Dr. Michael Peppard

Well, so the animal is like partially sacrificed to the god and the rest is distributed for sale.

Well, so the animal is like partially sacrificed to the god and the rest is distributed for sale.

Really? Well, it is, excuse me, it is sacrifice for food. It's like part of the animal is burned on the altar because we don't eat the whole animal either typically, right? So like the animal is, and this is normal. I mean, Native American culture is also blessed, gave thanks for, they didn't just like slaughter, we didn't have slaughterhouses, just like slaughter animals for food.

Really? Well, it is, excuse me, it is sacrifice for food. It's like part of the animal is burned on the altar because we don't eat the whole animal either typically, right? So like the animal is, and this is normal. I mean, Native American culture is also blessed, gave thanks for, they didn't just like slaughter, we didn't have slaughterhouses, just like slaughter animals for food.

I mean, I'm not quite cynical as that. I think there's a mysticism to it as well. There's an appreciation of life. I mean, I've never slaughtered an animal. I don't know if you have. We're here in the camp. We could, but...

I mean, I'm not quite cynical as that. I think there's a mysticism to it as well. There's an appreciation of life. I mean, I've never slaughtered an animal. I don't know if you have. We're here in the camp. We could, but...

I would be, but people... I know people who have, and... I was hunting, by the way.

I would be, but people... I know people who have, and... I was hunting, by the way.

We had to... I don't know if it changed you, but I've known people who felt different after they had actually taken life. I feel a little weird about it. Even though they eat meat all the time, but they just don't think about its source. So...

We had to... I don't know if it changed you, but I've known people who felt different after they had actually taken life. I feel a little weird about it. Even though they eat meat all the time, but they just don't think about its source. So...

so i do think there is a mysticism and a uh an interactivity a relationality with nature and more of an ecological sense of humanity as one yes the most dominant species but one among many species here and gratitude to this lifeblood like literally lifeblood that that keeps that is keeping us alive so part of it is offered and then part of it is distributed

so i do think there is a mysticism and a uh an interactivity a relationality with nature and more of an ecological sense of humanity as one yes the most dominant species but one among many species here and gratitude to this lifeblood like literally lifeblood that that keeps that is keeping us alive so part of it is offered and then part of it is distributed

A full offering, like a whole offering of the animal would be a dramatic act of gratitude to a God or a dramatic act of penance for something, right? Because then you're just giving it all and burning the whole thing up. That's what the word Holocaust, where the word Holocaust comes from. Oh, really? It's like a whole offering, which is obviously a terrible use of the term.

A full offering, like a whole offering of the animal would be a dramatic act of gratitude to a God or a dramatic act of penance for something, right? Because then you're just giving it all and burning the whole thing up. That's what the word Holocaust, where the word Holocaust comes from. Oh, really? It's like a whole offering, which is obviously a terrible use of the term.

So getting back to 1 Corinthians, and just to kind of close the loop on this. So their real question, and it gets back to your communion question, because their real question is, we Christians in Corinth, we're new Christians. We believe you, Paul. We believe there's only one God. We believe that all this world full of gods in our town, these are not real. There's just statues.

So getting back to 1 Corinthians, and just to kind of close the loop on this. So their real question, and it gets back to your communion question, because their real question is, we Christians in Corinth, we're new Christians. We believe you, Paul. We believe there's only one God. We believe that all this world full of gods in our town, these are not real. There's just statues.

Athena's not real, et cetera. Let's say we've come to believe this. But also we get invited to dinner. down the street. Also, we have the brother who's sick and sometimes we've gone to the temple of Asclepius. We're sorry, but sometimes we've gone, you know, maybe we gave thanks there. Like, what do we do?

Athena's not real, et cetera. Let's say we've come to believe this. But also we get invited to dinner. down the street. Also, we have the brother who's sick and sometimes we've gone to the temple of Asclepius. We're sorry, but sometimes we've gone, you know, maybe we gave thanks there. Like, what do we do?

And they seem to give some arguments to Paul that we don't have their letter, but he seems to like quote parts of their letter and his response kind of saying, and they seem to be saying, there's no God but one. These idols don't really exist. So kind of like we can eat. To lamb chops. That's good. Right? Impressive. Well, Paul's then saying, well, okay, let's say I even agree with you on that.

And they seem to give some arguments to Paul that we don't have their letter, but he seems to like quote parts of their letter and his response kind of saying, and they seem to be saying, there's no God but one. These idols don't really exist. So kind of like we can eat. To lamb chops. That's good. Right? Impressive. Well, Paul's then saying, well, okay, let's say I even agree with you on that.