Who really belives pig meat is bad for you?

Question

My grandparents ate bacon and eggs , sometimes twice a day, but always for breakfast, until they died. They both lived to be over 100 years old.

So, why do Jews and mooslims think its bad to consume?

And if you are going to tell me a chicken is a cleaner animal, you have never been to a farm.

Answer 1

Theya re reffering to how the animal lives, obviously, yeah, all farm animals are pretty disgusting, but they are animals. What do you expect?

Answer 2

What a great question! I read the answers before my answer. You can see that we have grown into a country of narrow minded people. We shrug at other countries and their cultures. This is why we are at war with another country. We just can't accept what or how others do or feel. I have traveled the world, and every country I always wanted to eat what "the" people ate. Insects, donkey, horse, cat, kangaroo, camel, organ meat, and so forth. I figured if they were kind enough to invite me into their homes, I surely wasn't going to turn my nose up and say something foolish to embarrass my host or their country. Sometimes I found it quite delicious, other times I had difficulty swallowing because of what it was. Elephant organs are my least favorite. Cat is a little salty just like the other carnivores, and dog is stringy and salty. But like I said, a lot of these dishes were prepared to feed a family, not to be repulsive to me. So don't judge others by what they eat or don't eat. Just do your thing and let them do theirs. If it were acceptable in this country, and there was a market for it, then why not? In countries where it is acceptable, you can buy them at their markets.

Answer 3

Jews say that the pigs eat junk and garbage so they are not clean and they like to live in mod and dirt and there own excrement's
and when they made this rule there were no farms like now ,there barley had water to drink ,and the pigs really eat carbide there was no special made food for them
there are still countries today where in country side the people grow 1-2 pigs just for Christmas and they grow them with what ever remains from the family table

Answer 4

I actually had a case of trichinosis as a small child...nearly died from it, in fact. When I was told later that the disease was caused from a worm in the meat that had not been fully cooked, it sort of turned me off of pork. The idea of eating fully cooked worms just doesn't make me terribly hungry, I'm afraid.
This has nothing to do with my Christian faith, but I do believe God put pigs on the no-no list for a good reason.
Oh, yeah...I grew up on a farm. Chickens STINK!! But they're still darn good eatin'!!

Answer 5

One word... trichinosis.

In other words, nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, fatigue, fever, and abdominal discomfort (at first), followed by headaches, fevers, chills, cough, eye swelling, aching joints and muscle pains, itchy skin, diarrhea, or constipation. Meanwhile, little worms are laying eggs in you, migrating through your blood stream, encapsulating themselves in your muscles.... Severe cases can result in death. Even today, several cases are reported each year from people eating undercooked pork; however, it is effectively treated with modern medications.

Add in the lack of refrigeration at the time that Kosher laws were written, the high mercury content in shellfish in the Mediteranean, etc., and suddenly the ritual dietary laws make perfect sense.

Jews who keep Kosher today do so to honor their ancestors, to maintain symbolic contact with pure obedience to G-d's Will, etc., even though the things forbidden back then are now relatively safe to eat from a health perspective.

It's not how "clean" the animal is in its living area, but how clean its consumption is from a health perspective. A freshly slaughtered chicken, cow, goat, or sheep, raised in a Kosher manner, carries very little disease.

Answer 6

You apparently miss the whole point. From a Jewish perspective there is nothing "wrong" with pig meat. I am not sure about Islam but in Judaism keeping Kosher, along with most of the commandments is about being spiritual. I keep kosher, For me it is a very spiritually rewarding act.

G-d is not keeping a little score card to punish you. Jews don't think like that.

Answer 7

Eating pork is harmful to health in many regards. This harm still persists today, despite all the precautions that are taken. First and foremost, no matter how clean the farms and environments on which it is raised may be, the pig is not by nature a clean-living animal. It often plays in, and even eats, its own excrement. Due to this and its biological structure, the pig produces much higher levels of antibodies in its body than other animals. In addition, far higher levels of growth hormone are produced in the pig compared to those in other animals and human beings. Naturally, these high levels of antibodies and growth hormone pass across to and collect in the pig's muscle tissue. Pork meat also contains high levels of cholesterol and lipids. It has been scientifically proven that these significant amounts of antibodies, hormones, cholesterol and lipids in pork represent a serious threat to human health. The existence of above-average numbers of obese individuals in the populations of countries such as the USA and Germany, in which large quantities of pork are consumed, is now well-known. When exposed to excessive quantities of growth hormone as a result of a pork-based diet, the human body first puts on excessive weight and then suffers physical deformations.
Another harmful substance in pork is the "trichina" worm. This is frequently found in pork and when it enters the human body, it settles directly in the muscles of the heart and represents a possibly fatal threat. Even though it is now technically possible to identify pigs that are infected with trichina, no such methods were known in earlier centuries. That means that everyone who ate pork risked infection by trichina and possible death.
All these reasons are just a part of the wisdom in our Lord's prohibition on the consumption of pork. Moreover, this commandment of our Lord's provides complete protection from the harmful effects of pork under any conditions.
Until the 20th century, it was impossible to be aware of the danger posed to human health by pork. The fact that the Qur'an, revealed fourteen centuries ago, warns against this harm which has been incontrovertibly revealed with modern medical equipment and biological tests, is one of the miracles demonstrating that the Qur'an is the revelation of Allah, the Omniscient. Despite all the precautionary measures and inspections that take place in modern-day pig rearing, the fact that pork is physiologically incompatible with the human body and is a variety of meat harmful to human health has not altered.

http://www.miraclesofthequran.com/

Answer 8

Well, aside from the trichenosis issue, pig meat is not "bad" for you. In moderation, I guess.

Judaism does not say it is "bad to consume" only that it is against the rules. We are given the dietary laws and while the torah text can call some animals "impure" or give physical characteristics required, this is not a condemnation of the food itself, only its place among dietary law.

Answer 9

The answers that talk of pork being banned because of trichinosis are partially correct. There is one other aspect that many don't like to be brought to light... pork and human flesh taste the same (I've been told). In the Polynesian Islands, they used to call human flesh "long pig." Because of the taboo on cannibalism, pork was also placed on the list. Just like providing the rabbit's foot was proof that it was rabbit, and not cat.

Answer 10

Pork must be cooked fully as it usually contains harmful parasites.

The Bible teaching against pork has a dual meaning, as does most scripture. We are advised not to learn from people who have the characteristics of the pig unless we are equally very careful. As an example, pigs only recognize their master when they want something, as in when they are hungry. This is like people who only pray when they want something.

Answer 11

if your grandparents ate t and lved long that doesnt prove anything,muslims dont eat it to follow the orders of God,besides,even if you breed pigs cleanly feeding them the most luxurious food,pigs sometimes bite each others tails,they can even eat human beings,an accident happened a few years ago in Egypt,a farmer fell asleep in a pigs barn and they ate her,their natural food is garbage,there meat sometimes contain Salmonella,besides it is very fatening.