"This little piggy went to market" doesn't mean that piggy went shopping, it means that it was more than likely butchered and sold off to a market, or was on its way to the slaughterhouse.
"This little piggy stayed home" — it managed to survive another day without being slaughtered and is safe, for now.
"This little piggy had roast beef": this unfortunate piggy was being fattened up to be sold for a pretty penny. It was likely fed a cow that lived on the same farm, whom it was more than likely familiar with.
"This little piggy had none." This pig was being starved.
"This little piggy stayed home" — it managed to survive another day without being slaughtered and is safe, for now.
"This little piggy had roast beef": this unfortunate piggy was being fattened up to be sold for a pretty penny. It was likely fed a cow that lived on the same farm, whom it was more than likely familiar with.
"This little piggy had none." This pig was being starved.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
