Re: OT: Genesis 1:29ll

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Debbi Heiser wrote:

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>Another is that w/o proper refrigeration, food was more likely to become

>contaminated w/ bacteria.

Wouldn't clean as well as unclean meats rot?

notan

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notan wrote:

> Wouldn't clean as well as unclean meats rot?

I don't recall exactly what that part referred to... it was probably a

decade or so ago that I read it. Now that I think about it, it seems to

me that article was more about " kosher " and the rationale behind it; about

sanitation and food spoilage/contamination -- maybe in reference to not

cooking in a non-kosher container to prevent cross-contamination, etc.,

rather than to which actual foods were allowed or not (according to the

Bible.)

What really struck me / the part I remembered was how when I read the

article, it *made sense* why The Rules would have been made in the first

place. (note: " making sense " is a completely subjective thing -- what

makes sense to me may not (and often does not!) make sense to someone

else.) To the average person reading about Kosher, it can sound like just

a bunch of silly rules that don't make any sense. But when I read that

article, it really made sense to me.

Kind of like how the Catholic Church uses the ban on birth control to

increase its numbers, even though there's no biblical basis for it

whatsoever -- it's simply the age-old situation where the authority figure

(the Pope, in this case) says, " Because I said so and I'm in charge so you

have to do what I say and I don't care if you like it. " (how many parents

have used similar lines on their kids? LOL) It doesn't make sense why the

Catholic Church would ban birth control if the Bible doesn't mention

it.... until you look at the self-serving nature of such a ban to increase

the Church's numbers (which translates into both political power and

wealth.) When I look at it that way, it " makes sense " why they want to

ban birth control.

Well, notan, you got me curious, so I let my fingers do the walking. I

don't think this was the exact article I read, but it sounds a lot like it

-- it " makes sense " as I'm reading it.

http://judaism.about.com/library/3_askrabbi_o/bl_simmons_kosherwhy.htm

or

http://snipurl.com/45c9

Reading this article really makes me think it was " keeping kosher " rules

from the Torah that I was thinking of, rather than Biblical references.

Sorry for my mixup!

Debbi

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Debbi Heiser wrote:

>http://judaism.about.com/library/3_askrabbi_o/bl_simmons_kosherwhy.htm

>or

>http://snipurl.com/45c9

Thanks for the link. It says it better than I was and includes some points

I didn't want to get into on this list. I like the distinction between

" reasons " and " benefits. " I can see health benefits. What I disagree with

is when the reason is claimed to be health and because God is perfect

therefore the given diet must be perfectly healthy, one size fits all. One

day I will have to a post a message about all the bad things in vegetables.

notan