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Why did Paul teach against asceticism? What danger(s) did he see in it?
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Paul taught against ascetiscism because then we, humans, would boast in ourselves—the “look at me and what I’ve done” instead of having a true relationship with the living God and acknowledging Him as Creator and Lord.
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I am not sure what the question is asking but I do know some religions are against their members eating pork. This is supposed to be a certain type of discipline but in reality, it is false religion claiming to do the work of the true God. So, God felt it was necessary to include His views on what is good to eat and what is not good to eat.
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Please note when you are claiming to take something from the scriptures. Where is this in scripture?
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Paul taught against asceticism, a practice which encourages against denying oneself of some demand of bodily pleasure to attain certain spirituality, because it is not foundational to faith. Moreover, it can mislead into certain erroneous teaching. Gnosticism teaches that body is evil because it is made of matter. They postulated that body must be subjected to a kind of torture to be free from its influence and power. Teaching people to abstain from marriage and some things that can nurture body is identifying with this erroneous teaching.
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The dangers would be to not to be enticed by the evils of money and be content with wat God gives you. To maintain a relationship with God and other Christians; to not be enticed with wealth to the degree to being tempted with what comes with those things that can be bought with money but are not good (beneficial) for the Christain living. Furthermore, can allow your relationship with God to be severely comprised.