Capitalist Pig said:
From what I saw it just reaffirmed that Islam is a completely irrational religion. Why does an animal have to be slaughtered in a certain way? Why does pork rot your sould? Is it because allah said so, or is there actually some concrete, contextually relevant reason?
interseting that u ask about pork..lets investigate shall we...
( 1 )Pigs often eat and play in their own excrement
( 2 )Due to this and its biological structure, the pig produces much higher levels of antibodies in its body than other animals.
( 3 )In addition, far higher levels of growth hormone are produced in the pig compared to those in other animals and human beings. Naturally, these high levels of antibodies and growth hormone pass across to and collect in the pig's muscle tissue.
( 4 ) Pork meat also contains high levels of cholesterol and lipids. It has been scientifically proven that these significant amounts of antibodies, hormones, cholesterol and lipids in pork represent a serious threat to human health.
( 5 )Another harmful substance in pork is the "trichina" worm. This is frequently found in pork and when it enters the human body, it settles directly in the muscles of the heart and represents a possibly fatal threat. Even though it is now technically possible to identify pigs that are infected with trichina, no such methods were known in earlier centuries. That means that everyone who ate pork risked infection by trichina and possible death.
And the vesre from the Quran... oh the wisdom behind such matters...
"He has only forbidden you carrion, blood and pork and what has been consecrated to other than Allah. But anyone who is forced to eat it-without desiring it or going to excess in it-commits no crime. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful." (Qur'an, 2:173)