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>Pigs aren't special. Apparently pigs can be possessed with sprints. I always assumed that was why they were considered unclean. From Mark 5: So the demons be

by esaym 2y ago

>Pigs aren't special. Apparently pigs can be possessed with sprints. I always assumed that was why they were considered unclean. From Mark 5: So the demons begged him, "Send us among the pigs, so that we can go into them!" So he let them do this. The unclean spirits came out of the man and went into the pigs https://biblehub.com/isv/mark/5.htm https://biblehub.com/isv/mark/5.htm

phendrenad2 2y ago
But logically, there's no reason to believe that other animals can't be possessed by spirits. Maybe pigs were just the closest available thing.
- krapp 2y ago
  >But logically, there's no reason to believe that other animals can't be possessed by spirits. Logic has no merit when you're talking about the supernatural, because the rules can be whatever you want. Maybe animals can't be possessed by spirits because God only gave "true souls" to humans, and possessing spirits can only replace "true souls." Maybe they require a brain with a certain complexity which only humans possess. Maybe spirits just think it's gross, like bestiality.
  - phendrenad2 2y ago
    > Logic has no merit when you're talking about the supernatural Is the above statement true or false? It's about the supernatural, albeit indirectly, so we can't be sure shrug.
998244353 2y ago
Is there any reference to pigs being possessed with spirits that predate the New Testament?
saghm 2y ago
As a kid, I remember being taught by the (Catholic) church that my parents attended that the origin of restriction was due to trying to avoid getting the Tsetse fly parasite, which I guess could have been potentially contracted via poorly prepared pork. I have no idea how accurate this explanation is, but it always seemed at least plausible to me that some religious dietary restrictions might have been codified as a way to try to avoid collective health risks at a time; it doesn't seem crazy they might have noticed a pattern people getting sick after eating certain foods and made rules on how to avoid that, and over time they became part of the religious traditions. I'm not religious now though, so it's also possible that my view of what would be a plausible explanation for religious rules is biased.
throw4847285 2y ago
Are you citing the New Testament to make an argument about Judaism?

by esaym 2y ago

phendrenad2 2y ago

But logically, there's no reason to believe that other animals can't be possessed by spirits. Maybe pigs were just the closest available thing.

krapp 2y ago
>But logically, there's no reason to believe that other animals can't be possessed by spirits. Logic has no merit when you're talking about the supernatural, because the rules can be whatever you want. Maybe animals can't be possessed by spirits because God only gave "true souls" to humans, and possessing spirits can only replace "true souls." Maybe they require a brain with a certain complexity which only humans possess. Maybe spirits just think it's gross, like bestiality.
- phendrenad2 2y ago
  > Logic has no merit when you're talking about the supernatural Is the above statement true or false? It's about the supernatural, albeit indirectly, so we can't be sure shrug.

998244353 2y ago

Is there any reference to pigs being possessed with spirits that predate the New Testament?

saghm 2y ago

As a kid, I remember being taught by the (Catholic) church that my parents attended that the origin of restriction was due to trying to avoid getting the Tsetse fly parasite, which I guess could have been potentially contracted via poorly prepared pork. I have no idea how accurate this explanation is, but it always seemed at least plausible to me that some religious dietary restrictions might have been codified as a way to try to avoid collective health risks at a time; it doesn't seem crazy they might have noticed a pattern people getting sick after eating certain foods and made rules on how to avoid that, and over time they became part of the religious traditions. I'm not religious now though, so it's also possible that my view of what would be a plausible explanation for religious rules is biased.

throw4847285 2y ago

Are you citing the New Testament to make an argument about Judaism?