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In comments on this question ..What does it mean to abstain from blood in the 21st century?... A user stated that Christians must not eat rare meat because doing so violates the command in Acts 15:28&29 (keep abstaining from blood) I have not ever heard a person say:" make my steak well done I can't eat rare steak it is against my religion". Are there denominations that prohibit members from eating meat that still shows traces of blood in it?

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  • There maybe some Christian denominations who hold to the Old Testament views on the koshering of meat but that is not entirely relevant to the degree of rarity. – Neil Meyer Jan 08 '16 at 09:18
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    I think the heart of the question is "are there denominations that keep kosher". The same reason we can eat pork applies here. – The Freemason Jan 08 '16 at 13:15
  • What happened to John hamptons answer? – Kris Jan 09 '16 at 19:59
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    @Pam It was deleted because it didn't mention anything about denomination that did or didn't have anything to say about this question. Ergo it was rightly flagged Not An Answer. – Caleb Jan 09 '16 at 20:12
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    @Marc Comments are not the place to discuss the theology involved in isssues. If you have an answer post that, but please reserve the comment section for A) requesting clarification or B) suggesting improvements to posts. – Caleb Jan 09 '16 at 20:14
  • @caleb I had asked Hampton to edit and state the denomination he was answering for the answer was less than a day old – Kris Jan 09 '16 at 21:22
  • He can still edit and get it undeleted if it answers the question. – Caleb Jan 09 '16 at 21:25
  • @caleb Okay I am not going to accept any answer as I am asking a viewpoint question I should just up vote the answers that are well written and referenced correct? – Kris Jan 09 '16 at 21:40
  • @Pam The correct answer to your question can only be "Yes, there are such denominations" or "No there aren't." "My denomination believes X because Y" is not really an answer and "I believe X because Y" certainly is not. There is no reason why there shouldn't be one right (accepted) answer - if the question was actually asking for multiple differing viewpoints, it would be off-topic. – ThaddeusB Jan 14 '16 at 16:25

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If you google "Torah Christian", you may not find a denomination, per se, but you'll see several sites which support the notion that Christians must follow the Torah.

I have a friend who belongs to such a church (they're all "non-denominational", but loosely associate with each other) who maintains that Christians should not eat rare steak because there is still blood in it.

The problem with this stance is that, unless you are eating truly raw meat (eg off a freshly-killed rabbit before any cooking), there is [practically] no blood left in the meat, it's a combination of water and myoglobin.

Myoglobin is functionally similar to hemoglobin, but stores oxygen in muscles vs blood, respectively.

There are all kinds of reasons to eat (or not eat) rare steak - that "blood" is still in it is not one of them.

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    I guess they haven't heard of the apostle paul? – Adam Heeg Jan 14 '16 at 15:57
  • -1 as most of this answer (why such a belief would be wrong) is off-topic. – ThaddeusB Jan 14 '16 at 16:27
  • @ThaddeusB - sorry you think explanation is off-topic – warren Jan 14 '16 at 20:25
  • @warren I don't think "explanation" if off-topic. I think giving an opinion opposite of the requested perspective is off-topic. What you think about the "problem with this stance" is not an answer to the question "who holds this view?" – ThaddeusB Jan 14 '16 at 20:31
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    http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-life-and-religion/161086/observing-torah-like-jesus Good info here on warrens answer – Kris Jan 14 '16 at 22:31
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    @ThaddeusB - it's not an opinion, it's a fact: claiming you are eating blood when consuming rare steak is false. – warren Jan 15 '16 at 17:46
  • @warren The accuracy of your information is not the issue. The issue is that "they are wrong because" is not an answer to "who believes this?" – ThaddeusB Jan 15 '16 at 18:07
  • @ThaddeusB - it's additional information that addresses part of the issue in addition to the "who believes this" aspect – warren Jan 18 '16 at 17:43