Modern day meat, sacrificed to idols coming to a store near you. Will you eat of it?

[danschance]

Sitting in some of the grocery stores across America and else where are fods marked "Halal" which in arabic means "legal or permissible". The problem I have with this is that animals, must be facing towards Mecca as their throats are slit with a sharp knife. Then, at some point, a short Muslim prayer is spoken over the animal, "in the name of Allah".

Muslims defend this practice and claim it is not ritualistic sacrifice, but many disagree. Jews also slaughter their kosher animals do not point the animal in any direction or say any sort of pray over the animal. If this is an animal scarified to an idol or a false god, would you eat it?

 

[Tintin]

Halal meat is very common. I imagine most of us eat it without knowing. God is greater than Satan. Also, praying over your meal renders it blessed by God. I think the Halal practice is spiritually dangerous but God is greater! Be discerning and pray.

 

[danschance]

It is not common here but we do have specialty shops for Muslims.

 

[wdeaton65]

Sitting in some of the grocery stores across America and else where are fods marked "Halal" which in arabic means "legal or permissible". The problem I have with this is that animals, must be facing towards Mecca as their throats are slit with a sharp knife. Then, at some point, a short Muslim prayer is spoken over the animal, "in the name of Allah".

Muslims defend this practice and claim it is not ritualistic sacrifice, but many disagree. Jews also slaughter their kosher animals do not point the animal in any direction or say any sort of pray over the animal. If this is an animal scarified to an idol or a false god, would you eat it?

Kosher no such thing in the torah no yamakas no washing hands so it is all the same muslims or rabbis still just another way to steal the money it is pretty sick thoughLOL

 

[Earlmayknowornot]

You're going to see more and more sharia law pushed for in America. I found out today that public schools cannot stop a muslim from praying, but a christian cannot pray at public school. 3 1/2 more years. But, maybe just maybe, this Benghazi thing will wake folks up. This is worse than watergate, and some senators are ready to something about it.

 

[willfollowsGod]

I would just eat it, didn't Paul say something about food being sacrificed to idols. I don't remember where, but he did mention it. God bless.

 

[livingepistle]

Sitting in some of the grocery stores across America and else where are fods marked "Halal" which in arabic means "legal or permissible". The problem I have with this is that animals, must be facing towards Mecca as their throats are slit with a sharp knife. Then, at some point, a short Muslim prayer is spoken over the animal, "in the name of Allah".

Muslims defend this practice and claim it is not ritualistic sacrifice, but many disagree. Jews also slaughter their kosher animals do not point the animal in any direction or say any sort of pray over the animal. If this is an animal scarified to an idol or a false god, would you eat it?

Considering the principle of the matter, NO.

 

[maxwel]

Sitting in some of the grocery stores across America and else where are fods marked "Halal" which in arabic means "legal or permissible". The problem I have with this is that animals, must be facing towards Mecca as their throats are slit with a sharp knife. Then, at some point, a short Muslim prayer is spoken over the animal, "in the name of Allah".

Muslims defend this practice and claim it is not ritualistic sacrifice, but many disagree. Jews also slaughter their kosher animals do not point the animal in any direction or say any sort of pray over the animal. If this is an animal scarified to an idol or a false god, would you eat it?

I don't care what direction my bacon faces before I eat it.

 

[wdeaton65]

ACts 15 and 21 James was against it but he is just the Younger brother of the Messiah and head of the Jerusalem church until they killed him in 68 A.D. what would he know though LOL

 

[RickyZ]

In reality it would be relatively harmless but if I knew I would abstain on principal.

 

[danschance]

You're going to see more and more sharia law pushed for in America. I found out today that public schools cannot stop a muslim from praying, but a christian cannot pray at public school. 3 1/2 more years. But, maybe just maybe, this Benghazi thing will wake folks up. This is worse than watergate, and some senators are ready to something about it.

Do you have a source to cite on Muslims can pray in School, but not Christians? I would be interested to read that.

 

[Nautilus]

You're going to see more and more sharia law pushed for in America. I found out today that public schools cannot stop a muslim from praying, but a christian cannot pray at public school. 3 1/2 more years. But, maybe just maybe, this Benghazi thing will wake folks up. This is worse than watergate, and some senators are ready to something about it.

This is actually totally false. Christians are more than welcome to pray in public schools. What they cant do is force others to endure their prayer. If you have a christian extra-curricular group which many high schools do, they are more than welcome to pray and so are christian students during the day to themselves. They cannot lead a class in prayer for obvious reasons.

 

[danschance]

Given the choice between the typical meat at the grocery store or halal meat, I would defiantly not go with halal meat just on principle. If you do buy halal meat, that means you are supporting a muslin business.

 

[Tintin]

Muslin? That's a fabric, isn't it? But seriously, in Australia halal meat seems to be common and it's not always labelled as such. Prayer is the best weapon.

 

[danschance]

Muslin? That's a fabric, isn't it? But seriously, in Australia halal meat seems to be common and it's not always labelled as such. Prayer is the best weapon.

Dang spelling/spell check errors... Once last week and once this week, the spelling Nazis are ever vigilant!

Here in the States, our meat comes from huge assembly line plants. It keeps the price down but can also cause huge recalls on hamburgers, in the millions of pounds. None of the stores I go to sell Halal meat, that I know of. There is one store that does sell to Muslims.

Paul says it is ok to eat food sacrficed to idols but in Revelation Jesus seems to say it is wrong.

Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. Rev. 2:20

But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof: 1Cor. 10:28

Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. 1Cor. 8:1

 

[Drett]

Do whatever makes you feel good. I would be more worried about all the chemicals they put in food myself.

 

[loveme1]

I do consider during the time i ate meat i have eaten this type of meat... then again it appears i have most likely unknowingly eaten horse meat but never consciously would of agreed to this.

What is done in ignorance is different to that we knowingly consume.

Since abstaining from pork i went off meat altogether.

Thank you for this thread because a while back i considered something similar.

 

[PeteWaldo]

Click on this YouTube search - halal cruel suffer - no stunning allowed

 

[Bookreader]

Acts 21:25 But concerning the Gentiles who believe, we have written and decided that they should observe no such thing, except that they should keep themselves from things offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality."

Yet how many of us Christians eat steak or chicken? I know I do.

A significant thing about kosher and halal meat is that it is drained of blood. And their chicken is not killed by neck-wringing.

Halal meat wouldn't bother me tbh. The food is not tainted by people saying things about it. And Paul made it pretty clear that even food sacrificed to idols doesn't become bad food.

And as for supporting a business owned by a muslim... I love a muslim businessman just as much as I love a Christian businessman. Now a hate-filled businessman I would avoid helping. As a matter of principle.

 

[Nautilus]

Given the choice between the typical meat at the grocery store or halal meat, I would defiantly not go with halal meat just on principle. If you do buy halal meat, that means you are supporting a muslin business.

whats the problem with supporting a muslim business? we have a large number of businesses run by muslims in my area, i certainly dont avoid them on any religious principles and I have no problem giving them my money.