why is it forbidden to eat pork in both Judaism and Islam while it isn't in Christianity although three of

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them came up in the Middle-East?

Answer 1

Christianity is not as tight on rules as other religions

Answer 2

You asked why is it forbidden to eat pork in both Judaism and Islam while it isn't in christianity? It is in Christianity (Few Christians don't eat pork); but not in mainstream Christianity; (Sunday keepers and some Sabbath keepers like Worldwide Church of God eat pork because they don't care what they eat as long as they're pleasing theirself, no matter if it hurts God or theirselves )they think it's done away with.

WHY IS IT FORBIDDEN TO EAT PORK?
It is for alot of reasons.
Is shrimp or pork bad to eat?

First of all they are scavengers. If you go back in the Old Testament; God distinguished what foods we should eat and which one's we shouldn't. Now if you decide too; that's your choice, but some groups don't because it's an abomination to eat anything unclean. Isn't our body the temple of God as stated in 1Cor.3:18-19? We supposed to take care of our body and be in good health (3John 1:2).
Shrimp are made to eat the garbage under the sea floor; they carry diseases too. The pig is a scavenger too; it eats the slop on the earth and if you looked under a microscope of cooked ham; you will find worms in it. You really want tricinosis and diseases and things in your body?

** TEXTS THAT INVOLVE THE CLEAN AND UNCLEAN MEATS:
GEN.18:7-8; LEV.11; 20:25; DEUT.14; ISAIAH 66:17; EZEK.22:26; DAN.1:8; MATT.3:4; LUKE 24:41-43; ACTS 10:10-14; 1COR.3:16-17; 9:27; 2COR.6:17; AND REV.21:8.
----IF THE CLEAN AND UNCLEAN MEATS WEREN'T VALID FOR TODAY; THEN WHY OH WHY WOULD THE LORD PLEAD WITH FLESH NOT TO EAT UNCLEAN MEAT--(ISAIAH 66:15-17). ALSO NOTICE DEUT.14:4 "SHALT NOT EAT ANY ABOMINABLE THING" AND REV.21:8 "...THE ABOMINABLE SHALL HAVE THEIR PART IN THE LAKE WHICH BURNETH WITH FIRE AND BRIMSTONE: WHICH IS THE SECOND DEATH."

If you want to know other reasons why people shouldn't eat shrimp, pork or any other scavengers; take a look at these sites:
http://www.godhatesshrimp.com/
http://www.gnmagazine.org/booklets/CU/matterofhealth.htm
http://www.biblestudy.org/basicart/sixuncln.html
http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0geusTNsYRFvzcBbwpXNyoA?p=shrimp+is+abomination+to+the+lord&prssweb=Search&ei=UTF-8&fr=slv8-&x=wrt
http://www.mercola.com/2003/oct/18/worst_foods.htm
http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=slv8-&p=shrimp%20carry%20diseases
http://www.noorhidayatnoordin.com/2006/08/16/why-do-i-not-eat-pork/
http://sites.mercola.com/2001/apr/11/pork.htm

Bible Health Laws (Are they relevant today?)
http://www.lcg.org/search/search.php?query=health+laws&%24results_per_page=10&search=1

Answer 3

Christianity has regarded the Law as something in place before
there was a possibility of being 'born again'. We are to live by following the "love walk", if you are motivated by love you're really going to do everything that God could desire anyway. The onus is on believing groups to teach what are good principles and practice are, for which moral ideas in the Old Testament are
one of the sources of inspiration.

God had already promised His blessing to Abraham before the Law was
instituted, which was 400 years on during the Exodus from Egypt.
Paul says in Galatians that Law had to be instituted to try and get
the Jewish people in line, so God could get them into their promised
land, as God was going to give them a blessing and a witness to God's
dealings with them, and then bring forth his Messiah, who would
provide the only really acceptable sacrifice for mens' sins.
The historical documents and Prophets indicate indeed that they (like all of us)
could not actually fulfil the Law, especially the moral rules, and disobeyed time
and again, had to go in exile in Babylon at one point as punishment. The
northern tribes got deported by the Assyrians and never came back, merging
into unknown racial groups (possibly, for instance, in Armenia).
Islam is more influenced by Jewish ideas than Christian ones, imo, so it
retains some food laws. Islam does not accept that a Saviour
had been presented to get us the salvation we could not
'work' for ourselves by fulfilling lists of rules.

Many aspects of the Law were very ritualistic, and some such as the one about not eating pork are *very sensible*.
I stopped eating pork after getting food poisoning from pork out of
those harp-shaped pork tins. A pig is a creature with disgusting
eating habits, and will eat anything. Some of the pork we get in our shops here probably doesn't even source from Europe despite labelling so I think its good to keep off it. Shame about bacon though, its so darn tasty.

Answer 4

Most Christians in the Middle east still don't eat pork. When Christianity was foisted upon the people in Europe, pork was already a major part of their diet and was one of the many pre-christian things that was adopted to make the transition more pallatable to the European pagans.

Answer 5

Well if i am correct all 3 anti-semitic religions forbid the eating of pork, as they do the consumption of alcohol and sex before marriage; Thus it is forbidden in Chrisitianity however, many christians choose not to follow this as it is seen as too "restrictive". I guess its the cultures we live in, in the middle east drinking is not necessary whereas in the west it is highly used amongst socialising.

the reason behind not eating pork is bcos it is regarded as swine and unclean which is seen as impure for the body and mind.

And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you. You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.
Leviticus 11:7-8
A similar prohibition is also found in the Qur'an:


He hath only forbidden you dead meat, and blood, and the flesh of swine, and that on which any other name hath been invoked besides that of God.
Surat-ul Baqara (2):173

Answer 6

For those people who say they know their Bible; try checking out Chapter 10: 9-29 of the Acts of the Apostles. In summary the centurion Cornelius who was a Roman, though religious and God fearing had a vision to send for Simon- the one named Peter and bring him to Joppa.
Peter was terribly concerned since Jews were forbidden to associate with any Gentiles, let alone to eat with them, but Jesus came to him in a vision and told him not only were no animals that God had made were unclean but to welcome the Gentiles into their community.
The Old Covenant has been fulfilled, Jesus died on the Cross and opened the gates of Heaven. Christians are part of the New Covenant and the dietary laws need no longer apply.

Answer 7

May the peace, blessings and mercy of God be upon you

Firstly we as Muslims do believe that Jesus was the Messiah.

As to answer your question, as to why it was forbidden, this is simply because God has told us that it is forbidden. Islam means submission, so we submit to God's will and abstain from what he has forbidden.

[002.173] He has forbidden you only the Maitah (dead animals), and blood, and the flesh of swine, and that which is slaughtered as a sacrifice for others than Allâh (or has been slaughtered for idols, on which Allâh's Name has not been mentioned while slaughtering). But if one is forced by necessity without willful disobedience nor transgressing due limits, then there is no sin on him. Truly, Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

All reasons of hygiene, and what not are mere speculation and not the real reason.

Peace Be With YOu

Answer 8

Different strokes for different folks!! Actually, although Christianity began in the middle east, once it spread throughout Europe, among peoples who's diet consisted of all types of meat, including pork, the eastern religious laws prohibiting eating pork were quickly abandoned.

Answer 9

Many Christians do not see the Old Testament as an active system of law(they are old rules and don't have to be followed). They see it more as a historical reference. Jesus says (in the bible) that he made all things new and this is taken as - the rules change - and it was meant this way.

But they do still follow the rules of the Old Testament to some degree. The ten commandments for example. But this could be explained by the fact that Jesus (in the bible) references the ten commandments many times.

Answer 10

The Quran itself has been witness to the Jewish nature of the "Israelite communities of Arabia": Quranic references appear about the rabbis and the Torah that they read, and the prestige and reverence with which the earlier community viewed them.

The Quran contains so many legends and theological ideas found in Talmudic literature that we are able to draw a picture of the spiritual life of the Jews with whom Mohammed must have come into contact.

It was the Prophet Mohammed himself who attempted to negate the positive image of the Jew that had been prevalent earlier. According to historian Bernard Lewis, the Prophet Mohammed's original plan had been to induce the Jews to adopt Islam; when Mohammed began his rule at Medina in AD 622 he counted few supporters, so he adopted several Jewish practices-including daily prayer facing toward Jerusalem and the fast of Yom Kippur-in the hope of wooing the Jews. But the Jewish community rejected the Prophet Mohammed's religion, preferring to adhere to its own beliefs, whereupon Mohammed subsequently substituted Mecca for Jerusalem, and dropped many of the Jewish practices.

Jews faced the danger of incurring the wrath of a Muslim, in which case the Muslim could charge, however falsely, that the Jew had cursed Islam, an accusation against which the Jew could not defend himself. Islamic religious law decreed that, although murder of one Muslim by another Muslim was punishable by death, a Muslim who murdered a non-Muslim was given not the death penalty, but only the obligation to pay "blood money" to the family of the slain infidel. Even this punishment was unlikely, however, because the law held the testimony of a Jew or a Christian invalid against a Muslim, and the penalty could only be exacted under improbable conditions-when two Muslims were willing to testify against a brother Muslim for the sake of an infidel.

Answer 11

Christians believe in the atonement and have no need to follow shadows of things that have already come. We do not live as if the atonement was to no effect. Christ provided a way for those who have been condemened by the law. Through faith in his atonement and resurrection we can be new creatures though some have rejected the sacrifice he provided and are slaves to the law and have chosen the judgement.