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Eggs aren't fertilized and thus aren't embryos tho.
I already checked they can eat fertilized eggs as well.
I mean, unless people are eating Filipino Balut on a regular basis.... I don't think that the vast majority of eggs are fertilized.
I guess Balut is a good question and the island / city of Ilo Ilo is predominantly Catholic. So I could ask around lol. But honestly, I avoid that food. It just doesn't look right....
I looked it up and it doesn't matter for the purposes of lent if it is fertilized or not
Could you give a source? Not calling you a liar just curious
https://www.stanthony-hughson.org/question/are-eggs-considered-meat-catholic/
I don't see any specific mention of fertilized eggs in that page. I don't think it's safe to assume just because they don't explicitly mention it that the rule is the same.
I think it's fine. Whatever isn't explicitly forbidden is always permitted and at the same time it is almost certain that everyone who eats eggs has had a fertilized one at least once.
I mean you say that but I'm pretty sure my mom's island is the only place in the world where fertilized eggs are eaten on a regular basis and also has a majority Catholic population.
And I've never heard of this situation really coming up. I'd expect the answer to be written in Ilocano as well.
How and where did you look this up?
I found out about it this week and just looked around online plus asked a Pinay friend.
Pinay ain't enough. My Dad is from Luzon and has never had Balut in his life. A lot of shit talking happens between islands.
Ilocano specifically is what I'd trust as an authority.
Even then, those crazies on the island of Ilo Ilo really like their Balut. They may ignore the rule in favor of eating their local delicacy.
I think a Catholic priest from the island of Ilo Ilo would be the authority on the discussion. But yeah, I dont think this is something you'd easily look up from an English-speaking perspective.
You know it really doesn't matter because there is no way anyone eating eggs on the regular hasn't had a fertilized one at least once. Chickens need to be mated to start producing eggs and quail eggs are often sold fertilized.
Chickens don't have to be mated to lay eggs. I have 7 chickens, no rooster, and get on average 7 eggs a day.
Also have 1 goose who lays a clutch off eggs once a year. But I don't have a male goose.
If you've looked around online can you at least post a link? If not, could you say what website the link was from?
I dunno why you are being so hostile.
It's an interesting thought experiment for sure. But it only works out if the precise wording is as you say.
As far as Catholic tradition goes, IIRC it's because meat is a luxury afforded to by the rich. Eating humbly on Fridays is the actual tradition. That's why Fish is allowed (during Jesus time, Fish was the food of the poor. But times have changed...)
Also because Fish isn't meat according to ancient Hebrew. I don't think this is about the 'livliness' of the animal.
I posted one already in this thread. Just find it strange that the RCC acknowledges that a fetus isn't an adult in one context (yummy eggs) but it does in another context (oppressing and murdering women).
You are missing the point and the underlying nuances of tradition here.
The nuance is that under Hebrew / Greek / Latin, the words for Flesh/Meat/etc. Etc. Don't line up to today's words. As such, the Catholic Church allows individual cultures / local Bishops to make rulings on their idea of the original text and how it lines up to culture.
For the Catholic American, the American Catholic Bishops have gone with the 'Flesh' definition of the ancient tradition. Eggs, even if fertilized, are not flesh. Furthermore, only humans have souls as per Catholic tradition so no problems with chickens, pigs, cattle or other animals. Never have had an issue.
The embryo / pro life thing is more about pro-birth and population dynamics.
That's why religious people's brains are exploding over the IVF debate. But you won't get anyone with this eggs thing.
Maybe not anymore, but they were for thousands of years while this has been practiced.
Eatus the fetus? 🤔
Feed us fetus!
Instructions unclear, feeding you ground feet.
I believe you, but do you have a source for that?
Pretty sure that's a US thing or maybe more regulated markets. I've seen videos of like street markets where a food vendor cracks an egg over their grill and a formed chicken pops out. They have to quickly flick them off.
Balut (Aborted Duck eggs) is straight up a delicacy in my Mom's home island and the island is mostly Catholic. So it's an actual issue.
It's literally sold like ice cream on that island. Every street corner, the locals love it.
I ate balut growing up and we don't eat it at Lent as it's considered meat. Tiny, tiny bird meat.
Thanks!! I'm probably going to ask my mom later but good to hear a response earlier!
Since when has consent meant anything to the Church?
They can find a loophole for eating an omelette a few days a year but not one to save women from dying?
Wrong. Eggs can be fertilized. Many people eat them without even realizing.
It's unlikely a factory farm would bother to have a rooster around after the hens start laying.
We're talking religion here, so I guess it could be a virgin fertilization...
They also don't have meat.
Explain "meat spots" then