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by simiones 462 days ago
> I find it difficult to believe that the list of meats banned by kosher and halal matches the top allergies and disease risk factors as well as it does without some intent

Does it? I agree that the risk of trichinosis from pigs was pretty great until modern disease research, chickens for example are a huge risk of Salmonella, and yet they are both kosher and halal. Conversely, camels are a relatively safe food, but they are not kosher. Rabbits and similar animals are also not allowed, despite being relatively safe. Tortoises and whales are not allowed either, despite not posing any special risks. Neither are eels or catfish, again relatively safe foods.
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renewiltord 462 days ago
This is a funny one because your intuition is wrong on chickens, just not in the way you think. When do you think chickens started to be reared for meat?

It simply could be that it didn't need to be proscribed because it was never done.

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marc_abonce 462 days ago
> When do you think chickens started to be reared for meat?

Since you aren't answering your own question, this is what I could find:

"A find in Israel shows evidence of chicken consumption from as early as 400 B.C.E." [1]

"The Old Testament passages concerning ritual sacrifice reveal a distinct preference on the part of Yahweh for red meat over poultry. In Leviticus 5:7, a guilt offering of two turtledoves or pigeons is acceptable if the sinner in question is unable to afford a lamb, but in no instance does the Lord request a chicken." [2]

So, depending on how you date the Torah, the timelines may or may not overlap.

[1] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/who-were-first-peo...

[2] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-chicken-conqu...

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seec 457 days ago
The vegan propaganda has worked so well that somehow people now think eating meat (red or otherwise) is something we have been doing only recently and only because we are rich.

This view of the world is so wrong I can't believe it. Even very poor people would eat meat, in fact in the middle age they created a tax around salt because it was used both for meat conservation (giving "salaison") and also nutrition for cattle.

If salt consumption was just for humans and meat consumption was low, such a taxation would have made absolutely no sense, yet this is what they did.

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