(June 3, 2014 at 6:19 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote:(June 3, 2014 at 6:12 pm)Godschild Wrote:
Jerusalem is only 60 miles from the coast and many Israelites lived on the coast, you seem to be having trouble understanding this.
GC
So do you think that the commandment about not eating shellfish came from illiterate desert goat ropers instead of the educated bigwigs in the big city?
(June 3, 2014 at 6:17 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Some years ago there was an archaeological find of fish bones in Jerusalem. Almost certainly they would have been dried and salted for the journey.
Take your fish traveling by donkey and add in the desert heat and no refrigeration system and you could probably have smelled them coming from miles away.
Jesus and his buddies were always going fishing. But they only ate fish that have scales. They threw everything else into the trash as being unfit to eat.
There are also fresh water shell fish and to answer your question, God gave the commandment.
GC
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
