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And thats pretty much it. The scribes of the hebrews looked at pigs in the same way as we look in the west at Cats. or Dogs. Now I wouldnt eat a cat. I have 5 of them and theyre fluffy freinds. A Dog? Yuk, cant stand em, nasty and yappy, wouldnt eat one though. They sniff their arses and lick their nads, well cows do similar and I eat burgers, but ...dont lets complicate things. Now the Chinese, they like eating dogs, same with lots of other oreintal countries. Are they wrong? Well, no, not really. It's up to them. A Cow is pretty lovely really, yet i munch a Ronnie McDonny evry day twice a day. It's just the culture.

So we have a animal that in the culture of the time and the place, the people wouldnt touch as foodstuff.
Thats fine and hunky dory. Now suddently in steps God himself!
The prophet can see him or hear his words! W00t! God is communicating with us!
And what do you know! He loves everything thats acceptable to us at our time! And the stuff we dont like...thats sinful....how bizzare.
Bloody good job we are not pig eaters eh? That pork sausage is the path to hell. God knows it and we knew it. There is no doubt, before god stepped in to confirm it, we were aware that having that Kebab that we hadnt chanted his name over whilst we ritually sacrificed it, was a bad, bad move. Because such things matter. A Lot.

Why do they matter. Well basically dont worry about it. They just do. And if in some future time, society changes and pork is actually quite tasty and if cooked properly (like any other meat), perfectly safe, then stick with what the Prophets told us, because they were really totally and truely in touch with the pig-phobic God.

In a similar fashion, if Spraying the brains of a adulterer or a apostate around the ground by application of hundreds of sharp rocks appears wrong in the future, just accept the wisdom of he that we cannot understand. Unchanging is his word.