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[quote=Anonymous]The Catholic Church is hierarchical. The Pope is considered the person who intercedes with God on behalf of mankind. Protestants are more decentralized. They believe that the individual has a personal relationship with God, so each individual denomination tends to have its own rules. The Catholic services are very liturgical, with each congregation praying in unison for much of the service, and a short five minute sermon or homily from the priest. On the other end of the spectrum are evangelicals, who have lengthy sermons by individual pastors and very free form services, with opportunities for silent or voiced individual prayer. Mainline Protestant denominations are somewhere in between.

Rules for kosher food involve separating meat and dairy products, as there is a verse in the Book of Leviticvus that says that the meat of the kid may not be cooked in the milk of the mother. You aren't supposed to eat them at the same meal, and most families that keep kosher have separate dishes for meat and dairy. There are also strict rules about which kinds of animals are kosher, and how healthy they have to be, as with halal. There are also strict rules about the slaughter of animals, I.e., it must be done with a sharp knife etc. This is similar to halal, but halal rules require that  a Muslim prayer be recited, which kosher slaughterers don't do. Thus most vegetarian food is kosher, but when meat gets involved, it gets complicated quickly.[/quote]

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