3 ms·Those religious dictates were well before germ theory.by h0l0cube 2y agoThose religious dictates were well before germ theory.34679 2y agoThat's kind of the point. Man eats pork. Man gets sick. Man believes God made him sick for eating pork.h0l0cube 2y agoNot really the point. The modern "practices during dressing and butchering" highlighted by the GGP were based on the understanding of the germ theory of disease.