and see if it too tastes good.

(April 16, 2018 at 7:20 am)MysticKnight Wrote: Let's not make it about God.

You did just that at the top of the thread. Change your mind?

Not very psychological at all.

My middle child hates mayonnaise, mustard, and salad dressing. Anytime he eats any of them by accident --- for example if McDonalds decides to give him a hamburger with mustard on it, and he doesn't check first (though now days he always checks) he simply can't eat it. He nearly throws up from the taste.

If it were psychological then you'd expect him to eat the sandwich happily without knowing it had mustard on it.

Now you might suggest that he knows because of the taste. But it suggests that it's the taste he doesn't like, and not the psychological effect

Pickiness is an evolutionary trait designed to help us survive. Now if you force yourself to eat things again and again, you may develop a palette for them. But there's nothing wrong with being picky.

Years ago I read a book about Wrestling for Streetfighting. (Not that I'd ever get into a street fight, I just found it interesting) The guy that wrote it said he was a former wrestling coach. He said that often the stuff we like to eat, with the exception of junk food, is the stuff that will enable us to perform at our best. I don't know if it's true or not.
He suggested that the stuff that's traditional food for different cultures may often be best for people that ethnically are a part of them. I'm sure I don't know.

(April 16, 2018 at 7:20 am)MysticKnight Wrote: Let's not make it about God. I know right now I enjoy all food I eat.

Food I use to hate, I like.  I think it's psychological.  And we don't know how much control we have and power to change who we are.

I think any advantage found for believers are of a psychological nature, so that -for you- food biases might very well be connected to what you believe about God.  I was an extremely picky eater as a kid but I've become an adventurous eater as an adult.  No god belief involved in my case.  I just started liking new things when others would prepare them and get excited about having me try them.  It did make me question my old food biases.

(April 16, 2018 at 7:20 am)MysticKnight Wrote: I know I am free to choose what I like.   I don't believe also that I don't choose who I have a crush on. Sure I don't choose all the chemical reactions that come when you are attracted to someone, but at the end, I decided if I am attracted to someone or not.

I believe choice. Choice is the fundamental thing that makes us human.

But what are your choices based on?  No one is free to choose what it is they will like.  Better to say you are free to question your food preferences and approach new foods with a more open mind.  What you like is something you discover, not something you choose.  Things don't taste the same so there is no justification for thinking you would like everything equally provided you held back your bias.

(April 16, 2018 at 7:20 am)MysticKnight Wrote: Most choices aren't apparent. They aren't apparent you've made them. But you have.

I suspect I'm using "biases" where you're using "choices".  But I think it would be a mistake to attribute too much power to choosing.  If you recognize an illegitimate bias, perhaps one acquired through media advertising, you can sometimes work around it.  But once you've removed irrational biases, what you find below is not a blank slate.  What you find is how things actually taste and which ones appeal to you more or less.