Why aren't Jews allowed to eat pork?
473266
jews that keep kosher do not eat pork. under the commandments, jews keep kosher because it is healthier for them. pork is considered unhealthy because it rolls and bathes itself in mud. for example, shrimp, crab, lobster, and crusteaceans are not kosher because they eat dirt from the ocean floor.
189508
It is an unclean meat (Lev. 13). Science has validated this fact, pork is very dirty.\n\nSee Isaiah 65:3-6; 66:15-17 to see what the Bible says about those that eat it.\n\nHope this helps!\n\nGod Bless
442611
Sure, why not?  \n\nSociety determines what is and isn't morally wrong, not the bible. American society says that christians can eat pork, even though the bible forbids it. The bible says that women shouldn't wear jewelry, yet christian women wear it to CHURCH. The bible says you should kill a disobidient child, but we know that to be wrong.\n\nThe bible DOESN'T say that you can't marry an 8 year old girl, but we know it to be wrong. So, we do and avoid things because of social taboos, not biblical.
732183
Why?\nThe Kosher Slaughter of animals is no less different from a plain Slaughter
1050760
Of course.  There is a large Christian population that is not subject to the Jewish or Muslim dietary laws.  In addition, there are now many immigrants from Russia and the former communist sattelite countries that grew up without kosher foods and learned to eat non-kosher meat.
396324
Cause pork has been notoriously bad for people in the past.  Peanut butter doesn't taste good on anything but pork.  And dogs are too cool for them.  They are usually mans best friend, but for some reason the dogs won't be their friends.
1171307
I've seen the comments you're referring to... I am not Jewish myself, but I'm definitely not "anti-Jew".  People should be free to practice whatever religion they want, and should not be persecuted for it... Jews suffered far too much with that sick pig Hitler.
555705
first off I have never heard of large pig farms in Israel.\n\nI am not saying they dont exist, but I have never heard of them.\n\nBesides that all the major grocery stores are under the auspices of the Rabbinate, and as part of Israeli law pork products and others are forbidden to be sold. I think the same is in PA areas.\n\nThat being said I think it is possible to get pork in Israel, but its very hard. You baicly have to search out for a small east European specialty store, and even that is imported. Most of the consumers of those places are not even Jewish but Russian immigrants.\n\nSo to answer your question the Pork consumption of Jews/Arabs in Israel is very, very low.
828987
If you mean following all the Jewish ritual requirements, there is nothing against doing that.  However St. Paul and the other early leaders decided not to require this of non-Jewish followers of Christ.
689236
The only mammals that the Bible permits the eating of are those with a cloven hoof that chew the cud.  So cattle, sheep, goats, deer, etc are all permited.  Humans don't chew the cud, nor do they have a split hoof.\n\nAlso, the Bible forbids eating an animal that died on its own.  Therefore, even if the above two conditions were met, you would have to properly slaughter the animal in order for it to be permited.  In the case of a human that would be murder, which is also forbidden.\n\nNow Christians would say that they are no longer under the law. (Perhaps even following the spirit of lawlessness.) They would say that Peter's vision of the sheet is to be interpreted that there are no unkosher animals.\n\nHowever, Peter's interpretation was that he should not call any man "unclean" (Acts 10:28).  Therefore, if the vision is to be interpreted as most Christians do and was in regards to food, then men are now something which is permissible to eat.\n\nOn the other hand if the vision was only symbolic (as visions and dreams always seem to be) then the vision was not about food, but was about association.  That is to say that those who are repentant and righteous from amoung the nations are permissible to fellowship with.  In that case, you can fellowship with every repentant person, but you are still forbidden to eat them.
99151
This is the right category to ask seeing as there are certain dietary restrictions that both Jews and Muslims MUST adhere to.  Anything from a pig is forbidden including anything made from pig leather.  They can't even keep one of those little Vietnamese Pot Bellied pigs as a pet.
897494
because of the caffeine content in coffee, some teas, and some sodas- it is forbidden to use such "stimulants"\n\nand it has not been forgotten with the new testament- it has more so adapted to more hygienic treatment of animal products through the years- it used to be very unsafe to eat meat, especially certain cuts of meat or meat of questionable origins, that's why there were so many dietary restrictions- some people still hold fast to their dietary beliefs while others have changed with the times
437626
You would have to ask someone who was Jewish. But animals do not have souls which are "accountable" for sin, so I wouldn't think that it would matter to the animal. They aren't going to go to hell. But the owner is in charge of what the pet gets to eat (most of the time!) so it would be up to them.
103165
Jews are only allowed to make sacrifices at the temple in Jerusalem. Since there is no temple at this time, they do not sacrifice.
851609
jews are also forbidden.\ni'm a seventh day adventist christian , and a vegetarian diet is encouraged but not compulsory , if we eat meat we take our advice from leviticus , 'cloven hoofs & cud chewing animals '.\npigs are there with vultures etc: as scavengers to clean up what has become unclean so therefore themselves are unclean\nhope this helps cheers:\npaul :-}
489078
people didnt eat pork in those days because they had no fridges and pork becomes poison very quickly in the heat ,the church put religious reasons behind it for a public health situation.\n\nnobody in those days new about the health hazzards of smoking.
908004
there are many countries in the world that eat .horse and donkey meat.in ww2 shortage of food showed that people ate these animals.china eats cats,dogs and snake.yuck.from mikhal in israel.