Psalm 138:2)" I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name."
     God has magnified His Word above all His name! I would therefore conclude that His Word is very important to Him, to say the least! Seeing that God has placed His Word above even His name, who are we, or what right have we to tamper with, distort, change, misuse, or wrongly teach (knowingly) His Word? We also, should not twist, distort, or bring it down to fit our beliefs. Rather, we should seek to bring our belief structure up to the standards set forth by God's Word!

I Corinthians 10:25)" Whatsoever is sold in the shambles,( MAKELLON- marketplace) that eat, asking no question for conscience ( SUNEIDESIS- a knowing with oneself) sake:"
     Here we find that whatsoever is sold in the marketplace, we are to eat, asking no questions, for the sake of our conscience. In Bibical times several other cultures, as well as the Jews, were forbidden to eat certain types of meat, as well as other things. When one bought something to eat from a vendor in the marketplace, if you could not easy determine what it contained, there was likely no way of knowing for certain, just what it contained. If you were not within distance of home, you had no choice, except to go hungry. There was no health department or F.D.A. like we have here in the U.S.A. Anything could be in what you bought to eat in the marketplace.
     You also had no way of knowing the conditions the food was cooked in. Was the cook clean? Was the area it was cooked in clean? Did the cook or server do something like spit in your food? Pick their nose over your food? All kinds of questions could be legitimately ask. The same is true today. No matter how tight the regulations are, or how close it is inspected, there is still room for tampering.
     Nothing is more appetite killing than dinning out with someone who constantly keeps asking such questions out loud! I usually quote this verse. Usually that settles the matter. People who have no interest in the Bible, hate to hear it quoted. People who do, usually want to know where the verse is located. To fellow believers, I also point out, that if this is a real concern to them, we can make mention of the issue when we ask God to bless the food.