Comment Re:Actually, that would be a sin. (Score 1) 1019
Actually, that would be a myth.
The cause-effect relationship between eating pork and exhibiting trichinosis was not established until the 19th century. The idea that dietary laws against pork (which started over 5000 years ago) were somehow sane or rational is wishful thinking at best.
Some links:
http://www.dialognow.org/node/view/907
http://www.infidels.org/library/magazines/tsr/1998 /6/986koshe.html
http://www.myjewishlearning.com/texts/Weekly_Torah _Commentary/shemini_artson5759.htm
The cause-effect relationship between eating pork and exhibiting trichinosis was not established until the 19th century. The idea that dietary laws against pork (which started over 5000 years ago) were somehow sane or rational is wishful thinking at best.
Some links:
http://www.dialognow.org/node/view/907
http://www.infidels.org/library/magazines/tsr/199
http://www.myjewishlearning.com/texts/Weekly_Tora
