(a) Expect most or all of these to appear "elsewhere" at some point.
(b) On the subject of dietary restrictions, it has been postulated that these prohibitions were because of the danger of parasites and disease. But I have a question: couldn't god/aliens/whoever the fuck "created us" simply have specified that these foodstuffs had to be thoroughly cooked to destroy such pathogens instead of just outlawing them altogether? Or is it because pigs and humans are so genetically similar that god/aliens/whoever found the idea repugnant? Or is it because pigs are no doubt as intelligent as humans? I know that personally I cannot eat octopus knowing how smart those creatures are.
Mark - Trying to make sense of that book of fairy tales will damage your brain. Even if animals aren't smart should not give us the right to eat them. (Full disclosure: I'm a conflicted carnivore who has cut way back on eating meat.)
last one: Do you know that one of the most common blasphemies in Italy is to associate God and the Madonna with pigs?
ReplyDeleteporco dio means letterally GOD PIG
porca madonna means letterally MADONNA PIG
Tornados...and flooding and hurricanes. Yup, I've posited that theory myself!
ReplyDelete(a) Expect most or all of these to appear "elsewhere" at some point.
ReplyDelete(b) On the subject of dietary restrictions, it has been postulated that these prohibitions were because of the danger of parasites and disease. But I have a question: couldn't god/aliens/whoever the fuck "created us"
simply have specified that these foodstuffs had to be thoroughly cooked to destroy such pathogens instead of just outlawing them altogether? Or is it because pigs and humans are so genetically similar that god/aliens/whoever found the idea repugnant? Or is it because pigs are no doubt as intelligent as humans? I know that personally I cannot eat octopus knowing how smart those creatures are.
Mark - Trying to make sense of that book of fairy tales will damage your brain. Even if animals aren't smart should not give us the right to eat them. (Full disclosure: I'm a conflicted carnivore who has cut way back on eating meat.)
ReplyDeleteTornadoes are a self-fulfilling prophecy of the Bible Belt. It's their karma.
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