@ Leedsveg: I like your with ;-) Hehe.
@ LG: Congrats! Yay...keep up the awesomeness
@kokopelli: That is pretty amazing. I think what you mentioned about the Christian rationale for animal consumption is most interesting. I've took a couple of bible classes at my university and learned so many things about the consumption of meat, dairy and eggs. The kosher and halal laws are also really intriguing. I'm not sure if you are familiar with what the interpretations many scholars have on the topic, but my understanding is that slaughtering animals took place in the temples and unless it was "purified" then God would hate the temple and stop caring for the people. I was required to take these classes in order to meet graduation requirements and I am REALLY open minded so I had so many theories and interpretations for the food-related "laws" within the bible and the Qur'an. One of my interpretations is that the Bible/Qur'an was a sort of book of life with guidelines and "rules" of what to do and what not to do. The whole not eating hoofed animals and shellfish makes sense because these animals are not considered as safe to eat and may cause harm to the human. Idk if that makes sense. I'm not arguing or anything, just sharing this thought with you
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