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Date Posted: 02:03:49 05/28/03 Wed
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john stott
's message, "What Would Jesus Eat? Doctor calls on Jesus to deliver USA from the hamburger" on 04:34:33 02/24/03 Mon
Yashua would dine in kosher establishments only.
>What Would Jesus Eat? Doctor calls on Jesus to deliver
>USA from the hamburger
>By Charles Laurence in New York
>
>"The drinking of alcohol is ungodly and leads to
>sinful behaviour and is not acceptable to our faith,"
>a spokesman for the convention said. "It is our belief
>that references to wine in the Bible are
>misunderstood. Jesus drank new wine, which is what we
>know as grape juice, and this is what we use for our
>Communion."
>
>Jesus has been called upon to help Americans in their
>eternal struggle with obesity with a diet dubbed "the
>healthiest ever devised by man".
>
>Drawing on the inspiration of loaves, fishes, water
>and wine, a doctor from Florida has published a
>self-help manual, What Would Jesus Eat?, and a
>companion volume, the What Would Jesus Eat Cook Book.
>
>Dr Don Colbert told The Telegraph that he wrote the
>book after realising that many of the fattest
>Americans are also dedicated Christian fundamentalists.
>
>Dr Colbert, who studied for a year at a Bible college
>as well as training at medical school, believed that
>in such a God-fearing country as America obese
>patients might be prepared to listen to Jesus even if
>they failed to heed the advice of their doctors.
>
>"Jesus sat down calmly to eat and drink and enjoy the
>company of his companions. There was laughter and
>profound conversation," he said. "Our lifestyle has
>gone wrong. It is behind the epidemic of heart disease
>and cancer, and this is something we really can learn
>from the Bible."
>
>The biblical diet, and most of the recipes in the
>cookbook, will be familiar to any European accustomed
>to Mediterranean cooking, which seems to have changed
>little in 2,000 years. Most dieticians have recognised
>that the benefits of its combinations of modest
>helpings of fish or meat with salads, lightly cooked
>vegetables, olive oil, fresh bread and fruit, all
>washed down with a decent wine. The diet, however, is
>alien to lovers of American junk food.
>
>Dr Colbert said: "Although many of my fellow
>Christians are deeply familiar with the Bible, this
>diet seems unknown to them. They have no idea how to
>eat. They shovel food into their mouths, are hooked on
>fast food, and eat alone in front of the television.
>They live on the run as they pursue their growing
>appetites, not just for food but for material wealth."
>
>The cookbook does contain a few Biblical surprises. It
>seems unlikely, for instance, that Jesus of Nazareth
>was familiar with Worcestershire sauce, or with Dijon
>mustard. Recipes, meanwhile, range from such timeless
>classics as Mediterranean Fish Stew and Broiled Lamb
>(under the heading: "Bring the fatted calf here and
>kill it, and let us eat and be merry" - Luke 15:23) to
>more modern concoctions such as "Turkey Tarragon
>Pittas".
>
>His books have sold a total of 166,000 copies but the
>inclusion of wine in menus that Jesus might have been
>familiar with has prompted a furious reaction from the
>Southern Baptist Convention, whose preachers denounce
>the drinking of alcohol as a sin.
>
>"The drinking of alcohol is ungodly and leads to
>sinful behaviour and is not acceptable to our faith,"
>a spokesman for the convention said. "It is our belief
>that references to wine in the Bible are
>misunderstood. Jesus drank new wine, which is what we
>know as grape juice, and this is what we use for our
>Communion."
>
>Dr Colbert, 46, however, said he would rather face the
>wrath of the Baptists, America's largest Protestant
>denomination, than betray what he believes are medical
>and religious truths.
>
>"As a doctor, I know the extensive studies which have
>proved beyond doubt that a modest consumption of wine
>with meals is good for the heart because the alcohol
>helps break down the fats," he said.
>
>"As a devoted 'born again' Christian who studies the
>Bible every day, I also know that Jesus and all those
>in Biblical times drank wine with their meals. It is a
>valuable part of the healthiest diet ever devised by
>man, the diet that was known to Jesus himself."
>
>Dr Colbert, who runs a medical centre for diet and
>preventative medicine in Orlando, Florida, has a
>patient list that runs to 22,000 thanks in part to the
>popularity of his religous beliefs. His Christian
>medical self-help books discuss ailments ranging from
>weight gain to depression. He became a "born again"
>Christian while at medical school and left to complete
>a year at bible college before resuming his medical
>studies at the fundamentalist Oral Roberts University,
>Virginia.
>
>"The Bible and medicine together were my calling, and
>I have discovered that it is what the public wants,"
>he said. "You would not believe how many times I have
>tried to discuss gluttony with my patients only to
>find it is the one sin which is not taken seriously.
>
>"This sort of diet is just beginning to catch on here,
>but it is going to take a long, long time to get my
>countrymen off processed foods and supersized
>servings."
>
>http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2
>003/02/23/wcook23.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/02/23/ixnewstop
>.html/news/2003/02/23/wcook23.xml
>
>Check out
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>
>http://sptimes.com/News2/lyons/default.html
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>http://www.courttv.com/trials/lyons/061899_ctv.html
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>http://www.christiannews.0catch.com/lyons.htm
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>http://www.davidicke.net/religiousfrauds/pentecostal/go
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>http://tmatt.gospelcom.net/column/1996/12/04/
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>http://www.maclaurin.org/article_detail.php?a_id=31
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>http://www.christiannews.0catch.com/bakker.htm
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>http://www.familyresearchinst.org/FRR_02_07.html
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>http://www.cephasministry.com/baptists_money_changers.h
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>http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/graham.html
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