Oink Oink! - Why Islam forbids Pork

Muslim Weekly ^ | May 11, 2007

[GladesGuru]

Perhaps the difficulty of herding cats is why Muslims don’t eat cats?

[GladesGuru]

“There is a saying in English that “a man becomes what he eats”.

Hairy Krishna’s believe you are what you eat, as they tell me.

My reply: Yes, we are what we eat - and you want me to eat vegetables? ? ?

[Revelation 911]

Never do they say, "Jesus fulfilled the Law against lying, therefore I am now free to lie."

Matthew 5:37 Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.

Mark 7:18"Are you so dull?" he asked. "Don't you see that nothing that enters a man from the outside can make him 'unclean'? 19For it doesn't go into his heart but into his stomach, and then out of his body." (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods "clean.")

Have a great day

[chesty_puller]

Too bad you do not know your own leader's words,

My leader's words...Mark 7:15 "there is nothing outside the man which can defile him if it goes into him; but the things which proceed out of the man are what defile the man.".

[jwh_Denver]

MT 15:11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

Oink Oink! - Why Islam forbids Pork

Because it's not nice to "REALLY" eat your prom date?

[Surrounded_too]

Pig blood, even diluted, should be used as a weapon. Spray desert areas and tell them you did and they will be afraid to cross it. Having it present in an interrigation room could be useful. Explode bombshells over enemy targets. Like and invisible fence for dogs. Freak them all out. No Muzzies; No terror. F PC !

[Elsie]

There is a saying in English that "a man becomes what he eats".

Meow!

[Elsie]

NIV Acts 10:9-17
9. About noon the following day as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray.
10. He became hungry and wanted something to eat, and while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.
11. He saw heaven opened and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.
12. It contained all kinds of four-footed animals, as well as reptiles of the earth and birds of the air.
13. Then a voice told him, “Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.”
14. “Surely not, Lord!” Peter replied. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”
15. The voice spoke to him a second time, “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”
16. This happened three times, and immediately the sheet was taken back to heaven.

[Alouette]

The laws of kosher never applied to non-Jews.

[Beckwith]

it also provided the solution.

17 to 18 hours in a smoker will do it!

[safisoft]

(In saying this, Jesus declared all foods "clean.")

Nice try. Translators added all of the paranthetical sentence. It is not in the Greek - and if it was, then He could not be Messiah (read Deut 13 and Deut 18, which are the test of a true prophet).

Think about it. Pull out of your dispensational haze.

[safisoft]

My leader's words...Mark 7:15 "there is nothing outside the man which can defile him if it goes into him; but the things which proceed out of the man are what defile the man.".

Very true words indeed. What you do not know apparently is that eating unclean animals is not because they make one unclean. Y'all need to study your Bible a little more. Try the "front 3/4" you may learn a little about the "back 1/4."

[safisoft]

The laws of kosher never applied to non-Jews.

Did they apply to Rachav? Calev? Rut? Any gerim?

[OrioleFan]

Saddam Hussein was fond of canned hams.

[Bahbah]

17 to 18 hours in a smoker will do it!

Yup, and I can almost smell it :)

[safisoft]

14. “Surely not, Lord!” Peter replied. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.” 15. The voice spoke to him a second time, “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”

Funny, Peter never thought the vision was an abolishment of the food laws of Leviticus 11. He understood it was about accepting Gentles as fellowheirs even though tradition forbade it. He says it twice, and then repeats it a third time in Acts 15.

So, do you obey "voices" and "visions" if they go against the written Word of G-d?" Where did that begin to be an acceptible thing - and when did it stop? Is the Book of Mormon then valid?

[Political Junkie Too]

Prohibitions on eating pork is one thing, but do they ezplain the ban on even being near it, or being offended by seeing it, or is that just more liberal hypersensitivity?

-PJ

[goldstategop]

Its a clear instance of Judaism's influence upon Islam. Muslim dietary law is derived from Jewish Kashrut regulations.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Alouette]

Did they apply to Rachav? Calev? Rut? Any gerim?

Before they converted? No.

BTW Calev was a Jew, not a convert.