I try to advocate against pork where I can and when it’s a relevant topic, because I’m thoroughly convinced it’s one of the causes contributing to many of our problems, but banning it would still be bad.
One of the attributes God endowed us with is free will, that we might choose him freely. Christians, and otherwise, would likely do well to remember that they are not above their Creator. I am not against having godly in government at all, but it can’t be done stupidly or there will be a justifiable backlash.
Now discouraging it through certain means, or enthusiastically promoting good alternatives? Isn’t everyone doing that? We are watching Trump use acceptable tactics to do things quickly right now, and even the constitution itself was drawn heavily from the Bible, so it clearly can be done. Just can’t be stupid about it.
But why soybeans or rapeseed? That's poor-food.
100%. That crap should be … I don’t honestly know how to ban things in a society of free men, but whatever the strongest method is, this crap is pure poison. Murder is “banned”, so however that works, lawfully.
I think the parasite thing should be taken with a grain of salt in this day and age of antibiotics and live-stock vets.
There are at least 5 different safety mechanisms named in this thread just to make pork edible without significant risk of bad things happening - bleach the meat, feed it only grain, regular antibiotics, regular antiparasitics, cook it thoroughly, etc. When I say that I believe even an atheist should avoid pork, there are still other aspects such as the pig not sweating, the pig still being able to eat any sort of trash that may happen to go it’s way, no additional stomach filtration into its flesh.
Anyone who wants to continue eating it should certainly be free to do so, but I also pretty firmly believe these two memes are in play…
I am of the opinion the Bible was set down as a guide, and a lot of what is in regards to food was to try to keep people healthier.
This.
One of the big goals of the enlightenment was to create a means by which men could still be moral with God out of the equation. It stands to question why they would be concerned with removing God yet retaining a veneer of His morality. Anyway long story short blah blah blah Kant blah blah French Revolution blah guillotines blah blah modernism blah blah blah there are no genders aaaaand it clearly doesn’t work, so I always recommend being careful about endorsing Nietzsche’s “God is dead” and asserting that science has replaced the need to humbly listen to His guidance.
Fwiw, I do agree that pork is thankfully safer today than in the past, but would stop at calling it “safe”, full stop, or “good”. “Tasty”, sure.
To be fair, it is hard to ban anything food related. Furthermore, everyone is different, and some cannot eat certain things, just so others can. Note the Jack Sprat nursery rhyme. That's how populations consume food. So we ought to 'buyer beware' and look for good sources, make it ourselves, etc. etc.
But, then we must, in National Health government policies, de-propagandize commercials and tainted FDA directives that claim, for example, [checks food pyramid] that 'whole grains' are best, and 'fats' are to be minimized. From personal experience: Fat is the most important food -choose wisely and eat as much as you like - it is the only nutrient that is self-limiting - if you find yourself craving it, you need it. I used to crave butter straight from the fridge when fed marg at the table every day, when I was a kid.
Protein is next: IF you don't have enough, your muscles don't work and hurt a lot - some people start losing weight, even, but not in a good way. It is important for healing.
Carbs, including vegetables and fruit should be occasional treats, or flavours, if they don't trigger allergies. And trust me, I got so ill from food pyramid fill-up-itis, and then cutting out the things that triggered my allergies, that I ended up eating ONLY meat and lettuce. In the end, the lettuce was just a chore to chew. All other veg and grains were driving me nuts. Literally. Every other veg made break out in hives. i felt betrayed to the core.
I am better now, but only eat white rice as a 'grain', and the occasional mushroom - for 'carbs'. Take thy 'brown rice' and shuv it. AND people will try and lecture.
When we flip the money pyramid and the hierarchy pyramid, we’ll be sure to flip the door pyramid too.
“it is hard to ban anything food related”
I’d say it’s hard to ban anything that is hard to be detected and can’t be centrally controlled from its sources. I’m generally against trying to do it, too. It should probably be either very serious, or a violation of natural law. This whole “make businesses report everything they do” thing needs to either go away or be decentralized and voluntary or something along those lines.
I’d still support trying to figure out some way to ban unnecessary soy.
I try to advocate against pork where I can and when it’s a relevant topic, because I’m thoroughly convinced it’s one of the causes contributing to many of our problems, but banning it would still be bad.
One of the attributes God endowed us with is free will, that we might choose him freely. Christians, and otherwise, would likely do well to remember that they are not above their Creator. I am not against having godly in government at all, but it can’t be done stupidly or there will be a justifiable backlash.
Now discouraging it through certain means, or enthusiastically promoting good alternatives? Isn’t everyone doing that? We are watching Trump use acceptable tactics to do things quickly right now, and even the constitution itself was drawn heavily from the Bible, so it clearly can be done. Just can’t be stupid about it.
100%. That crap should be … I don’t honestly know how to ban things in a society of free men, but whatever the strongest method is, this crap is pure poison. Murder is “banned”, so however that works, lawfully.
There are at least 5 different safety mechanisms named in this thread just to make pork edible without significant risk of bad things happening - bleach the meat, feed it only grain, regular antibiotics, regular antiparasitics, cook it thoroughly, etc. When I say that I believe even an atheist should avoid pork, there are still other aspects such as the pig not sweating, the pig still being able to eat any sort of trash that may happen to go it’s way, no additional stomach filtration into its flesh.
Anyone who wants to continue eating it should certainly be free to do so, but I also pretty firmly believe these two memes are in play…
https://files.catbox.moe/eoomu1.jpeg
https://greatawakening.win/p/17siXIAtVZ/if-people-got-parasites-they-wou/c/
So…. to each their own.
This.
One of the big goals of the enlightenment was to create a means by which men could still be moral with God out of the equation. It stands to question why they would be concerned with removing God yet retaining a veneer of His morality. Anyway long story short blah blah blah Kant blah blah French Revolution blah guillotines blah blah modernism blah blah blah there are no genders aaaaand it clearly doesn’t work, so I always recommend being careful about endorsing Nietzsche’s “God is dead” and asserting that science has replaced the need to humbly listen to His guidance.
Fwiw, I do agree that pork is thankfully safer today than in the past, but would stop at calling it “safe”, full stop, or “good”. “Tasty”, sure.
To be fair, it is hard to ban anything food related. Furthermore, everyone is different, and some cannot eat certain things, just so others can. Note the Jack Sprat nursery rhyme. That's how populations consume food. So we ought to 'buyer beware' and look for good sources, make it ourselves, etc. etc.
But, then we must, in National Health government policies, de-propagandize commercials and tainted FDA directives that claim, for example, [checks food pyramid] that 'whole grains' are best, and 'fats' are to be minimized. From personal experience: Fat is the most important food -choose wisely and eat as much as you like - it is the only nutrient that is self-limiting - if you find yourself craving it, you need it. I used to crave butter straight from the fridge when fed marg at the table every day, when I was a kid.
Protein is next: IF you don't have enough, your muscles don't work and hurt a lot - some people start losing weight, even, but not in a good way. It is important for healing.
Carbs, including vegetables and fruit should be occasional treats, or flavours, if they don't trigger allergies. And trust me, I got so ill from food pyramid fill-up-itis, and then cutting out the things that triggered my allergies, that I ended up eating ONLY meat and lettuce. In the end, the lettuce was just a chore to chew. All other veg and grains were driving me nuts. Literally. Every other veg made break out in hives. i felt betrayed to the core.
I am better now, but only eat white rice as a 'grain', and the occasional mushroom - for 'carbs'. Take thy 'brown rice' and shuv it. AND people will try and lecture.
Also, my family remembers that [[they]] cut the head off Charles 1. As we do Guy Fawkes.
When we flip the money pyramid and the hierarchy pyramid, we’ll be sure to flip the door pyramid too.
“it is hard to ban anything food related”
I’d say it’s hard to ban anything that is hard to be detected and can’t be centrally controlled from its sources. I’m generally against trying to do it, too. It should probably be either very serious, or a violation of natural law. This whole “make businesses report everything they do” thing needs to either go away or be decentralized and voluntary or something along those lines.
I’d still support trying to figure out some way to ban unnecessary soy.