All good occultists are vegetarians and Jesus was not one of them.

-Rick-
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"usual suspect" > wrote in message
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> Swan wrote:
> > Swan, here, to offer some context.
>
> You failed.
>
> >>>> Jesus and his disciples ate of the Passover lamb every year.
> >>>
> >>> We may assume so, although it is only an assumption.
> >>
> >> It's among the safest assumptions one can make, like the sun will rise
> >> in the East tomorrow morning.
> >>
> >>> There are now services which have been written for a vegetarian
> >>> Passover supper, which are used by vegetarian and AR-supporting
> >>> Jews.
> >>
> >> Pretty recent developments. A Jew of that era -- with very, very few
> >> exceptions -- ate the Passover lamb as commanded.
> >
> > Of course they did. But they didn't eat the lamb we eat today.
>
> Yes, they did. Your argument is as specious as the Baptist
> tee-totallers' about the alcohol content in wine of that era. Remember
> the parable of the wineskins: why would they burst if the grape juice
> didn't ferment? The foods eaten in that era are much the same as today.
>
> > The lamb
> > (and the ox, the cattle, etc) was not penned in tiny cages,
>
> Most sheep today are grazed. So are cattle, bison, etc.
>
> > fed on scraps of its dead kindred,
>
> Perhaps you were unaware that such practices have been banned in the US
> and most countries.
>
> > injected with hormones and antibiotics
>
> Not all meat is injected with hormones or antibiotics. You know this,
> don't you?
>
> > and deprived of its mother's care.
>
> Funny you would choose that argument after Karen abandoned her son.
>
> <snip rest of hyperbole>
>