Religious Porksecution?

[compuwiz1]

Do you really believe that people, who for whatever reason, profess to not eat pork, or beef, as example, due to religious reasons, really have never eaten any?

I find that hard to believe. What if the grill you just ordered your beef cooked on, just finished cooking some pork?
What about Tamales? Isn't the mesa or corn used in the preparation of tamales, made with oils, lards, etc, from beef and or pork?

 

[PHiuR]

that's why you make sure you know what you're eating first if you really cared.

 

[Kadarin]

I have a muslim coworker who has told me that what matters is not so much that you have consumed pork, but that you have knowingly consumed pork. For example, he said he had pepperoni once before he found out it contained pork, and then he subsequently has not had it.

I would also imagine that there are muslims who have knowingly eaten pork, in violation of their religious ethic.

 

[fliguy84]

Originally posted by: compuwiz1
Do you really believe that people, who for whatever reason, profess to not eat pork, or beef, as example, due to religious reasons, really have never eaten any?

I find that hard to believe. What if the grill you just ordered your beef cooked on, just finished cooking some pork?
What about Tamales? Isn't the mesa or corn used in the preparation of tamales, made with oils, lards, etc, from beef and or pork?

of course, religion doesn't work that way. if it does, you must produce your own food to make sure that it has nothing of beef or pork origin.

like Astaroth said, as long as you know what you eat is allowed by your religion, then it's ok.

in islam, there's only once case where pork consumption is allowed: in life-death situation

 

[Bryan]

Pork chop sandwiches!

 

[GasX]

bacon tastes good. Pork Chops taste good.

 

[firewall]

:thumbsup: Never tasted pork.

 

[tw1164]

This thread reminds me of "The Hamptons" episode of Seinfeld

 

[meltdown75]

Do you really believe that people, who for whatever reason, profess to not eat pork, or beef, as example, due to religious reasons, really have never eaten any?

yes.

 

[DaShen]

Originally posted by: fliguy84

Originally posted by: compuwiz1
Do you really believe that people, who for whatever reason, profess to not eat pork, or beef, as example, due to religious reasons, really have never eaten any?

I find that hard to believe. What if the grill you just ordered your beef cooked on, just finished cooking some pork?
What about Tamales? Isn't the mesa or corn used in the preparation of tamales, made with oils, lards, etc, from beef and or pork?

of course, religion doesn't work that way. if it does, you must produce your own food to make sure that it has nothing of beef or pork origin.

like Astaroth said, as long as you know what you eat is allowed by your religion, then it's ok.

in islam, there's only once case where pork consumption is allowed: in life-death situation

It is called only going to a kosher food market. And when going out being careful what you order.

 

[axnff]

I had a co-worker (Nepalese) whose sister-in-law was a strict vegan. When she came to live with my co-worker and her husband, they had to purchase new cookware, dishes, glasses, utensils and a separate basin in which to wash it all by hand. Not only did she not eat meat, but she would not eat from any vessel that had ever come in contact with meat. So my co-worker had to cook two separate meals every night (one for her sister-in-law, and one for her very non-vegan husband)

When travelling, people with strict religious diet restrictions will often try to find out about how foods are prepared in the area so they can have an idea of what is acceptable and what is to be avoided....

 

[DaShen]

Pork Chop Pie? 😉

 

[myusername]

I have a Muslim uncle that I was asking hypotheticals, like "What if someone gave you pizza with pork sausage? How would you know it was pork if you don't know the flavor of pork? What if you ate it and didn't know? What if you ate it and then found out later?" etc.
He said that he would no longer associate with anyone who deliberately fed him pork, but that eating the pork wouldn't ruin things for him God/karma wise. He also considered it a fact of life that pork wasn't consumed - wasn't open to how or why not - it just *is*. I would say that he was starting to get a little annoyed with my questions though.