Hmm,
there is some good advice in the book. The bit about not putting pork on
your fork is good advice in he Middle East and the lesser developed world-
pork tapeworm can get into your liver lungs and brain. Shellfish often carry
faecal contaminant bacteria, etc. Washing hands before eating has been shown
to reduce upper respiratory infection rates in preschoolers by 50%. It's a
shame it didn't prohibit hand-shaking ( a great way to pick up influenza
etc)- the Asian custom of bowing is preferable.

Must say I find all the stuff about burnt offerings and lamb fat a bit hard
to take.

Ben Balzer

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Sent: Thursday, July 08, 1999 10:28 PM
Subject: Re: [P-F] Ethic Thoughts was: ovo-lactarian diet--help?


> Amadeus Schmidt wrote:
>
> > and Genesis 1:29
> >  Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of
> >  the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They
> >  will be yours for food."
>
> ...This is a favorite verse of Jewish vegetarians.
>
> > Judaism and Moslemic - i don't feel competent to speak for them too
> > (maybe someone else can say) but my impression is, that there are
> > quite some hinderances in consuming too much of meat.
>
> If anyone's interested, let me know, and when I get the time today
> I'll write about Judaism and the ethics of eating meat.
>
> --
> Deanna