[Faith-talk] diet and faith

[John J. Boyer]

Well, pork is better than beef. It contains less saturated fat, and raising pigs requires much less food than raising 
cattle. Just a comment. 

John

On Tue, Dec 05, 2017 at 01:28:58PM -0600, Linda Mentink via Faith-Talk wrote:
> Hi Ashley,
> 
> You might find some help on the Optasia Ministries website.
> 
> There are still religions today that eat according to the Old Testament
> dietary laws, not putting any stock in Peter's vision in the New Testament.
> As I understand it, pork is not the most healthful meat we can eat.
> 
> Blessings,
> 
> Linda
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ashley Bramlett via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org
> To: "for the discussion of faith and religion
> Faith-talk"<faith-talk at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Mon, 4 Dec 2017 23:56:03 -0500
> Subject: [Faith-talk] diet and faith
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I?€™m in a world  literature class and we have read some religious texts
> including exerpts of the Quran, Bible, and Hindu text.
> 
> I need to compare the dietary restrictions of Leviticus vs the Quran which
> is in Surat 5.
> 
> So can anyone recommend an online study Bible which might explain some
> history or a historic commentary of it? BTW chapter 11 of leviticus is the
> kosher laws I?€™m reviewing.
> 
> Also, we have one or more Muslims here. Please help me understand your
> perspective.
> Why don?€™t you eat pork? Was the pig a symbol of something bad when the
> Qur?€™an was written?
> 
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Ashley
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