Two teachers of Bible approached me with a promise of free Bible classes a few months back.As a student of Bible studies,I came to notice some verses which will be of great interest for a Muslim.It is very interesting to note that even Bible declares the flesh of Swine [pig] as forbidden to the true believeres.
In the book of Leviticus
"And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be cloven footed, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you".
"Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcass shall ye not touch, they are unclean to you." [Leviticus 11:7-8]
Pork is also prohibited in the Bible in the book of Deuteronomy
"And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you. Ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcass."
[Deuteronomy 14:8]
A similar prohibition is repeated in the Bible in the book of Isaiah chapter 65 verse 2-5.
But in this part of the world and among the Christians all over the world,Pork is considered as one of favourite dishes.That wonders me and I posted my doubt about this to many of my Christian friends and teachers.I didn't get a reply yet,but waiting for that.
The Holly Quran strictly prohibits the flesh of Pig to the believers.The Qur’an prohibits the consumption of pork in no less than 4 different places. It is prohibited in 2:173, 5:3, 6:145 and 16:115.
"Forbidden to you (for food) are: dead meat, blood, the flesh of swine, and that on which hath been invoked the name of other than Allah."
[Al-Qur’an 5:3]
So in that case we have to say Muslims are more Christians than Christians themselves,in following the true teachings of Jesus {Peace be upon him].
Then why Pork is forbidden?Then that is my next haunting question.Medical Science telling that "eating of pork can cause no less than seventy different types of diseases. A person can have various helminthes like roundworm, pinworm, hookworm, etc. One of the most dangerous is Taenia Solium, which is in lay man’s terminology called tapeworm. It harbours in the intestine and is very long. Its ova i.e. eggs, enter the blood stream and can reach almost all the organs of the body. If it enters the brain it can cause memory loss. If it enters the heart it can cause heart attack, if it enters the eye it can cause blindness, if it enters the liver it can cause liver damage. It can damage almost all the organs of the body.
Another dangerous helminthes is Trichura Tichurasis. A common misconception about pork is that if it is cooked well, these ova die. In a research project undertaken in America, it was found that out of twenty-four people suffering from Trichura Tichurasis, twenty two had cooked the pork very well. This indicates that the ova present in the pork do not die under normal cooking temperature."
Another point to be noted is "Pork has fat building material.Pork has very little muscle building material and contains excess of fat. This fat gets deposited in the vessels and can cause hypertension and heart attack. It is not surprising that over 50% of Americans suffer from hypertension."
"The pig is one of the filthiest animals on earth. It lives and thrives on muck, faeces and dirt. It is the best scavenger that I know that God has produced. In the villages they don’t have modern toilets and the villagers excrete in the open air. Very often excreta is cleared by pigs.
Some may argue that in advanced countries like Australia, pigs are bred in very clean and hygienic conditions. Even in these hygienic conditions the pigs are kept together in sties. No matter how hard you try to keep them clean they are filthy by nature. They eat and enjoy their own as well as their neighbour’s excreta.
"The pig is the most shameless animal on the face of the earth. It is the only animal that invites its friends to have sex with its mate. In western countries, most people consume pork. Many times after dance parties, they have swapping of wives; i.e. many say "you sleep with my wife and I will sleep with your wife." If you eat pigs then you behave like pigs. We Indians look upon western world to be very advanced and sophisticated. Whatever they do, we follow after a few years. According to an article in Island magazine, this practice of swapping wives has become common in the affluent circles of many major cities in India."
So all these above quotations shows how eating the flesh of Pig can bring serious health problems and moral problems.Even the recent swine flue points to the same thing.And what is actually swine flu?The answer to that i s" Swine influenza is a disease that pigs get. The virus currently spreading among people is now generally referred to as swine flu, although the origin of the disease is still under investigation. There is no evidence of this strain of the disease circulating in pigs in the UK.
There are regular outbreaks of swine flu in pigs worldwide. It does not normally infect humans, although this does sometimes happen, usually in people who have had close contact with pigs.
Swine flu viruses are usually of the H1N1 sub-type. The swine flu that has spread to humans is a version of this virus."All these shows that there is nothing good in this animal and it is created for balancing nature as a scavenger,to clean and not to be consumed for food.For that purpose our LORD has created many other animals and like the "forbidden fruit" He forbids human beings from the animal,but all these known,still people repeat the same without thinking "why and for whom and by whom it is declared".If this where thought seriously then defintely every one might have got an answer for that.
For more details please visit the Bible materials http://www.biblestudy.org/question/does-bible-allow-us-to-eat-anything-we-want.html
For more details please visit the Bible materials http://www.biblestudy.org/question/does-bible-allow-us-to-eat-anything-we-want.html
After reading and learning all these,I am once again thankfull to Allah who brought me to the path of Truth.May you all also be enlightened by the Truth,Insha Allah.
