Last night I was enjoying a splendid bottle of fruity refreshing Chianti.
I was convinced that such a wonderful wine meets with God's approval.
Then this morning I was eating a juicy succulent bacon sandwich. Three thich rashers of dry cured oak smoked outdoor reared back bacon.
I cannot believe that God intended a large portion of the world to miss out on these delights. Someone somewhere put 2 and 2 together and came up with a lot of daft and brutal laws and just so they took they made it lawful to kill anybody who disagreed.
2007-03-21 23:20:25 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Ethnic Cuisine
Well, he liked wine (the wedding feast at Cana) and we know he liked a bit of bread and fish - so I'm sure he enjoys a bacon buttie like most of us. Unlike some of the respondents he is not so po-faced and is probably enjoying this discourse with his mates.
2007-03-21 23:31:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Sorry mate, your last sentence doesn't make sense. More refreshing Chianti perhaps? ( go for the new world wines, anything halfway decent European is a silly price).
As what I think you are asking, pork was & is not eaten in hot countries due to risk of tapeworm. It's not a religious thing as you seem to say.
When I was young it wasn't eaten when an "R" was in the month for the same reason. Sorry to be a boring "oldgit"!
2007-03-22 18:45:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most people take what they like out of their religion. The question of pork/bacon and alcohol is a bit confusing. Jesus was considered to be Jewish, and God told the Jews not to eat the flesh of the pig, this was accepted by Muslims, who believe in the same God. On the other hand Jesus' first miracle is said to be turning water into wine. And alcohol prohibition was also not invented by Mohammed. It's mentioned in the Old Testament - in Solomon.
Prohibiting pig meat and alcohol is hardly brutal!
I remember a 13 yr. old Muslim saying to me, 'But if I will be die, I can eat pork.' I assume he meant that he could eat pork when on the point of starvation! Very sensible attitude!
2007-03-22 09:38:34 · answer #3 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think I finally saw what you mean .... that in Biblical days there was a law against eating pork ......but unlike today when pigs are carefully raised, the pigs of those days were not carefully raised and scurried about scavenging for food and picked up disease .... the danger was in contracting what we call
"Trichinosis," a sickness that comes from a small worm that buries itself in the muscle of pigs allowed to run wild, and involves high fever and other bad effects ...the reason we cook pork well is to escape the risk of contracting "Trichinosis," although today that risk is minimal ....
So, it is not that they were daft and brutal laws, they were just dietary laws to protect people from becoming ill from scavenging animals. It is for the same reason that some Jews today are forbidden from eating shellfish which are scavengers also (those that eat decaying matter).
When we look at dietary laws of the Jews, we need to remember that they were made in a period of history when the modern conveniences of today were not yet on the scene. Today we have an abundance of soap and hot water. In Biblical times that was not so. In Biblical times, the law asked people not to cook milk in pans that were used for meat and vice versa. Today when you go into a Jewish home that keeps the old traditions, you find by the kitchen sink two different bars of soap, one tinted with a streak of blue and one that is tinted with a streak of red .... to distinguish which bar is being used to wash pans for dairy and which is being used for meat.
This still exists as a tradition today, even though in this day and age pans can easily be washed clean.
The tradition of not mixing dairy with meat carries on into the tradition of making Challah, which is a braided loaf of bread. So the same loaf might be used with both milk or meat dishes, Jewish Challah is made with oil rather than butter.
If we know the history behind traditions that seem unreasonable to us, we can avoid being angry and scornful of others.
Peace
2007-03-22 08:48:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The law against eating pork products was an old testament law. Now you are saved by grace. The dietary law question is answered by Paul in one of the New Testament books.
He says that just as Gentiles are now able to become one with the congregation, so too did God make all foods "clean", he also said that people have a choice, to live & die and be condemned under the law, or to live & die and be saved by faith in the grace of GOD.
Sorry I can't tell you chapter & verse, but I know this is in the Bible.
2007-03-22 06:43:13 · answer #5 · answered by Nadine - Unity CEO 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would hope not. A God that would engage in cannibalism is disturbing. Bacon comes from pigs, and they are among the most intelligent creatures in existence. If your god eats bacon, I suggest you shove him, and the bacon sandwich up your rectal orifice. Go ahead and report me any of you flesh devouring, pusillanimous goobers; it would be an honor!
2007-03-22 10:54:06 · answer #6 · answered by DAKal 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer is no, because he only exists in the minds of those that are too simple to accept reason without mythical beings and pink fluffy unicorns on a higher plain controlling their destiny and being gracious and forgiving...then going out and starting a war with somebody who doesn't believe them and causing the deaths of billions of people across the world throughout time. Go figure!
2007-03-22 06:39:12 · answer #7 · answered by Haddock 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Do you really think that "God", assuming our conception of "God" exists, really gives a damn about what we eat?
Do ya think he might have more important issues on his mind?
Like maybe as Americans suffering from food neurosis that maybe we project onto "God" our own disorted notions about food?
In the grand scheme of the universe, whatever faith anyone is, I'm sure being a moral person, and treating your fellow man with repsect, carries more weight than whether we had bacon for breakfast.
2007-03-22 06:27:25 · answer #8 · answered by Chef Mark 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Who cares.... I love bacon sandwiches.
I have a feeling for treats they tended to eat the fatted calf.
Enjoy your sandwiches...& Chianti.
2007-03-22 06:43:52 · answer #9 · answered by JoJo 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
what kinda God that eats?
and how about a full dinner not only "Bacon Sandwiches" and Chianti. lets add some Pizzaz and pastas as well.
and then let him/her get stuck in the toilet trying to Sh*t the hell outa his bowel.
ewwwww
2007-03-22 06:40:09 · answer #10 · answered by Sharp_blade 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋