Yes, Dean, the whole complexion does change if you Jewish :) But at
least you have the saving grace to realize that for some of us the New
Testament is not part of the Bible.
Realizing this is not a theology list, I am not going to get too
detailed. I was basing myself on the plain text of the Bible, which
implies the following: the earliest humans were gatherers, then came
farming, then came hunting. The two hunters mentioned in the Bible are
those shining lights of holy virtue, Nimrod and Esau--not exactly role
models for the believer. And then the laws of Kashrut come along, and
effectively rule out any use of hunting as a food source.
Of course, there are hints in the literal text that the situation was not
so simple--I mentioned a couple, and you mentioned some more. But the
overall Scriptural ideal is pretty clear: agriculture and domesticated
livestock is the ideal society; a pretty clear contrast to the Paleodiet
ideal.
Myself, I am knew to the list, and to the whole idea of Paleodiet. One
question does occur to me. Could not paleohumanity been capable of at
least a limited sort of agriculture. All it would take is one gatherer
noticing that seeds produced plants, and then trying to help nature along
in some way: no plowing or other technology, just digging a hole in the
ground, inserting seed, and waiting for the result.
Jeffrey Smith [log in to unmask]
O voi ch'avete li 'ntelletti sani/mirate la dottrina che s'asconde/sotto
'l velame de li versi strani [O you of sound thought, see the doctrine
which hides under the veil of strange verses]--Dante, Inferno, Canto IX
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