Kosher

[Keyser Soze]

Alright, I know it means "seperate", but seperate from what? Is it the same type of seperation for all foods? How did it start? Whats the signifigance?

[Arpikarhu]

alot of it is the dairy/meat thing. the idea is that you are not supposed to eat the mother at the same time as partaking in the mothers milk. also no animals with cloven hooves and no seafood without fins.

while it is now a religious thing i can only assume it grew from common sense eating ideas.
in the times when these laws were created it made sense no to eat shellfish as the waters were usually polluted with human feces and proper cleaning techniques werent known. same goes for animals with cloven hooves. goats and pigs are garbage eaters and considered unclean.
as for the mother and her milk , this made sense from an animal husbandry view. it stopped people from killing cattle and keeping them for thier milk thereby creating stock .

its all common sense shit that was co-opted by pharisees and made into religious law.

[PatCooper]

aint nothin but a jew thang!

[Keyser Soze]

but with the changing of the times, why do jews still follow the kosher rule? is it basically out of tradition?

[Galt]

you could ask the same question about every single stupid and outdated religious custom that exists.

[JimmyBlueEyes]

Many people still follow it. I think there are different levels of Kosherness depending on the person and how religious they are. Others, just follow it when it suits them.

[GonzoStyle]

eat the mother, tee hee...

[Arpikarhu]

you sir are a p-i-g , pig.

[GonzoStyle]

I'm not the one who said "partaking in the mothers milk", you dirty old coot!!!

[The Sleeper]

I heard hasids fuck through a hole in the sheet.

[The Jays]

you could ask the same question about every single stupid and outdated religious custom that exists.

exactly. You'd think with the concept of evolution, and things like relativity and string theory, alot of stuff would be abandoned.

I never quite got how the brothers at my school could teach evolution and the big bang theory.

[drusilla]

pretty much all the old traditions stem from cleanliness. like circumcision. i guess over the years it just stuck.

[The Jays]

Well, there's the people who think that changing traditions and doctrine is unnecessary. Like Mother Teresa. She was adamant against Vatican II, and also against the Divorce Referendum in Ireland. But, that's simply because she was not a smart person. She had been following doctrine for years, and it was cut and dry to her; feed hungry, clothe naked, stay with the dying. And if she thinks changing shit is gonna hurt her cause, she's made it known.

Tradition just goes along for the ride with the good people of the world, and thus it carries on.