Too few words are being used in this thread, especially by Box.

I'm not saying that I think that dietary rules are the same as the Golden Rule. I'm not saying that Box believes that either. I was taking Box's comments as a starting point and drawing a reasonable inference.

Lots of people argue that Jesus fulfilled the OT prophecies by throwing out the OT rules, or something, so that the rules in Leviticus don't apply any more. Except when they do. :-/

But, AFAIK, none of the great religious minds these days argues that the 'second greatest commandment' doesn't still apply - http://www.biblegate...36-40&version=KJV - they just ignore it when it's convenient.

FWIW.

Cheers,
Scott.