One explanation is that it's in the Bible for some Christian demoninations and some Jewish people. The original reasoning was likely that in the days of no refrigeration, some foods were more dangerous than others. Pork is a good example. Pork harbors all kinds of bacteria that can make you very sick if it's not stored and handled properly. Obviously that's not a problem for us, but 2000+ years ago it was an issue, hence pork being designated unclean. Another issue is cross-contamination--where the germs from one food (usually meat) is transferred to another food by using the same utensils, cutting board, etc. Part of keeping kosher for example includes a strict separation of different types of foods, presumably started as a way to prevent cross-contamination. These are, of course, speculative explanations.
2006-09-19 19:53:36
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answered by LouiseMe 2
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Swine are considered unclean in the Jewish and Muslim religions.
This goes all the way back to Exodus in the Old Testament. Most likely God commanded the Jews to avoid pork to avoid parasites common in such animals. Parasites don't survive thorough cooking, but that was difficult to do over an open fire.
We can safely eat pork when we cook it thoroughly.
2006-09-19 19:49:14
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answered by Warren D 7
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Go back to EXODUS. for the answer in whole . such as Pig meat unless it is eaten right away and cooked thoroughly can cause food poising as many American settlers re found out when settling in the more western parts of the Continent.It just doesn't last long and the regular methods of preserving beef do not work on pork (salting).
2006-09-19 19:56:45
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answered by Anonymous
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Pigs have been proven by our study really unclean. How people of the past come to know it? Isn't it wonderful time and again Bible has been proven correctly?
2006-09-19 19:51:59
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answered by Anonymous
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i definitely would not prefer animals that are not bred well in good sanitary and hygeinic conditions -- irrespective of my religion and beleif or any animal for that matter. why should i eat the animal that would prefer to eat any garbage and excreta?
so u mean to say its ok to eat a lot of chicken during bird flu? or a lot of cattle during foot and mouth disease? i guess NOT. similarly some animals cannot be had due to health problems.
2006-09-19 19:51:03
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answered by marissa 5
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I don't know...seems pretty silly to me...God created all living things but some are unclean or evil?? Makes no sense at all.
I think all animals are sacred...
2006-09-19 19:49:09
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answered by just me 5
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I doubt if it grew to become into because of the fact of ailment from the animals. that's from ailment linked with the animals although. enormously in case you talk approximately the water standards of hogs and the superiority of malaria and different ailments vectored to human beings via mosquito. Mosquitoes are vectors for West Nile, Malaria, Dengue Fever, Rift Valley Fever, Yellow Fever, and Equine Encephalitis. i'm constructive I neglected some too. you in addition to could have greater flies attracted to hogs, back because of the fact hogs want moist wallows to maintain cool in. Flies propose cholera and diphtheria. If that grew to become into no longer adequate there is the subject of finding water for hogs in an arid climate. word that the only pigs suggested interior the recent testomony are the Gadarine Swine on the shore of lake Galilee. Pigs do ultimate in temperate forested areas with an incredible type of water and shade. In a area with such constrained water supplies because of the fact the Roman Province of Palestine (cutting-part Israel) the effect of water pollutants from swine herding could have been a actual subject too. Then we are able to look on the enterprise of attempting to discover pasture or of elevating feed for the hogs. lots of the area in user-friendly terms produced farm animals with the aid of nomadic grazing. It grew to become into in simple terms too perplexing to strengthen adequate grain or different vegetation to feed a herd of pigs in lots of the area, and pigs do no longer do wellbeing herded interior the path of the wasteland grazing on grasses. It makes an incredible type of financial and ecological experience to chop back beef production with the aid of Hebrew tribes in the process the 5 centuries earlier the commencing up of the hassle-free era. the least perplexing thank you to try this with out an outright ban is to declare beef unclean and impose weight loss plan regulations on it.
2016-10-15 05:04:40
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answered by valda 4
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Eat an order of shellfish that came from polluted waters, and you'll quickly begin to understand (if you survive).
2006-09-19 20:58:58
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answered by Anonymous
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because they dont have a way of either properly digesting food or excreting it
2006-09-19 19:47:59
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answered by norm s 5
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because some religious leaders didn't like them. Actually, its because they carried diseases that could kill people
2006-09-19 19:47:43
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answered by judy_r8 6
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