Geert Wilders comes out of the closet as an anti-semite

[Fragony]

I'm not sure if the verb to slaughter is literally used:

Translated:

"indeed he has only made forbidden unto you the deceased and the blood and flesh of the swine and that which has been incantated upon [it] something else from God".

uhilla being the passive form of form/stem II of "ahala" which carries the meaning of "to make fit or suited, to fit; to qualify; to make accessible; to welcome" (Hans Wehr, Fourth Edition).

So no direct notion of either "slaughter" or "sacrifice" there.

Hard to get anythin from that, but the swine? That's odd

[Hax]

Not so much. In the days of yore, pork was prone to all kinds of nasty diseases and infections, so it was actually a threat to public health. Apart from that, there's been a taboo on pork because of the fact that pigs are omnivores and roll around in mud and excrement.

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

Not so much. In the days of yore, pork was prone to all kinds of nasty diseases and infections, so it was actually a threat to public health. Apart from that, there's been a taboo on pork because of the fact that pigs are omnivores and roll around in mud and excrement.

The diseases and the omnivorous nature of swine are intrinsically linked - as a rule you shouldn't eat meat eaters, and you should avoid direct contact with them. Most Europeans have taboos about eating dogs, badgers, foxes etc. it's actually quite strange that we eat pork. Until you consider how much curing most pork goes through prior to consumption.

[Tellos Athenaios]

Hard to get anythin from that, but the swine? That's odd

Not when you consider hogs will eat pretty much everything including corpses.