7. ஆகிலும், இந்த அறிவு எல்லாரிடத்திலும் இல்லை. சிலர் இன்றையவரைக்கும் விக்கிரகத்தை ஒரு பொருளென்று எண்ணி, விக்கிரகத்துக்குப் படைக்கப்பட்டதைப் புசிக்கிறார்கள்; அவர்களுடைய மனச்சாட்சி பலவீனமாயிருப்பதால் அசுசிப்படுகிறது.
7. In strict logic, then, nothing happened to the meat when it was offered up to an idol. It's just like any other meat. I know that, and you know that. But knowing isn't everything. If it becomes everything, some people end up as know-it-alls who treat others as know-nothings. Real knowledge isn't that insensitive. We need to be sensitive to the fact that we're not all at the same level of understanding in this. Some of you have spent your entire lives eating 'idol meat,' and are sure that there's something bad in the meat that then becomes something bad inside of you. An imagination and conscience shaped under those conditions isn't going to change overnight.