allgrownup:
Gluttony can be a sin. So can be divorce. Or eating pork. Not handling your periods the proper way. The Old Testament has a bunch of rules which were given in reply to a specific demand (later on there would be a demand for Judges), and were given to the Jewish nation.
For both Messanic Jews and other Christians the New Testament brought a new law, or a new version of the law. A more detailed one so to say. It continues the line set out in earlier in the Bible that we are sinful and that we can be saved by Grace only - full stop. So on your best day on your best behavior you're still not living up to not being sinful because not being sinful means being perfect. And you're not. I'm not. We're not. That's why we need God's grace; without it, we cannot repair or change the gap between perfect and imperfect.
Whenever the law specialists would bring out the law, Jesus would say "oh really? So what's in your heart then? Are you doing the law or doing the spirit of the law?"
In the spirit of the law eating pork can be OK for a Jewish believer and is always 100% OK for non-Jewish Christians, regardless of what it says in the Old Testamanet.
In the same vain I believe that God has made it possible to enjoy these beautiful things; from the combination of tones (music) to the joy of fattening someone up. I certainly didn't come up with these things; they are in me, they are part of my nature.
If they are bad they are no better or worse than any other sin; the Bible knows no "small" vs "big" sins. Imperfect is imperfect. I can't make things perfect. I can't make these ideas and feelings go away; not acting on them doesn't make them less sinful if they are. I can only rely on God's grace to accept me for who I am and to love me for who I am. I know I need not fear because if there is anything to pay towards that sin, it's been paid by God.
As a Christian you accepted God and God accepts you how you are, unconditionally. I guess the hardest part is for us to do so ourselves.
The reason jews werent allowed to eat pork is back in the old testament days, food wasnt as clean as it later became. They didnt know eating raw meat, eggs or certain plants could kill them. What we now know are poisonous mushrooms were new to them, same as raw pork.
Fast forward thousands of years later to the new testament era, food was a bit cleaner but the kosher law remained.
Also, Roman Catholics and Christian arent perfect but are also misunderstood. We're not righteous trying not to sin, we're sinners trying to be righteous. Obviously most of us fail in that department.
