Originally Posted by Hooahguy:
what the rabbi said in the article was true. Jewish law demands that the butcher use a very charp knife, and make ONE swift cut ona certain part of the neck that immediatly kills the animal. if you want proof, visit your local jewish slaughterhouse. trust me, when i visited a few months ago, its actually pretty interesting.
or read up in the Talmud, which goes into detail about this FOR THE EVERY REASON that the animal feels no pain. G-d knows best, right?
I don't believe what the Rabbi said, simply because personal experience doesn't bear it out, and because it has been fairly well proved that even if you remove the head the animal/man can remain concious for several minutes. The appearence of unconciousness is usually caused by going into shock.
as to the Talmud, it's just words on the page, wasn't written by God, or any of his prophets (certainly not Leviticus) and is replete with errors and anachronisms.
Hooahguy 22:37 06-28-2009
well, if you refuse to believe, then go on, believe your own fallacies.
and the thing about the talmud, G-d told us to listen to the Rabbis, soooooo......

equation:
g-d tells us to listen to the rabbis ---> rabbis write the Talmud which is in depth commentary on the Mishnah, which details laws which are in the Torah---> we listen to the Rabbis and the Talmud.
Originally Posted by
Hooahguy:
well, if you refuse to believe, then go on, believe your own fallacies.
and the thing about the talmud, G-d told us to listen to the Rabbis, soooooo......
equation:
g-d tells us to listen to the rabbis ---> rabbis write the Talmud which is in depth commentary on the Mishnah, which details laws which are in the Torah---> we listen to the Rabbis and the Talmud.
OR
Rabbis write that you have to listen to Rabbis, God not directly involved.
As I say, when the heart stops the human brain remains alive for four minutes, I see no reason to believe that is significantly different in Mammals, and given that they have done things like transplant extra brains into Dogs all the evidence points that way.
Against that you have a book written in an alphabet that wasn't even concieved when most of the events it purrports to relate took place.
We aren't going to aggree on this, but don't casually tell me just cutting their throat is so humane without any actual evidence.
Hooahguy 22:56 06-28-2009
Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla:
Against that you have a book written in an alphabet that wasn't even concieved when most of the events it purrports to relate took place.



please, do even a LITTLE bit of research.
the Carlos Museum, located at Emory University, has a great exhibit on bible hebrew, plus has artifacts that proves that ancient hebrew was based off Polynesian languages. i suggest you travel to Atlanta to check it out.
but lets not digress.
Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla:
We aren't going to aggree on this, but don't casually tell me just cutting their throat is so humane without any actual evidence.
i dont know, when that cow was slaughtered he looked pretty dead within 5 seconds, but ok, think what you want.
this is like debating for Israel: hitting up against a concrete wall.
Originally Posted by
Hooahguy:



please, do even a LITTLE bit of research.
the Carlos Museum, located at Emory University, has a great exhibit on bible hebrew, plus has artifacts that proves that ancient hebrew was based off Polynesian languages. i suggest you travel to Atlanta to check it out.
but lets not digress.
I think you mean Phonecian, Hebrew as a written language is only around 3,000 (1000 BC) years old (greek 2,800-600), the events of Exodus and the end of Genesis are dated around 2000-1400 BC. So the "historical" events are recorded in an alphabet that is
at best 400 years younger than the events it records. That's old as good as the Iliad, which even at it's most optimistic is not considered to be a "history" but rather a legendary account.
Edit: Oh, and irrc, most copies of even the early books are written in the Aramaic script, which puts them to about 600 BC (after the Exile).
Edit 2: Hmmm, a little further digging seems to suggest there are apparently older copies. Oh well.
Originally Posted by :
i dont know, when that cow was slaughtered he looked pretty dead within 5 seconds, but ok, think what you want.
this is like debating for Israel: hitting up against a concrete wall.
Oh, I grant,
looks dead, and will be so but that doesn't mean it doesn't have another three minutes to go.
Hooahguy, you need a healthy dose of Ego Check©.
Cutting an animal's throat is an excruciating and slow way to die. Your statement is patently false, there is absolutely no spot on an animals neck that will kill it "instantly", save for completely severing the spinal cord which even then is not instantaneous. The Wikipedia entry is exactly what my understanding is regarding kosher animal slaughter from reading other sources. In summary, the animal's throat is cut and that is all, it suffers and bleeds out. There is no "spinal cord severing".
Sorry. Kosher animal slaughter is barbaric, modern methods are far more humane.
Hooahguy 23:57 06-28-2009
Originally Posted by Whacker:
Hooahguy, you need a healthy dose of Ego Check©.
and you need a healthy dose of understanding Jewish law.
LittleGrizzly 23:51 06-28-2009
Im happy for people to kill any animal aslong as it's made useful (food, clothes)
Obviously you shouldn't take someone else's animal, but a wild one or one you own is perfectly reasonable...
I would be against killing endangered species...
I feel a little uneasy about eating our close relatives in the animal kingdom, and intelligent animals in general. Though i think thats because i see it as a waste of greater potential, that being said i wouldn't stop people eating our close relatives or intelligent animals...
IIRC pigs are quite clever by animals standards and i enjoy sausages and bacon (pork isn't too bad)
I think Hooahguy is just trolling everyone, it is the only logical conclusion. From when he mentions that in the Talmud that YHWH said to listen to the Rabbi's then clarifies it saying that the Talmud was written by the Rabbi's says enough.
Originally Posted by :
that ancient hebrew was based off Polynesian languages
Well, that sounds pretty -- wait,
what?
Originally Posted by :
g-d tells us to listen to the rabbis ---> rabbis write the Talmud which is in depth commentary on the Mishnah, which details laws which are in the Torah---> we listen to the Rabbis and the Talmud.
That's circular logic, and is not a good way to discuss subjects. It's saying the Torah is right because it says it's right.
Originally Posted by Hax:
Well, that sounds pretty -- wait, what?
You have no idea how much I laughed at your phrase.

Originally Posted by Hooahguy:
the Carlos Museum, located at Emory University, has a great exhibit on bible hebrew, plus has artifacts that proves that ancient hebrew was based off Polynesian languages. i suggest you travel to Atlanta to check it out.
Gah?
Polynesian?
Hooahguy 00:11 06-29-2009
yaya, i know a mistake. sorry bout that.
Originally Posted by :
one of the main reasons why we cut across the neck is because it drains blood quickly. anyone who knows the slightest bit about Jewish dietary laws knows that there can be no blood in our meat, hence the heavy salting process.
Try abstaining from meat altogether. It's the easiest way to
not eat blood.
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