Why not eat pork with Muslims

Indeed, why not eat pork with Muslims? The Koran forbids eating pork, the same - and in the Bible: there it is listed what kind of animals God gives to people for food, and what is forbidden (the pig enters forbidden). But in our enlightened age, many people ask the question "why not eat pork with Muslims?", Does this ban have scientific prerequisites? After all, the word "Iman" is "faith" in Arabic, one-root with the Arabic expression "to ensure security". Perhaps religious prohibitions should protect people from something. For example, it is often assumed that pork can be infected with worms, that the pigs are "dirty", eat scum and excrement, etc. Some suggest (referring to scientists) that pig meat is not digested and generally causes cancer.

Because of what this question "why not eat pork with Muslims?" Arises again and again? Because these arguments do not stand up to criticism. In fact, many nationalities have been eating pork for centuries and no more Muslims are ill, worms can get infected from unchecked meat of any kind, and chickens also dig in the garbage (and coprophagy - eating their own excrement - biologically they need it). And yet, why not eat pork?

There is, perhaps, one significant difference of the pig from all other "animals allowed to eat". They are all herbivores, and the pig is omnivorous, like a bear, a monkey and ... a man. Moreover, the pig has the same body temperature as a person, some pig organs are suitable for transplantation to people. There are cases when, as a result of the mutation, children with pork atavisms (for example, pork snout) appeared. And even in pigs acute pain sensitivity (even higher than in humans), the herbivores sensitivity to pain is much lower.

True, it remains unclear why it is impossible to eat pork with Muslims: for ethical reasons, because of the danger of infection with common swine viruses or for some other reason known to God. And is it worth it to find out? As the saying goes, "God takes care."

Quite often a question arises; Can Christians eat pork? To accurately and unequivocally answer it, you have to tell a little about the history of religions.

The Muslim Koran, the Christian Bible and the Jewish Torah have common roots, they belong to the Abrahamic religions. That is, they all go back to Abraham and recognize the Old Testament (and Muslims believe that the revelation given by Allah to Muhammad is the religion of Abraham in its purest form). These religions are based on divine revelation, proclaiming the laws and the will of God to the chosen person and through him to the rest of the people. In this case, God is considered one, unknowable and unknowable. The Mosaic Pentateuch also lies at the base of all these religions. Christianity separated from Judaism with the coming of Christ in the 1st century AD, since our calendar is accepted from the birth of Christ, which the Jews do not recognize. Although according to Jesus himself, given in the Gospel, he came not to abolish the old commandments, but to supplement them.

Islam appeared in the 7th century AD, proclaiming itself a true religion, without distortion (as in Judaism and Christianity, that is, Islam does not deny them, but is called to correct and purify). The holy book of Muslims is the Koran; Except the laws and regulations given to Muhammad, he includes the scrolls of Abraham, the Torah, the Gospel and the Psalter. The theologians of Islam believe that earlier Allah had already transmitted sacred knowledge and covenants through Moses (Moses) and Isa (Jesus), but over time they were perverted by people. Only Muhammad revealed to the believers the true covenants of Allah. Among the Islamic prophets are Adam and Ibrahim (Abraham) and Iskander (Alexander the Great) and Isa (Jesus), Muhammad is considered the last prophet.

There is also a very young religion, also related to Abrahamic. The Bahá'í religion continues all previous Abrahamic religions (in the beginning it was considered an Islamic sect). The founder of her Baha'u'llah, is considered in this religion as the new God's messenger, continuing the work of the previous (Christ, Muhammad and even Krishna). The Bahá'ís claim that God, one and all religions, is one.

Thus, it becomes clear that pork can not be eaten by all the adherents of the above religions, since this prohibition is in the common part of the Bible for them. It remains to add that, according to the oldest teaching in the world, Kabbalah (this is the hidden part of the Torah, the root of all world religions) in the Bible is not talking about our physical world, but about the spiritual. In this case, permission is some kind of animal and there are no other types - in fact it means spiritual processes and actions.