1 Corinthians 10:25 - "Eat whatever is sold in the meat market without raising any question on the ground of conscience."

In the past few weeks, my ears have been assaulted several times daily by ads for a local supermarket chain which assures me that the meat I buy in their stores will be absolutely fresh, because it is now computerized! Any housewife knows that the buying of meats has undergone a radical change from the days of our mothers. But - the cutting of the meat itself is still done by men.

Meat has been one of the most ancient of man’s foodstuffs - even, presumably, when he had to eat it raw. There is an instructive understanding in man that meat contains the elements that he needs to make him strong and healthy. There is even some sympathetic magic at work here - if I eat the…