TACO BELL- Is it Beef?

I really despise the media. My friends often make fun of me because I am never aware of any current news...but why are they so surprised?? They know I don't read the news and I don't watch the news. I think I dislike it so much because it's always slanted, and I don't want to have to do my own research to find out the truth. So alas, I settle for the mantra "it's better to be uninformed, than misinformed" . HOWEVER, my interest was piqued last week when I was on a plane and some broseph in First Class opened up the NYT to and entire 1 page ad from Taco Bell, titled "Thank you for suing us" . Since I happen to love Taco Bell, I decided it would be a worth while venture for me to go all Carmen San Diego on myself and find out the truth. Let's dive right in, shall we? We'll cover the background first...

RUMOR: Taco Bell is deceiving customers by falsely claiming products are beef when they indeed are not beef.

HEARSAY:

AL Law Firm --> Products are ONLY 36% beef, thus not beef
Taco Bell:--------> Meat Product is 88% Beef, 12% Secret Filling
PETA--------------> Congrats to Taco Bell for finally "thinking outside the beef"

TRUTH:

USDA/FTC: Manufacturers can label a product as beef if the product comprises at least 40% beef and is properly labeled as "meat filling" and not just "meat". However, this only applies to manufacturers of meat and not distributors.

LAB RESULTS: In process

VERDICT: ERRONEOUS ON ALL COUNTS! Taco Bell, along with other restaurants, is classified as a distributor and thus exempt from any USDA/FTC regulations. If you're curious of all ingredients in TB's meat product go here. So really, this law firm, which simply wants TB to change it's advertisements from saying "beef" to "meat filling" has no merit. And really, who cares if the mixture isn't all beef. Shoot, I am just happy to know they are actually using beef AT ALL.....Anyone who has eaten TB has surely contemplated that its unnaturally high level of tastiness given it's paltry price is only economically sustainable due to TB using mystery meat of non-cow origin.

MORAL: Never take what you hear to be the truth. Always make sure to do your own research to confirm or deny said truths. Which reminds me, you should also apply this to anytime you go to a church. Today I want to run through a few common "rumors" about the fundamentals of Christianity and examine the truth.

RUMOR #1:You have to be a good person to go to heaven

TRUTH: clearly, not true. The below verse clearly shows we were enemies of God when Christ died for us, so def not good people.

"You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him! For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!" Romans 5:6-10

RUMOR#2 We must earn our way to heaven by doing works (church, nice to poor, 7 sacraments, tithing)

TRUTH: we can't earn our way into heaven. heaven is a gift from God for those who accept Jesus as Lord and Savior.

"If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved." Romans 9:10-10

"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. " Ephesians 2:8-9

RUMOR #3: If you don't go to church you'll go to hell. You are never permanently forgiven and thus must enter purgatory after death to work off your bad deeds.

TRUTH: Once a believer, always a believer, we can't lose our salvation.

"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. " 1 Peter 1:3-5

Also, I took all the above verses and made it into the below present for my Fashsa... you know 20 hours, glue stick, tweezers, 1 latex glove, NBD.

So yea, whenever you hear a pastor or televangelist say something, always do your own research. Go to the word of God and ask God to reveal His truth to you. It will work because the Word is "is alive and active. Sharper than any double edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow;" Hebrews 4:12. Peace out homie!