you probably think that you are taboo free and that these things are for the primitive "other" races, but I bet I can name at least one taboo that you subscribe to whereas "others" quite rightly ignore the taboo you have in place for it has no realistic grounding.
lets take eating for example.
most non-muslims deride muslims for not eating pork, believing that their fears are unfounded.
but would you do as the Masai of kenya do and drink the blood of their herd animals?
if not why not? think about it, it is an unfounded taboo that you have in place.
i don't think the two cases are comparable like that. Muslims refrain from eating pork because they believe it is morally wrong to eat it, that Allah's will is that people refrain from eating it. Westerners (whom i presume you are addressing) have no such belief about the blood of cattle. It isn't a food we prefer in its 'straight' form, but after all, we consume cow blood every time we eat a steak. I think taboos involve a belief that there is something aberrent or wrong about the behaviour in question, and i don't think most people have that belief about the Masai practice of drinking the blood of their cattle.
But i think you are right in saying that Westerners have taboos, many of a sexual nature. And i for one am quite comfortable about retaining at least some of these.
Originally posted by dfm65my belief is that the no pork issue stemmed from a disease which was not so long evident in papua new guinea whereby eating pork, even cooked pork produced some form of deadly illness. this illness may have been more wide spread in the past and that is how the pork issue with muslims got into their belief system.
i don't think the two cases are comparable like that. Muslims refrain from eating pork because they believe it is morally wrong to eat it, that Allah's will is that people refrain from eating it. Westerners (whom i presume you are addressing) have no such belief about the blood of cattle. It isn't a food we prefer in its 'straight' form, but after all, we cons ...[text shortened]... sexual nature. And i for one am quite comfortable about retaining at least some of these.
as for the blood of animals i think it is a christian taboo (initial reason unknown). as for the sexual taboos I also think they stem from past disease fears. fears which were in the past grounded in reality and had real consequences eg syphliss. (and current diseases if you believe in AIDS) but in todays world many of the initial reasons for the taboo have been slayed but the taboos still remains, possibly out of forgetting the initial reason for the taboo to exist in the first place.
Originally posted by moweutYeah, right. Moses went to Papua New Guinea before God gave him the 10 Commandments.
my belief is that the no pork issue stemmed from a disease which was not so long evident in papua new guinea whereby eating pork, even cooked pork produced some form of deadly illness. this illness may have been more wide spread in the past and that is how the pork issue with muslims got into their belief system.
as for the blood of animals i think it is a c ...[text shortened]... emains, possibly out of forgetting the initial reason for the taboo to exist in the first place.
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and without the disease factor and then subsequently the no marriage factor, the world religions are on very shaky ground, and from there the world political systems. so you see there is a very large investment from powerful quarters in the belief and maintenence of transmissible disease.
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Originally posted by moweutI drank blood once. And that's the reason I wouldn't drink the Masai of Kenya's herd animal's blood. It's bloody disgusting.
but would you do as the Masai of kenya do and drink the blood of their herd animals?
if not why not? think about it, it is an unfounded taboo that you have in place.
A taboo for me is eating someone elses faeces. Yes, along exactly the same principles: If it smells bad, it sure as hell ain't gonna taste that much better.
Originally posted by moweutI don't know of anyone who even claims to be taboo-free, so I'm not sure who you're addressing. Most of the people I know have a taboo against raping or molesting children. Those who believe it has *no realistic grounding* as you say aren't the sort of people whose opinions I would respect anyway.
you probably think that you are taboo free and that these things are for the primitive "other" races, but I bet I can name at least one taboo that you subscribe to whereas "others" quite rightly ignore the taboo you have in place for it has no realistic grounding.
lets take eating for example.
most non-muslims deride muslims for not eating pork, believing ...[text shortened]... d animals?
if not why not? think about it, it is an unfounded taboo that you have in place.
It is utter nonsense that there is a *Christian taboo* against drinking the blood of animals.