It is not what goes in

Matthew 15:11-20 it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.

The Bible relied upon for Truth, for A (like 100%, grade of A in school) is consequential.

The Bible was written many years before many designer drugs were created is also consequential.

The wrong words have used have the potential to get someone killed. It was true back then and is likely true in some regards now.

People that drink too much might use that quote from The Bible – Matthew 15:11-20 as a way to justify their excessive drinking. Yet when they drink in excessive ways they might have the potential to say the wrong thing, wrong things that could get people including self-hurt.

Context of a situation matters. If someone invites you to a banquet and you expect there is poison to be in the food, you have potential for discrediting self and potentially endangering self and others based upon an unknown. Implications of not following Matthew 15:11-20 might be worse than following it many times.

Further food and drink as a known mechanism for war is something worthy of turning down. There is no guarantee if groups fighting each other turned it up could turn it down, and with children and innocents in the mix the combination is monstrous.

All this said there is value in abstaining, value in fasting. I tend to think that is partially because our foods are more processed have potential for more acids and bases these days, thus time to heal and allow the body to re-balance is valuable, outside of the spiritual value added which I tend to think is both also truly useful and important.

Matthew 15:11-20 might be taken to the bank many times. It is wiser to try and turn up a society where it can be taken to the bank all of the time. That said there are certain products including drugs and alcohol that seem to have the power to both defile the body and the words that come out, at least in my personal opinion.

God could give me more knowledge on the subject. The subject is consequential, take supplements or don’t take supplements? Less people testing products might be valuable to self, might be less valuable for others – society might have reason not to warn of potential dangers, more to flag is a useful potentially less than ideal value added for all parties system.

Last reality gives feeling of iffy at times, as less than ideally established. Miracles are possible, laws of physics might be known and set less than ideally is possible. People compute and project based on certainty that could work 364 out of 365 days of the year, does not equate to one day can’t wreck things substantially.

I understand the effects of how much God is in the mix versus not is not really true value added. If God is in the mix constantly I would likely see greater wins, would profit more in a profit-based society one would venture to guess. If God is not in the mix constantly I would likely see greater losses, would have more substantial problems in life, would never have gotten this far. Value is impossible to gauge, have clear insight on factors into limited capacity to understand decision making, freewill versus destiny.

Profit based systems are consequential, are in by design, might be less than ideal giving and Golden Rule installed and delivered.

We make decisions at times based upon what others are doing – band wagon appeal. We do not always realize that others are making decisions based upon data they have and we do not have ourselves, training and knowns they have and we do not have. There is potential for following without comprehension, sufficient comprehension to have same level of determinism of actions.

Judgment and assessment has potential to be from a different perspective not always fully valued – don’t judge is wise as we are not in each other’s shoes has potential. That said don’t judge might lead someone to feel like they have potential to make choices without consequences, without others having the right to assess their decision making for value added and subtracted. You don’t judge I judge, you don’t assess I assess has potential for less-than-ideal value added and delivered in a profit-based system.