[MR_T3D]

actually completely unrelated to this topic i figure the weather is mostly getting nice, so i propose 1st annual the no-pants challange
rules:
no pants
shorts are okay (yes this takes some of the fun out of it, but this allows one to actually go outside, kilt exception
anyone else game

[Flipside]

Just be aware that 'pants' are different items of clothing depending on which continent you are in

[MR_T3D]

Just be aware that 'pants' are different items of clothing depending on which continent you are in

okay, I mean the long things that cover your legs

[iamzack]

I almost never wear pants anyway, so I'm mildly confused.

[StarSlayer]

no can do need to wear MOPP gear for the duration of the Swine Flu Pandemic

[MR_T3D]

no can do need to wear MOPP gear for the duration of the Swine Flu Pandemic

why did some guy *** the barnyard animals, between this one and that bird one.
honestly, never tried lefty...

[Flipside]

no can do need to wear MOPP gear for the duration of the Swine Flu Pandemic

why did some guy *** the barnyard animals, between this one and that bird one.
honestly, never tried lefty...

Levity aside, apparently, in Egypt, they are slaughtering the animals in the Pig farms owned by the Christian minority, which achieves nothing, and is creating tension as people accuse the Government as using the danger as an excuse.

It's not Swine Flu that's the real danger, it's people being ignorant to the risks and either over-reaction or under-precaution.

[colecampbell666]

Notice how they're only killing the Christian pigs. It's a Muslim thing, right? No pig meat? Or is that Jewish?

[Mobius]

As far as I know refusing to eat pig meat is both a Muslim and a Jewish feature...

[Turambar]

That's one of those little things that never got properly explained to me.

What's wrong with pigs as long as they're cleaned before we eat them?

[iamzack]

Pigs have cloven hooves, but they do not chew the cud.

It's in the bible. DEERRRRR.

[Scotty]

It's one of the laws in Leviticus.  

Later, when Jesus comes, he has this to say:

¹⁴Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, "Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. ¹⁵Nothing outside a man can make him 'unclean' by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a man that makes him 'unclean.' "

It doesn't matter if they are cleaned before they eat them, but people of the Jewish faith do not believe Jesus was the messiah, so they generally ignore this.  (Not so sure about people of the Muslim faith.  Distorted tellings allegations, maybe?)

[iamzack]

I think most people sorta view that somewhat as a metaphor.

Also, the thing is mainly against eating animals which are not primarily herbivorous (as far as animals with split hooves go), and that likely carried over into Islam.

[Rhymes]

It's actually a lot simpler than that.  Unless you cook a pig exactly right, you can get sick very easily. 3 or 4 thousand years ago, people didn't exactly know how to cook it.  The  bible doesn't say as much, but that would destroy the whole "religious aspect."  Most of the kosher laws tend to have a rational, reasonable basis.

[karajorma]

In knew right from the start that a thread about not wearing pants would end up as a biblical discussion. I just didn't anticipate this particular route.

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[colecampbell666]

Looking back,

[Dilmah G]

In knew right from the start that a thread about not wearing pants would end up as a biblical discussion. I just didn't anticipate this particular route.

Damn.... you've been on this forum too long I'm guessing that's your "Sixth Sense"?

[iamzack]

Hey, the "Adolf Hitler..." thread last TEN pages before it veered off the topic of the mosquito device.

[Dilmah G]

I think the Derek Smart thread stayed on topic the whole run through (I wouldn't know, the page list totally put me off reading)