2007-05-29 11:07:14 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Flatulance? Ack!
2007-05-29 11:14:29 · update #1
bacon, pork tenderloin, sausage, hot dogs, ham and Swiss,...
I'm sorry what was the question -- I got distracted
2007-05-29 11:16:13 · answer #1 · answered by Dionysus 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The ban on pork comes from the Jewish dietary laws in to Islam. These are the two major faiths that ban pork. Both religions also have a nomadic cultural base. Pigs are generally only raised by settlers. Nomadic people generally consider settlers dirty, due to the proximity of the settlers to their own waste. This could be the basis for the ban on pork. It's settler food and therefore dirty.
Also, as Simon T has pointed out, the climate where these religions emerged is hot and pork spoils quickly.
2007-05-29 18:42:00 · answer #2 · answered by Valarian 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pork is considered dirty because of eating habits. Will eat other animals etc.
Pork also causes flatulence, as far as I've noticed.
Pork meat contains and holds more chemicals and possibly bacteria than other meat. This is due to a pig being so hardy.
My opinion.
2007-05-29 18:11:40 · answer #3 · answered by michaeljripley 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because if you do not cook it properly it can make you very sick.
Religions founded in areas where cooking conditions are not very good are more successful if they ban pork. The same goes for shellfish.
Also stopping the mixing of meat and milk is a good one. Meat tends to have a lot of nasty germs on the surface. Milk is a perfect breading ground.
Not reusing utensils also stops the spread of germs.
2007-05-29 18:18:56 · answer #4 · answered by Simon T 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Probably because it is a abomination to eat or even touch a pig. Here are a few bible verses Isaiah 65:4 and 66:17 they are many more .
2007-05-29 18:24:04 · answer #5 · answered by rhonda h 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is banned under the rules of Kashruth because it is an unclean animal (Back in the old days, there was a good chance of getting disease from eating it, so the rule was just good sense). Islam follows many of the same rules, as it came after Judaism.
2007-05-29 18:12:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
"Before there was preservatives, and saran wrap, and refrigerators, a pork chop might kill ya. Now a pork chop is your friend, if you are lucky enough to get your hands on a pork chop bite the s**t out of it"
- Chris Rock from memory
2007-05-29 18:14:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'm a Christian, and I just got through eating a platter of B-B-Q pork spare ribs. --- Sorry Porky!
2007-05-29 19:41:47 · answer #8 · answered by Auburn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can eat it if ya want, but just remember pigs have no sweat glands and they will eat anything there fore you eat what the pig eats. And if you are a city folk I'll let you in on a secret they are really really nasty.
2007-05-29 18:22:07 · answer #9 · answered by firefly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is an unclean meat.that is why when JESUS healed the man who was possessed he drove the evil spirits into the herd of swine and then the swine went over the cliff to their deaths.
2007-05-29 18:19:15 · answer #10 · answered by dixie58 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋