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everything, but another man, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables..."(Roman 14:2)The smoking gun is right there: Paul's concept of faith in the salvific natureof the cross, declaring the Torah obsolete and viewing the Vegetarianism of theapostles possibly as dietetic Fanatacism of nazarene jewish origin culturejustifies the eating of flesh. First at least in the back room: "...It is betternot to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause yourbrother to fall. (Roman 14:21) which later is reflected in Timothy:"... They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods,which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and whoknow the truth. For everything God created is good, and nothing is to berejected if it is received with thanksgiving..." (1 Timothy 4:3-4)Consequently the teachings of the Apostles in Jerusalem (James, Peter which Paulsarcastically describes as "those Superapostles", "those reputed to be thePillars" etc., (there is a whole barrage on my file of abuse as far as theoriginal disciples is concerned) are not what Paul is overly concerned with. Andso he tells his followers: ".. For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesusother than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from theone you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put upwith it easily enough. (2 Cor 11:4)Conclusion:All three movements, the original Jesus movement, James and Peter and the restin Jerusalem (who regressed partially into Judaism exactly like sentimental HareKrishna devotees who can't quite get over their Christian background and finallyPaul have left their definite imprint on the Gospels. And so you have actuallythree strata of teachings.This of course is the reason for all the confusion that brakes out if youseriously start comparing the Gospel accounts, and therefore, the Gospels acc toChristian teachings being divinely inspired, the holy spirit manages at times tospeak out of 4 sides of his mouth simultaneously, leaving the befuddled readerwith 4 totally different and often mutually excluding each other reports.Jerusalem fell in 70 AD and with it perished the Jerusalem church (whosesurvivors fled acc to Epiphanius to Pella and up to the forth century wereVegetarians, with their own Vegetarian Gospel, declaring the animal sacrificesof the temple being terminated by Jesus' teachings and ... condemning Paul asthe first Christian Apostate. They remained small and insignificant, a smallgroup of puritans, crying in the desert.Paul's party, being a success in the Greco-Roman world with its pagan element ofa savior God became the successor of the teachings of Jesus by default.Heresy became orthodoxy - Orthodoxy became Heresy."...Two thousand years passed, but you could not accept the instruction of LordJesus Christ. And you are all claiming that you are Christian. When did youaccept Christianity? That is my question. Because you have disobeyed the orderof Christ. So when did you accept? Two thousand years passed. Hmm? Who willanswer this question?..." (Srila Prabhupada / May 9/75 Perth)All Glories to His Divine Grace, who by his transcendental realization was ableto reach through 2000 years of history to see pepples of gold in the sand ofthat religion.ys pdaPS