The humble pig
April 17th, 2018 at 12:46:19 AM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
I never said to consume your "fair share." Those who create more can consume more. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
April 17th, 2018 at 3:29:08 AM permalink | |
odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5055 |
well, you already came out with ten commandments! I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
April 17th, 2018 at 5:26:04 AM permalink | |
pew Member since: Jan 8, 2013 Threads: 4 Posts: 1232 | The main reason the Israelites were prohibited from pork and had all the other dietary restrictions was to be set apart as a people. Same thing with circumcision, sabbath rules ect. |
April 17th, 2018 at 7:25:48 AM permalink | |
SOOPOO Member since: Feb 19, 2014 Threads: 22 Posts: 4157 |
As an inquisitive young lad I asked my (Jewish) religious elders about why we (in theory) don't eat pork, or lobster, etc.... The best answer I ever got was not about safety (trichinosis), but rather that "because God tells us not to. All other answers are guesses". Since so many religious rituals make no inherent sense, why would this one be expected to? |
April 17th, 2018 at 8:01:33 AM permalink | |
pew Member since: Jan 8, 2013 Threads: 4 Posts: 1232 | Exactly, they did it because God told them to. He wanted to mark them and set them apart from all the pagans in the world. I think being Jewish these days is cultural not religious. Most modern day Jews are atheist. |
April 17th, 2018 at 8:05:38 AM permalink | |
pew Member since: Jan 8, 2013 Threads: 4 Posts: 1232 | The "clean animals" were identified long before Abram (Abraham) was called by God to be the father of a nation of people set apart. |
April 17th, 2018 at 10:49:22 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
Or because they pretended god told them to. There is no evidence that there is a god and even less that he ever told anybody anything. I with people would stop posting speculation as facts, it just makes no sense. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
April 17th, 2018 at 11:52:05 AM permalink | |
FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 | I remember a Muslim friend of mind say that pork was not allowed because the pig was a dirty animal. Having looked into once getting a pig as a pet (I didn't) I found out that while they do eat just about anything they are not dirty. They wallow in mud to cool off because they only sweat apparently from their snout. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |
April 17th, 2018 at 12:59:15 PM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
Keep in mind, too, the hairless pig we're familiar with is the end result of human selection. They have to cope with what we made of them. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
April 17th, 2018 at 1:02:46 PM permalink | |
Face Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 61 Posts: 3941 |
Keep in mind, three, that our white pigs we made don't have the thick, dark hair of their feral brethren necessary to protect from the sun, and they burn just as we do. And since Johnson and Johnson doesn't make pig protection, mud it shall be. Be bold and risk defeat, or be cautious and encourage it. |