Yes,
you've used this exact quote against me already.
To which I've already replied:
"Does the washing or not washing of hands change anything about the fact that what goes in your mouth ends up in the privvy? No. Therefore, completely irrelevant."
Wrong again. It's the main point of the passage, i.e. that the dirt on one's hands will go directly through one's bodily system without incident.
Matthew 15:1-20
15:1 Then came to Jesus lawyers and politicians, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
15:2 Why do thy disciples transgress the Tradition of the Elders?
FOR THEY WASH NOT THEIR HANDS WHEN THEY EAT BREAD.
15:3 But he answered and said unto them,
Why do ye also transgress the COMMANDment of God by your Tradition?
15:4 For God Commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
15:5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to [his] father or [his] mother, [It is] a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
15:6 And honour not his father or his mother, [he shall be free]. Thus have ye made the Commandment of God of none effect by your Tradition (Talmud).
15:7 [Ye] hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
15:8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with [their] lips; but their heart is FAR from me.
15:9 But in vain they do worship Me, teaching [for] doctrines the commandments of men (man-made laws/legislation).
15:10 And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
15:11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
15:12 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the politicians were offended, after they heard this saying?
15:13 But he answered and said,
Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath NOT planted, shall be rooted up.
15:14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch (or Pit).
15:15 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
15:16 And Jesus said,
ARE YE ALSO YET WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING?
15:17
Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
15:18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
15:19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness (lies), blasphemies:
15:20 These are [the things] which defile a man: BUT TO EAT WITH UNWASHEN HANDS DEFILETH NOT A MAN.
Unbelievers calling themselves "Christians" claim this passage gives them the "freedom" to ingest swine flesh, shellfish, scavenger birds and the rest of the animals that God created to be part of the planetary waste management system, which is why He COMMANDED us NOT to eat such filthy creatures, that are unfit for human consumption.
2000 years later, we literally have "mandatory" hand-washing stations set up in front of virtually every store, to ensure those foolish enough to believe in these man-made traditions --
NONE of which are Law -- poison themselves with the chemicals found in these "hand sanitizers", e.g. triclosan and wood grain alcohol. And people
STILL don't get it.
Christ plainly stated that He did
NOT come to destroy The Law God gave us, which will
NEVER go away, and that anyone who taught others differently would be considered lowest of the low, i.e. "the least" in God's Eyes (
Matt. 5:17-19). Why then would anyone come along and try to con others into believing Christ didn't really mean what He said, unless they were working for Satan (wittingly or otherwise)?
The reason for sharing with others that
the perfect healthy diet found
only in God's Law is for everyone on this planet, is
NOT to deprive them of anything good; it's to help them avoid all of the diseases associated with the consumption of these filthy animals, like heart disease, strokes (where parasites from swine flesh find their way into the human brain and eats through the walls of a blood vessel), cancer, etc. Why must people invariably learn everything the hard way?
As it says throughout The Law, we are to learn to differentiate between the
CLEAN and
UNCLEAN, both spiritually and physically.
