Guest guest Posted January 3, 2004 Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 After reading about this I have certainly wondered about the issue of pork too, wondering if perhaps the persepctive shared in NT was related to religious mores originating from the Middle East (Christian, Jewish, Muslim), as 2 of the 3 religions seem to have concerns about eating pork and shellfish--I also wonder in some of these area, in the absence of refrigeration if the historical call to abstain was more out of concern for preventing illness, a concern I am assuming was greatly reduced in coastal regions of Polynesia, Alaska, etc. I am just wondering, I don't know all this for a fact. In a recent discussion with our local WPF chapter family, I was told that Weed had commented that historically pigs ate the barnyard waste (including manure of other animals) as a source of already-fermented foods, that their stomachs are not equipped to process the type of un-fermented feeds they receive these days. Religious values aside, it's hard for me to believe pork is such a bad thing when it is consumed so widely in Latin American and in many places in Asia... Leann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2004 Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 Just wanted to note: it's not only orthodox Jews who follow Biblical food laws. Many non orthodox Jews, messianic Jews and Christians follow what the Old Testament has to say about nutrition. God calls pork (and shellfish) and abomination and unclean. It's certainly not my or anyone else's place to " object " to anyone eating pork, but I (and probably my kosher companions) would certainly not promote it, especially as a healthy food. Carmen > > Also, even the most orthodox Jews generally don't object to gentiles eating > pork, do they? > > -- > Berg > bberg@c... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2004 Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 well, sure, but would she answer it? i mean, she wrote the book, ya know? she probably gets plagued by emails... At 09:42 PM 1/2/2004, you wrote: > Anyone interested of course could simply email >Sally and ask her. atg technical support support@... 1-800-RING ATG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2004 Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 In a message dated 1/3/04 7:06:07 AM Eastern Standard Time, happygardeners@... writes: > Religious values aside, it's hard for me to believe pork is such a bad > thing > when it is consumed so widely in Latin American and in many places in > Asia... The reason pigs are banned from the dinner plate is because they are cloven-footed but don't chew the cud, not because of trichnosis. The reason Muslims banned them is because Jews banned them, and Islam was founded almost entirely on borrowing from Judaism and Christianity. Neither Christians nor Jews ever interpreted these as health/sanitation issues, and I don't think the economic reasons are very convincing either. I don't know why so many people insist on reading in an ulterior motive into these things. It seems some people (not speaking of you) are incapable of entertaining the notion that a religion would do something for a religious reason. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2004 Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 I emailed her about the question since I had to talk to her about something else. The email address on the front page of www.westonaprice.org goes right to her. I've never failed to get a quick response from her. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2004 Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 katja wrote -- well, sure, but would she answer it? i mean, she wrote the book, ya know? she probably gets plagued by emails... ~~~I wrote to sally last week... thought I'd never get a reply and... surprise... surprise!!! got an answer the following day..! Dedy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2004 Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 > > Anyone interested of course could simply email > >Sally and ask her. > > atg technical support > support@a... > 1-800-RING ATG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2004 Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 In a message dated 1/3/04 2:02:28 AM Eastern Standard Time, h2ocolor@... writes: > Heidi wrote: > >>Well, we are both mammalian omnivores ... pork is so close > >>to human that they are using pork organs in people, I guess. > Then I wrote: > >Let's hope that pigs differ either in ingenuity or motor skills, as > I wouldn't want the situation reversed. > Then Sheila wrote: > I wouldn't get too concerned Chris. Pigs certainly look a whole lot > different than humans! > Sheila But wouldn't the ease of differentiation simply make us easier targets? That is, were the situation reversed, it would certainly be advantageous to disguise oneself as of pork origin, providing they are not cannibals. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2004 Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 What is her email address. I have a few questions for her. > > > > Anyone interested of course could simply email > > >Sally and ask her. > > > > atg technical support > > support@a... > > 1-800-RING ATG > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2004 Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 well, yay! next time i'll be more optimistic! i can't wait to hear what she says! At 06:04 PM 1/3/2004, you wrote: >I emailed her about the question since I had to talk to her about something >else. The email address on the front page of www.westonaprice.org goes right >to her. > >I've never failed to get a quick response from her. > >Chris > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 Did someone suggest a nose ring? Dad never had nose rings on breeder sows or boars. They're only protective when piglets are real young. Worst problem is their not laying on weaker piglets and suffocating them. Had a bull with a nose ring which ended up being a not good example to brother 13 months younger than me. Brother went under the fence one day when he was about 4, I was playing outside, yelled to Mom, Bill was in with bull, she came flying out of the house, he had bull by the nose ring, pulling and saying C'mon you ba****d obviously just like Dad had done with him there before. Was cute and funny but it could have been very dangerous which he learned from that. Wanita From: " katja " <katja@...> > third we're keeping to > breed (now that we feel ok about pork! ). at that point, i'm not sure > what we'll do...we could put a humane ring in her nose i guess, but i don't > really like that idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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