Jewish people cant eat pork, shellfish, and other food but if they have pets can the pets eat it?
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You would have to ask someone who was Jewish. But animals do not have souls which are "accountable" for sin, so I wouldn't think that it would matter to the animal. They aren't going to go to hell. But the owner is in charge of what the pet gets to eat (most of the time!) so it would be up to them.
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You will see animals that were traditionally worshiped by other peolpes demonized in Judeo-Christian scripture. It's the "my god is better than your god" thing.\n\nMost animals that are viewed as holy by different peoples, have to do with either being a good food source for people, or in protecting the food supplies (cats and snakes are rat-catchers). Animals that improve one's chances of survival are highly valued.
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dog, fish, cat, camel, worm
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Many things... but the biblical thing is a cow chews cud, pigs don't. That is why pigs are unclean in the old testament. Also, pig poo smells a lot worse then cow poo does!
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No.  And they serve pork.  But you can ask for your child to have no pork if you like.  They can't do anything about the Halal beef, other than possibly (a) suggest that you send lunch for your child yourself or (b) suggest a vegetarian lunch instead.\n\nThere are 2 Muslim students at my school.  One of them eats vegetarian, because his parents do not want him to eat beef that isn't Halal.  The other one eats other beef, but just eats a special diet of "no pork" -- so that when we have sausage, pepperoni or ham, they will give her something else.\n\nWe are a state school, however, and your school may not do this for your children.  They may simply tell you that you have to provide your own lunches if you have this dietary requirement.\n\nHope it helps.
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As u said Hindus are the ones who worship cows, so they don't eat meat. But muslims are allowed to eat meat, except for pork. The reason for not eating pork, was identified recently by scientists and doctors, it was discovered that due to the prok eating manners, that they eat whatever they find infront of them, and this causes that some of what they eat are stored in their body [meat] which when a human being eats its meat, it becomes part of his body, and causes some diseases.\n\nso after all Allah had his reason to forbidden us from eating pork. He always knows the best for us.
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Look at the whole chapter, Leviticus 11:::\n\n                 Leviticus 11:1  And the Etrnl spake unto \n                 Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, 2  \n                 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, \n                 These are the beasts which ye shall eat \n                 among all the beasts that are on the \n                 earth. 3  Whatsoever......\n\nit goes on to say what is edible from the domesticated animals (must both chew its cud and have cloven hoofs), and from the waters (must have fins and scales).\n\nFurthermore, the animals must be killed by humans (road-kill is outlawed):::\n\n                Exodus 22:31  And ye shall be holy men unto \n                me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is \n                torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast \n                it to the dogs. \n\nThere are four levels to keeping kosher. The first, defined by the Bible, is the list of animals 'fit' or 'proper' to be eaten. This is found as you read above from Leviticus 11.\n\nThe next level is how the animal is slaughtered. It must be done as instantly and as painlessly as possible. This is insured by making the slaughtering a religious ritual so that it must be done the same way every time.\n\nThe third level is how the meat is prepared. Jews are forbidden to eat blood::\n\n          Leviticus 17:10  And whatsoever man there \n          be of the house of Israel, or of the \n          strangers that sojourn among you, that \n          eateth any manner of blood; I will even \n          set my face against that soul that eateth \n          blood, and will cut him off from among \n          his people. 11  For the life of the flesh \n          is in the blood: and I have given it to \n          you upon the altar to make an atonement \n          for your souls: for it is the blood that \n          maketh an atonement for the soul. 12  \n          Therefore I said unto the children of \n          Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, \n          neither shall any stranger that \n          sojourneth among you eat blood. \n\nTherefore as much of the blood as is possible must be removed. The way this is done is by a very very thick, course salt. The meat is covered with it, the salt soaks up much of the blood, and then the bloody salt is washed off. This is repeated a few times.\n\nThe fourth level is how the meat is served. The Bible tells us that one must not boil a baby goat in its own mother's milk. It was a pagan, not Jewish, custom to take a baby goat and boil it alive in its own mother's milk. The pagans felt this was some sort of magical thing, that the life-giving milk killed the animal instead....who can understand the pagan mentality? At any rate, Gd forbids the Jews from the horrible practice, and so in 3 places in the Bible::\n\n          Exodus 23:19  The first of the \n          firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring \n          into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou \n          shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's \n          milk. \n\n          Exodus 34:26  The first of the \n          firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring \n          unto the house of the Etrnl thy Gd. Thou \n          shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's  \n          milk. \n\n          Deuteronomy 14:21  Ye shall not eat of \n          any thing that dieth of itself: thou \n          shalt give it unto the stranger that is \n          in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou \n          mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou \n          art an holy people unto the Etrnl thy Gd. \n          Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his \n          mother's milk. \n\nFrom this the Jews learn another lesson, and that is that Gd does not want us to mix life, which is the milk, with death, which is the meat. Jews who keep these laws dont mix milk or milk products with meat or meat products, to stay holy to Gd. Remember that 'holy' means 'different, set ap
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1. Dogs aren't carnivores, they're omnivores. However, cats are carnivores.\n\n2. there are some brands of dog food, and cat food, that are purely from vegetables and minerals, but are enriched with vitamins, acids and everything a dog or a cat needs.\nthese brands have been tested, and will not cause harm to the cat or dog. So far I've encountered 2 types of cat food, and several types of dog food that were vegan.\n\n3. Being vegan doesn't mean everything you eat is grown and prepared by you. there are a huge amount of mass produced products that most vegans eat. And on the same issue, even if someone tries to be as natural as possible in addition to being vegan I wouldn't recommend trying to feed your cat and dog that way. They need vitamins and other nutritional elements (especially Taurine in cats) that you won't be able to supply them that way.\n\n4. I know quite a few cats and dogs that eat vegan. they haven't died yet.
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In many western cultures a dog, like any pet is part of the family! Would you eat your family member? What if it was ok to eat family members in other cultures? What would you think? I heard cannibalism was pretty popular in Cambodia at one time. \n\nI guess people just consider it uncivilized.\n\nThen again some people have pet cows and chickens, so I digress.
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No, killing plants so that you can eat them is not part of the the "do not murder" command.  Neither is properly killing an animal for food.  \n\nHowever, there is also no command that you must eat animals everyday.  I know many within the Jewish community who are vegetarian 6 days out of the week and only eat meat on the Sabbath.  Eating meat was a somewhat rare thing in Biblical times, you did it at times of animal sacrifice and special celebration and that was it.  (Sabbath is a celebration which is why the rabbis say that you should eat meat on Sabbath).\n\nSo don't let them put you on a guilt trip because you don't eat meat.
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Depends on your lifestyle. Do you have the time to take your dogs for walks, let them use the bathroom, wash them, etc.? Fish are okay if you miss a couple of feedings or water changes. You can hug a dog. Can't really hug a fish.
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well they dont really like it but they can live with it. and by the way hasint it been changed to some plastic material instead of pig skin.  i am a vegietarian and i am not woried about it as long as i dont have to touch anything that has been make out of animals then i do not care.
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Pork has traditionally been a meat that requires longer cooking times and higher heat to remove the presence of bacteria and microscopic worms.  Thus the texts that outline the dietary standards for these civilizations and religions forbade pork due to health concerns.  This transposed into people considering that devils, demons and other denizens of evil resided in the porcine animals.  You can also see this effect in the Devil sometimes being seen with cloven hoof.
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cows tongue. i am a muslim so i cannot eat pigs brain
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Islam....\n\nMuslims are not allowed to eat pork, or any other animal that eat meat like dogs, snakes, lion.\n\nElephants are not allowed.\n\nAllowed animals are like cow, goat, sheep, chicken, deers, turkey (rabbits are controversial)\n\nAs for marine animals, all fishes with scales are allowed.\nSome sects of Islam consider all fishes allowed.\n\nLobsters and crabs are controversial.\n\nAlcohol and other inoxicated drinks are forbidden.\n\nOne thing should be noted that the allowed animals have to be slaughtered in an islamic way and fulfill the conditions (halaal) like slaughtering with least pain, facing Mecca, mentioning the name of God.....\n\nHope this helps.
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Muslims don't eat pork because it is haraam, unclean and forbidden.\n\nMany Hindus [though definitely not all] are vegetarian- they don't eat pork and beef in addition to chicken, turkey, fish, mutton, and any other kind of meat- because they believe in the sacredness of all life and ahimsa [nonviolence]. They see killing an animal as an act of violence. Also, an animal, being equal with humans in that its life is also valued and sacred, has as much right to live, in their belief, as a human. Almost all Hindus stay away from beef, even if they eat other kinds of meat, because in our belief the cow is life-giving and particularly worthy of respect. We believe that it is wrong to kill a cow because cows provide milk, manure which acts like fertilizer for the soil [many Hindus lived off agriculture in the past] and many other essentials. Lord Krishna, a Hindu God who was an avatar of Vishnu, was a cowherd and loved cows dearly.
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what a question!! God did not create animals for us to eat! Animals would include cat, dogs and yes you think they are not meant for that well how do you know!! If God made animals for us to eat than why did he make these animals with a nervous system and feeling so they know when they are being harmed. God would not do that! Anyways back to the cat thing, people do eat cat in different countries. Your idea is flawed. Did god make trees for us to cut down? Vegetarians or most of them believe that God did not create them soley for us to eat!  Think a century ago the way of think was the blacks were created for the purpose to serve the whites. And yes it is the same thing as what you are saying. If you want to eat meat , I respect and understand it, however the statement that animals where made for us to eat is ridiculous!