And I suppose the lesson we can all learn from that amalgam of science
and biblical passages on pork is that Pork Sashimi is probably no
better for you than Beef Tartare, Fish Sushi, Raw Oysters, Clams On The
Half-Shell, Uncooked Turkey and any other form of raw meat. Pretty
much common sense these days to thoroughly cook your source of protein.



Al Patrick wrote:
A new covenant does not mean the law is done away with. Christ said
He
CAME NOT to destroy the law, but to fulfill it.

If He had, why not do away with the law of gravity, etc. also?

A quick cut and paste from elsewhere....

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The question remains: Why did Christians decide
to disregard these ancient food laws?
The answer lies in "Acts".

The first hint of a rejection of the food laws is found in Acts
10v9-16,
where it is recorded that Peter visited Cornelius. When Peter went to

prey he became hungry, then fell into a trance. He saw heaven open
and a
great vessel descend holding all manner of beasts. A voice bid Peter
to
eat but he refused on the grounds that he had never eaten anything
common or unclean. The voice replied: "What God hath cleansed, that
call
not thou uncommon."

The final rejection of the food laws (and indeed of most of the
Jewish
Law) is found in Acts 15v24-29, where the meeting of the Council at
Jerusalem is recorded. The rejection comes in response to the Jewish
element directing that the Gentile Christians should be circumcised
and
keep the Law. However the leaders of the fledgling Church claimed
that
they had given no such commandment, considering that keeping to the
Jewish Law was a subversion of the soul. Instead it was decided:

"... to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
that
ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from
things
strangled, and from fornication ..." Acts 15v29,29.

The death knell would have sounded for the early Christian Church had

its leaders insisted that their new Gentile members be circumcised
and
keep the Jewish Law. They would have left in droves! Thus it was good

strategy on the part of the Council at Jerusalem to rescind the
Jewish Law.

The way was open for Christians to eat Pork!

The Side Effects of Eating Pork

The side effects of eating Pork are well documented and attested.
Perhaps the most famous example is that of the Buddha who died from
food
poisoning after eating a pork dinner. Other side effects of eating
Pork
include: inflammation, itchiness, swelling, obesity,
meningo-encephalitis, arthritis, focal granulomas or abscesses, body
odour, bad breath, hot or cold flushes, headache, dizziness,
heartburn,
seizures, stroke, epilepsy, ocular cysts and myelopathy.

The parasitic Trichinae Worm, which is also referred to as the Pork
Worm, is responsible for some horrific deaths among humans who eat
Pork.
From the stomach the worm gradually invades the muscular system,
but
the side effects are often attributed to other causes. Eventually the

lava mature into worms, die and calcify, forming cysts. At this stage

the disease is called "Cysticercosis". However when the encysted
worms
are found on any of: the brain, spinal cord, the membranes enclosing
the
brain and spinal cord (meninges) or the eyes, then the disease is
called
"Neurocysticercosis".

In an article "Pig Facts" the process of development of the
Trichinae
Worm is explained.

"The Trichinae is enclosed in a little cyst or sac, which, when
taken
into the stomach, is dissolved by the gastric juice ...and ...
gradually
works its way throughout the whole muscular system.
In five to seven days the larvae mature in the muscles of the human
body. When they finish their life cycle they become encysted into the

internal organs of the host.
The pork worm is unable to be detected with the human eye and most
pathologists have reported that there is a possibility for nearly
half a
million of trichinae to be found in each pound of muscle tissue of
the
host."


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Stephen M.H. Lawrence wrote:

"The time is coming," declares the Lord, "when I will make
a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of
Judah.I will put my law in their minds and write it on their
hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people."
(Jer. 31:31,33).

9About noon the following day as they were on their
journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the
roof to pray. 10He became hungry and wanted something
to eat, and while the meal was being prepared, he fell into
a trance. 11He saw heaven opened and something like
a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.
12It contained all kinds of fourfooted animals, as well
as reptiles of the earth and birds of the air. 13Then a
voice told him, "Get up, Peter. Kill and eat."
14"Surely not, Lord!" Peter replied. "I have never
eaten anything impure or unclean."
15The voice spoke to him a second time, "Do not
call anything impure that God has made clean."
(Acts 10)

14As one who is in the Lord Jesus, I am fully convinced
that no food is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards
something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.
(Romans 14:14)

Jesus called the crowd to him and said, "Listen and
understand. What goes into a man's mouth does not make
him 'unclean,' but what comes out of his mouth, that is what
makes him 'unclean.' "
(Matthew 15:10&11)

Al,

I think you're easily mislead.

73,

Steve