(June 29, 2016 at 6:57 pm)Lucanus Wrote:(June 29, 2016 at 2:09 pm)Drich Wrote: Who knows for sure, but maybe pigs were carrying a sickness or disease that would have changed the course of History if they were eaten by the jews in that time period. (no refrigeration, plus medium rare is how most everyone ate everything) This would also account for the law that says Jew must eat everything well done. (no blood in the meat)
And for today's WHAT'S MORE LIKELY??
a) a deity gave this order to Jews so that they would be protected from disease
b) some pretty severe cases of Taenia solium (or other shitty fucking parasites, bacteria or viruses) were hitting the chosen people so they decided it was better to stop eating pork... and then codified the law in the only way they knew at the time
c) a group of desert nomads raised sheep and goats and moved them around looking for grass and water. Meanwhile, their more settled neighbors to the West and North kept pigs since they make poor herding animals so best to keep them in one place. Probably in a drunken brawl one goat-herder made a disparaging remark about pigs and a pig-farmer shouted back "BACON ASSHOLE" and so the feud was born. Once some idiot wrote it into the fucking bible morons like dripshit took it seriously.
