Clean and Unclean foods.

The dietary laws given to Israel in Leviticus 11 included prohibitions against eating certain kinds of foods and various animals. Is it still applicable to the Christian today? Leviticus Chapter 11 does list the dietary restrictions God gave to the Israelites. Today, several Christians still follow this law to the letter and are very much.

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No More Puppy Mills!

Ask any animal shelter worker what one of the biggest sources of frustration are for them, and puppy mills are bound to come up. These irresponsible breeders frequently have dozens, or even hundreds, of dogs kept in unclean and inhumane conditions and repeatedly breed them for the sole purpose of using these poor animals to make money. There is of

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Biblically Clean Foods (not animals, but food)

Article reviews the New Testament teaches regarding clean and unclean animals, which animals are considered food, and how food may become unclean. Old Testament references are reviewed, Peter's vision recorded in the book of Acts, Paul's words to Timothy and the Romans, and the words of Yeshua (Jesus) the Messiah on this controversial issue.

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Cultural-refere

n Judaism and Islam, pigs are the unclean and inedible animals par excellence, the animal that is central to the concepts of treif and haram. In De Specialibus Legibus, Philo of Alexandria, a first century Jewish writer, relates that pigs were lazy scavengers, the embodiment of vice. Philo also argued that since pigs will eat the flesh of human cor

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