> So, like the Jewish dietary laws, this prohibition actually helped keep the Jewish people (relatively) healthy. The kashrut laws are about morality, and not

> So, like the Jewish dietary laws, this prohibition actually helped keep the Jewish people (relatively) healthy. The kashrut laws are about morality, and not about the lack of refigeration. In an effort to live a good and moral life, Jews are told not to eat animals that may have eaten human remains (shellfish eat whatever is in their path, pigs are wonderful for disposing of bodies). You can get might sick from spoiled lamb or goat, as you can form spoiled pig. Furthermore, the "no meat with dairy" is an extrapolation of the exhortation not to boil a baby in its mothers milk. So Jews extrapolate and don;t have dairy products when they have red meat. It is about honoring the Lord, not about spoiled food.