Is there bacon up there? You know considering God's thoughts on pork.....

Sorry David, no bacon. Only soy substitute. Which leaves one to wonder why god created pigs.

JR wonders "...why god created pigs". That's easy, silly! To test our fidelity. If we eat them, we're doomed.

And don't mention that old story about it's okay for Christians because Mosaic law does not apply.

God is immutable, eternal, unchanging, not silly or fickle, finding one behavior an abomination one minute, the next saying, "Well, I guess it's okay now that I died on the cross."

God is not mocked.

But I'm okay. I've never eaten a pig.

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To test our fidelity.

Guess that explains why he planted those dinosaur bones.

Actually your post made me curious about where I stand, exactly, abominations-wise. So I looked up some of them. Then I got tired.

Anyhow, this is what I found so far:

I am not someone who
... sacrifices a bull
... breaks a dog's neck
... makes a grain offering
... presents pig's blood
... burns memorial incense
... uses dishonest scales
... making idols.

I have not:
... oppressed the alien
... mistreated the fatherless and the widow
... despised holy things
... desecrated Sabbaths
... been a slanderous man bent on shedding blood
... eaten at the mountain shrines
... commited lewd acts (How do you define lewd? )

I would not:
... dishonor my fathers' bed
... violate women during their period, when they are ceremonially unclean (That’s a definite no.)
... commit a detestable offense with my neighbor's wife
... defile my daughter-in-law
... violate my sister
... accept bribes to shed blood
... take usury and excessive interest
... make unjust gain from my neighbors by extortion

so I'm looking good so far. But I gotta check the rest of the abominations in case there are some I have forgotten.

What about the time you sold your daughter into slavery? Oh, wait a minute, that's ok.

Well, she said it was an abomination. But it's not. I looked it up.

Well, you certainly must have eaten beef in a milk sauce, or worn linen and wool clothes. And what about letting men other than your husband see your hair?

I grew tomatoes next to peppers once. Am I doomed to eternal damnation?

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Originally posted by DvdGStwrt:
Is there bacon up there? You know considering God's thoughts on pork.....

I am generally not bothered about such things.... but just decided to look up if i can find anything in Quran.

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YUSUFALI: There is not an animal (that lives) on the earth, nor a being that flies on its wings, but (forms part of) communities like you. Nothing have we omitted from the Book, and they (all) shall be gathered to their Lord in the end.

Some may point out a contradiction in Quran above as some animals do live in isolation....! (a different topic). But as per above... even the animals seem will be gathered on the day of judgement. Some here will expand the question... 'what about bactaria, fungus ..etc'.
the other question that may arise is that are we all going to be vegetarian ?

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YUSUFALI: And among His Signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the living creatures that He has scattered through them: and He has power to gather them together when He wills.
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now the question of pig (and other animals) being in heaven, hell or non existant after death. Based on the above i wont' believe they would not exist after death (i think).... if they would go to heaven or hell like humans (same or different) I dont know.
Pigs not allowed to eat.... rest they proberbly would be the same as other animals (more or less).

JR wants to know: And what about letting men other than your husband see your hair?

Which one? (It's less ambiguous in French.)

DG asks tensely: "Am I doomed to eternal damnation?"

Not to worry, all that will happen is that your seed will not produce many descendants - not nearly as many as Abraham's seed produced, anyhow. Not as numberless as the stars. And your nation may be destroyed, and its people dispersed. But what the heck, that happened to all of us. It's not so bad. Personally I prefer Canada to the Hebrides. More food.

Hell was not an issue to Jews, I think. It was introduced into Christianity by the Romans, who had a robust idea of a fiery hell.

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It's less ambiguous in French

Yes it is, and the other Romance languages. I meant the hair on your head.

Which reminds me, French "touche du bois", is rendered in Italian as "toca piletti."

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Originally posted by DvdGStwrt:
Is there bacon up there? You know considering God's thoughts on pork.....

Maybe it's turkey bacon.

Maybe it's bat bacon. A bat is a bird, you know. Deu 14:11-18. So bat bacon would be all right. It is said by scientists that bats are mammals but that is of course false. While it is true that they have hair instead of feathers, and suckle their young as mammals do, and don't hatch their young from eggs, nevertheless they are birds. If they were mammals they would be forbidden, because

Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat. Leviticus 11:3

Some have argued that we can't eat bats because

23But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you.

But once again, not to worry. The bat has two wings and two feet, just as do all other birds. And it is not listed among the forbidden birds, e.g. you can't eat an owl.

But not to worry. Bats are o.k. to eat. Enjoy!

There will be bacon in my heaven or I'm not going.

I didn't know you could make bacon from bats?! Should I invest in bat belly futures? Can I sprinkle bat bits on my Caesar's salad? That just doesn't sound right.

There's a product coming to a supermarket near you soon. Called Bittibats. It will do all the things you said, and more. It's slogan is "A little bitta batis betta". Bats are low-cholesterol, you know. It's gonna be a winna. Not too late to invest, Perf.

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Originally posted by babthrower:
There's a product coming to a supermarket near you soon. Called Bittibats. It will do all the things you said, and more. It's slogan is "A little bitta batis betta". Bats are low-cholesterol, you know. It's gonna be a winna. Not too late to invest, Perf.

Yup. It'll just fly off the shelves.

Babs,
My life is full of missed opportunites:

Friday night, a family of raccoons invaded the deck. I opened the back door, and asked them to leave, but they hissed at me. Their leader was as big as a small dog, so I shut the door, went back to bed, and left them to it. They now know they got the better of me.

Saturday night, I was turning out the lights, and preparing to go to bed, when a bat appeared from somewhere, and started flying around the kitchen. At first I just screamed because I really don't like bats.
Then I opened the back door( the raccoons were gone by this time), and turned on the outside light. Off it flew, out the door, and into the night.
Did I do well? Or should I have hit it with a frying pan and cooked it?