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As a matter of fact, pork can harbor a disease. It’s caused by a parasitic nematode worm named Trichinella spiralis. This parasite lives in muscle tissue. If you undercook muscle tissue from an animal, such as a pig with this parasite, the nematode will leave your intestine and burrow into your muscle tissue, causing symptoms such as ‘fever, nausea, vomiting and sweats’ (this last taken from the book ‘Or Perish in the Attempt’ by David Peck, D.O. about the Lewis and Clark Expedition. This parasite can also be found in bears; the members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition had many a meal featuring bear meat.
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Name : Fossihundt, Gender : Female, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Native American, Religion : Lutheran, Age : 54, City : Orlando, State : FL, Country : United States, Occupation : Science background, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,It all started back in Biblical times. Before refrigeration and sanitation, when many meats and foods were not properly cleaned or cared for. Pigs can carry diseases that can be transmitted to humans, so when people kept getting sick when they ate pork, some wise religious leaders decided to forbid it. Though they may not have known it was the bacteria and not the meat itself, and they may have thought it was a punishment from God, it was still a good idea. It’s still around today because its a tradition. Much the same way saying ‘bless you’ when someone sneezes. Back then, the meat truly was unclean, and I’m sure you know, old habits die hard.
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Name : Jason31247, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 25, City : Panama City, State : FL, Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Lower middle class,Muslims eat only halal meat. i think this lady was scared that she might touch the meat because pork is seen as unclean in her religion. They don’t think that it contains AIDS, smallpox or Satan….that would be a bit moronic don’t you think?
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Name : Jade21049, Gender : F, Race : Hispanic/Latino (may be any race), Religion : Catholic, Age : 16, City : Sydney, State : NA, Country : Australia, Occupation : student, Education level : Less than High School Diploma, Social class : Upper middle class,They believe that animal is dirty and they will go to hell for ever if they touch or eat it.
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Name : James20890, Gender : M, City : Warner Robins, State : GA, Country : United States,How do you know it was religion that made this person do this?Maybe they were sick or something. I know Jews and Muslims and no they don’t think anyhting about AIDS or Satan’s Possession as do certain people who wouldn’t care to confront the person themselves such as yourself. I don’t eat pork myself and I don’t like to touch it because it is dirty and because there is always a lot of blood.
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Name : Teenager, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Baptist, Age : 14, City : Baltimore, State : MD, Country : United States, Education level : Less than High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,Muslims and Jews don’t eat pork. I don’t think anyone is afraid of touching pork meat or pigs as though they have some epidermic disease or something. That’s funny. I’m Muslim and I wouldn’t have done what that lady did.
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Name : Noaf, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : arab, Religion : Muslim, Age : 21, City : Doha, State : NA, Country : Qatar, Occupation : student, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class,I’m not Jewish, mind you, but I study the Torah and adhere to many (not all yet) of its teachings. While I can’t answer the question of why a Muslim would be ‘afraid’ of pork, I can understand why a Jew would avoid it. Pigs are ‘unclean’ animals, this is a concept that has many different connotations, and many different people have many different concepts of what ‘unclean’ means. For some, if something is ‘unclean’ it means that it is diseased, for others it means this person or object is spiritually ‘unclean’. For most though, the term ‘unclean’ implies that if you come into contact with it, this results in some form of contamination, and if something has been contaminated it must either be cleansed or destroyed. I seriously doubt anyone might be stoned for touching a pig, but some may have to mikvah (take a ritual bath) and possibly abstain from fellowship. While these things aren’t necessarily fatal or harmful, they can at the very least be very inconvenient.
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Name : Amanad, Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Hebrew Roots, Age : 20, City : Brandon, State : FL, Country : United States, Education level : 2 Years of College,Pork is not allowed for Muslims. Pigs are considered unclean. I don’t know why a Muslim would touch a package of pork, even trying to get to something else- for myself, I would not bother with three sets of gloves, I would rather leave whatever is under the pork chops alone. There is a misconception by some that Muslims deny themselves pork for ascetic reasons. This is not the case. Nor is there any kind of spirituality involved – pigs are just considered unclean – touching pork for Muslims, is closer to touching dung than to touching something ‘clean,’ like beef or chicken. Muslims tend to wonder why Christians eat pig meat, because Jesus never said in the Gospels that it was OK to eat pork.
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Name : Debora, Gender : F, Religion : Muslim, Age : 40, City : Virginia Beach, State : VA, Country : United States, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,Jews and Muslims can’t eat pork likely because eating pork in ancient times could be a dangerous venture. Trichinosis infection (caused by an infection from parasites) was quite common in the past because of unsanitary handling of both live animals and meat. Over the years it turned into a religious mandate to protect the people and has remained that way since.
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Name : Jason31235, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Jewish, Age : 25, City : Riverview, State : FL, Country : United States, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,what about an animal that’s been fed commercial feed, which often contains bone meal? These days, good luck finding commercial meat that’s grass/grain fed. If you can, and you trust the supplier to be honest, then it’ll cost you a pretty penny.
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Name : Mara, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 40, City : Atlanta, State : GA, Country : United States, Occupation : data entry, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,
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