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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is it about this animal that makes it to the forbidden fruit list?
What was the reasoning back in the day?[/quote]People even now get sick every year eating shellfish and undercooked pork. People have died.

Back in biblical times, there were no microwaves to nuke the parasites and harmful bacteria in creatures which eat filth, feces, or feast on the dead. These animals God declared unclean to eat.

Similarly, God said not to wear mixed fabrics. Back in those days, there were no powerful detergents, no hot water rinse or steam cycles to destroy fleas and lice which hide and lay eggs in the gap between the two fabrics.

Note that there was no death sentence for eating unclean foods or wearing mixed fabrics but there was a death sentence for rape of a betrothed woman, homosexuality, and adultery. 
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And slavery!  That was endorsed also!  Don’t forget slavery![/quote]

[i]And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.[/i]—Exodus 21:16

Those people who stole Africans to sell into slavery —mostly Arabs and other Africans, would have received the death penalty.

There is a big difference between becoming a slave out of economic necessity and being kidnapped.

Most people in biblical times were farmers and herdsmen. If your crops failed or were destroyed by war or drought, it was either become a slave or starve to death.

You should thank God every day for the blessed life you have. 
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Are you saying that it was OK to be a slave in Biblical times and people should thank god because they are not slaves now?

I don't believe that.[/quote]

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