The meeting was to discuss what gentiles were to follow. Proselytes. Converts to the faith. These weren't Jews. They weren't under any law at all to have to negotiate out of.
Why put them under any law? I thought when one law is broken that's the same as breaking the whole law and so being placed under any law is *complete* bondage and rejects Christ (galatians), right? So the elders are intentionally causing gentiles to stumble?
And why would leaders, elders of the faith, from whom the followers sought counsel because of a dispute between themselves, have to appease some followers who happened to be pharisees like Paul?
Why put them under any law? I thought when one law is broken that's the same as breaking the whole law and so being placed under any law is *complete* bondage and rejects Christ (galatians), right? So the elders are intentionally causing gentiles to stumble?
And why would leaders, elders of the faith, from whom the followers sought counsel because of a dispute between themselves, have to appease some followers who happened to be pharisees like Paul?
They picked some common sense things that could possibly settle a giant dispute to appease the Pharisees.
Before the Gentiles were told not to do those things God Himself still felt it was Good to give them the Holy Spirit.
So did the Apostles make a mistake by putting these laws on the Gentile believers? I don't think so.
I don't think it was so harsh to abstain from fornication and not eat meat sacrificed to idols.