Shrimp are only considered unclean in the Jewish, Muslim and perhaps Adventist religions. (I'm not sure about Adventists.) Virtually all other Christian denominations believe that all the Old Testament dietary laws were set aside as being purely ceremonial and having no moral force any more. In other words, they were like the laws of the British Empire--in force up until 1776, but they no longer apply in the United States. In other words, if you think you've sinned because you ate shrimp, shellfish, lobster or pork--you haven't.

Yes, people's sins (though it is not a sin in every religion) can be forgiven if they eat shrimp. No, they will not die. And to answer your other question, YES, our sins can be forgiven. All we have to do is repent and ask forgiveness.

In the parable: "What goes into the body is not defilement, but what comes out of it." (this is a paraphrase, my apologies for not citing the NT source.)

You sound like you were fed some misleading information. What is the basis of this "uncleaness" associated with food? I think someone is pulling your crank in a major way.

Actually many food are unclean is you do not cook them well. Shrimp and shellfish and some crab and many seafood are unclean becasue if they died long but not cook well , they are really dangerous . Even if you cook well, they will still let people sick. Over a night is not OK too. Some sea farmers to use some anti-biotic to make shrimp not sick by jamming in a small pool with over population for benefit, so if people eat, will have problem. Shellfish if small and regular ones is OK but if the big one produce pearl, they contained mercury , eat more and long will sick. Many things we really do not understand and know about. In history, many people died in Japan becasue eat fresh samon and shellfish becasue that is their style. If seafood got pollution, things will even worse.

In BIBLE God said those laws for our own bebefit. But we always self-smart do not want to listen. Think we are smart and will be OK. Pork contained many fat, eat more will have high blood pressure, and heart problem. Becasue in eastern medicine, we know we will be alike as we eat and we can get benefit from the food or organ we eat from other animals. For example, if we have weak kidney, we can eat some cow's kidney for nurition. And it is quite effective. But pig is really dirty, becasue they will eat everything they find even garbage. We can not always find excuse we did wrong. That is why acient people can live 800 years but we only can live 100 years now. Plus the private life is messy.

Eating shrimp is only sinful if you're Jewish or belong to a religion with a strict interpretation of the OT. And they had the sacrificial system for just this purpose. But Christians don't have to worry about it. Jesus paid the price for all sins. All you need to do is ask for forgiveness and turn from your sin. But eating shrimp hasn't been a sin for a couple thousand years now anyway.

All sins can be forgiven. Matthew 19:17-78 states: Now someone approached him and said, "Teacher, what good must I do to gain eternal life?" He answered him, "Why do you ask me about the good? There is only One who is good. If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments." For Christians, Jesus fulfilled the Law of Moses. Christians are not held to the ceremonial parts of the Mosaic Law concerning of dietary purity (like not eating shrimp), temple worship and sacrifices. Christians are held to the moral law of God, some of which is expressed in the Ten Commandments. However Jesus took the Ten Commandments to the next step summarizing them into the two Great Commandments: • You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. • You shall love your neighbor as yourself. And teaching things like • Everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart. • Everyone is our neighbor including our enemies. Therefore we have to go much farther than the original recipients of the Ten Commandments ever dreamed. For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, part 3, section 2: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt3sect2.htm With love in Christ.