swine flu

No Subject ]Tuesday, May 5, 2009 4:41 PM
From: "Carlos Burman" ,

Going straight in to your question about Swine and contamination.

Leviticus 11:7 says:"Also the pig,because it is a splitter of the hoof and a former of a cleft in the hoof,but it does not chew the cud, it is unclean for you"

Deuteronomy 14:8 says:"The pig also, because it is a splitter of the hoof but there is no cud. it is unclean for you.None of the flesh must you eat,and their carcasses you must not touch".

The word "BECAUSE" in both of those scriptures quoted above,indicates THE REASON as to why Jehovah God did not want the Israelites to eat the pig or anything like it.

Jehovah as we have already established has the right to ask anything of his subjects.

All animals belong to him,as he created all of them.

While Jehovahs ban on eating pork was not necessarily based on health considerations,there were and still are hazards connected with the use of this meat for food.Since pigs are indiscriminate in their feeding habits,even eating carrion and offal,they tend to be infested with various parasitic organisms,including those responsible for diseases such as Trichinosis and Ascariasis.

One Doctor called Dr short said:"True we eat the pig, the rabbit and the hare but these animals are liable to parasitic infections and are safe only if the food is well cooked.The pig is an unclean feeder, and harbours 2 worms, Trichina and Tapeworm,which may be passed on to man.The danger is minimal under present conditions,but it would have been far otherwise in Palestine of old, and such food was better avoided".

Thus,while Jehovah didnt give the direct answer to exactly why the Jews were not to eat any meat of the pig,he did state that this particular meat was something that wasnt to be eaten for his HOLY or clean and pure nation.

However,Even if there was no health concerns or worry of disease or infestation,the very fact that the law came from Jehovah,was enough reason to obey it ,which literally is the meaning of SUBMISSIVENESS.

Many people today do not know how to fix a car...however,if you gave it to a qualified and experienced mechanic,most of us would trust him to fix whatever problem that needed fixing even if we personally didnt know anything about the insides of the car.

Anyway,You said that Christians today,do not obey this law anymore.This is because,of course,Christians are not Jews...the Christians had a new law,they were no more bound by the law that God gave to the Jews.

Notice what Galatians 3:24,25 says:"Consequently the law has become our tutor leading to Christ,that we might be declared righteous due to faith.But now that the faith has arrived,we are no longer under a tutor".

and Romans 10:4:"For Christ is the end of the law,so that everyone exercising faith may have righteousness".

Thus True Christians today have no need to obey the law in the same way as the Jews did back when they were Gods people.

Furthermore, please read Acts 10:9-16...this chapter shows that Peter the apostle,was commanded by God, to eat birds and animals of various kinds that were UNCLEAN under the Mosaic law...Peter was shocked for never has he eaten anything defiled or unclean..

Yet Gods angel told Peter "you stop calling unclean what God has cleansed".

Yes ,at the time of the apostles,no more was the law to refrain from eating pig or any other animal previously seen as unclean in force.

All Christians were free to eat as they chose or not.

Thus this gives us a little insight as to how Jehovah views things.

Thus today if a Christian decides not to eat pork,thats up to him....if he decides to eat pork,thats also up to him.

Jehovahs witnesses view pork today virtually as any other meat, except when we cook it, we make sure its well cooked.


Carlos



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Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 06:07:19 -0700
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Hello good evening Br Carlos

Probably my remark might be thought too trivial. He was executed whatever the way it might be.

Moses was a wise man. He tried to establish social systems valid still in today's world.
Jewish people had been suffered from hard work and no rest. They had to keep on working till they died.

Moses had thought how they can get a rest without changing the frame of society. Hard work is, of course necessary for humans to survive. Taking a rest is, also very important to keep on working efficiently and everlastingly. So it was important to determine how often they can take a rest without losing two important factors, working hard and taking a rest.

Moses tried to stabilise the rate 5.5 workday and 1.5 taking a rest by introducing Sabbath. The custom of Sabbath was very new to them and some tried to work even when others are taking a rest.

Moses thought it is a sever violation or threat to the effective continuation of productive activity in society. Therefore it took one night to make up his mind whether to execute and how to execute him -the Sabbath breaker.

Moses used in his execution not hanging, stubbing only by one executor but stoning by all members of society, emphasising he committed a crime not against one person but against the benefit of all - I think this is the meaning of his being stoned to death.


I recall somewhere in Hebrew Scriptures that we mustn't eat pork. In today's world no Christians keep this rule. What I understand is the pork at that time is not the same one now we have. In ancient times swine eat various foods so they tend to be contaminated by poisonous matters, therefore prohibited.

Is my understanding correct? Or is there any new decree that we can eat pork?


Thank you for taking your time.

mer









Hello good evening Br Carlos

Probably my remark might be thought too trivial. He was executed whatever the way it might be.

Moses was a wise man. He tried to establish social systems valid still in today's world.
Jewish people had been suffered from hard work and no rest. They had to keep on working till they died.

Moses had thought how they can get a rest without changing the frame of society. Hard work is, of course necessary for humans to survive. Taking a rest is, also very important to keep on working efficiently and everlastingly. So it was important to determine how often they can take a rest without losing two important factors, working hard and taking a rest.

Moses tried to stabilise the rate 5.5 workday and 1.5 taking a rest by introducing Sabbath. The custom of Sabbath was very new to them and some tried to work even when others are taking a rest.

Moses thought it is a sever violation or threat to the effective continuation of productive activity in society. Therefore it took one night to make up his mind whether to execute and how to execute him -the Sabbath breaker.

Moses used in his execution not hanging, stubbing only by one executor but stoning by all members of society, emphasising he committed a crime not against one person but against the benefit of all - I think this is the meaning of his being stoned to death.


I recall somewhere in Hebrew Scriptures that we mustn't eat pork. In today's world no Christians keep this rule. What I understand is the pork at that time is not the same one now we have. In ancient times swine eat various foods so they tend to be contaminated by poisonous matters, therefore prohibited.

Is my understanding correct? Or is there any new decree that we can eat pork?


Thank you for taking your time.

mer