No Jewish vampires either. Yes, one can eat non-Kosher is their life depends on it but vampires are by definition not alive so their life can't depend on it. i.e. a vampire who's Jewish and religious has to starve.
At 12:31 PM 4/12/02, you wrote: >Gee, somehow I knew the Masai weren't Jewish >;-) > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 9:31 AM >> To: CF-Community >> Subject: RE: Circumcision article link >> >> >> At 12:19 PM 4/12/02, you wrote: >> >thanks, not eating pork is always something i've wondered about. >> > >> >whats the exact religious reason? >> Laws of ritual purity when dealing with what you eat. Land >> animals have to have split hooves and chew their cud. Sea >> animals have to have fins and scales. Birds of prey >> (depending on claw configuration) are not allowed. Those are >> the basics. Also, blood is not allowed. >> >> >> >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> >Sent: 12 April 2002 16:52 >> >To: CF-Community >> >Subject: RE: Circumcision article link >> > >> > >> >Pig is one of the animals specifically mentioned as being >> not allowed. Even >> >when I wasn't religious I didn't eat it (and I was just a >> kid). Closest I've >> >come is soy bacon. salty, but I love it. :) >> > >> >At 11:39 AM 4/12/02, you wrote: >> >>so as far as your concerned it's a commandment not to eat pork? >> >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >> >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> >>Sent: 12 April 2002 16:40 >> >>To: CF-Community >> >>Subject: Re: Circumcision article link >> >> >> >> >> >>Actually, a religious person (at least this one) looks at >> it and says that >> >>its a commandment and I'm doing it because its a >> commandment. If science >> >>says that the commandment has a physical effect, then fine >> and good. The >> >>physical effect is totally secondary to the spiritual effect. >> >>To say that the commandment or every commandment was done >> for a physical >> >>reason such as health opens the door to denial of the root of the >> >>commandment. Hey, not eating pork was because of >> trichinosis. If we cook it >> >>right then we wouldn't get the disease and we can now eat >> it. Same for all >> >>the other commandments. This is the rational of the reform >> movement and a >> >>rational rejected by religious Jews. >> >> >> >>At 03:51 AM 4/12/02, you wrote: >> >>>It seems that much of the old testament law, such as >> circumcision, what to >> >>eat and not to eat, etc., has a good basis in what is >> healthy, especailly >> >>given the lack of sanitary conditions of the times. >> >>> >> >>>A religious person might argue that this is God making up >> the lack of >> >>science of the time to protect people. A non-believer might >> argue that this >> >>is wise people coming up religious law to mirror their own >> observations >> >>about what makes a person sick. Either way, it >> demonstrates a good deal of >> >>wisdom in the old books. >> >>> >> >>>H. >> >>> >> >>> >> >>>---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- >> >>>from: "Braver, Ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>>date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 19:56:23 -0700 >> >>> >> >>>>Found a link to the original article on circumcision & >> risk of cervical >> >>>>cancer - it's in the New England Journal of Medicine: >> >>>>http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/346/15/1105 >> >>>> >> >>>>Apparently, the foreskin is particularly susceptible to >> infection from >> >HPV >> >>- >> >>>>human papilloma virus - which is linked to cervical cancer. >> >>>> >> >>>>-Ben >> >>>> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
