On 3/16/2015 2:59 PM, Bryan-TGWWW wrote:
> On Monday, March 16, 2015 at 12:48:49 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
>> On Monday, March 16, 2015 at 6:24:30 AM UTC-10, graham wrote:
>>> On 16/03/2015 10:01 AM, Helpful person wrote:
>>>> On Monday, March 16, 2015 at 9:06:55 AM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Jews have a taboo on pork because it
>>>>> is considered to be unclean.
>>>>
>>>> No. Nothing to do with cleanliness.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.richardfisher.com
>>>>
>>> The real reasons for all those prohibitions are presumably lost in the
>>> mists of time. They are certainly illogical.
>>
> Their function was to make it difficult for "God's* people to assimilate.
>>
>>> Graham
>>
>> They seem perfectly logical to me. Used to be that a pork chop could kill you.
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eybZtDx6tAU
>>
> Cute, but thoroughly cooked pork was never dangerous.
>
> --Bryan
>

I'm guessing those biblical microwave ovens and pressure cookers did a
thoroughly wonderful job at cooking the shit out of pork.