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Has your Thanksgiving turkey been sacrificed to idols?
WorldNetDaily ^ | November 21, 2011 | Drew Zahn

Posted on 11/22/2011 9:40:15 AM PST by DetroitRight

Apologies if this has already been posted

As you sit down with your family on Thanksgiving and consider offering a prayer of gratitude, be aware the turkey at the center of the table may have already been "blessed" – in the name of Allah.

Customer service representatives from Butterball, one of America's most popular Turkey brands, confirmed to WND that the company's whole turkeys are – without being labeled as such – slaughtered according to Islamic "halal" standards.

"Halal slaughter involves cutting the trachea, the esophagus and the jugular vein and letting the blood drain out while saying, 'Bismillah allahu akbar' – 'in the name of Allah the greatest,'" explains Pamela Geller, author of "Stop the Islamization of America: A Practical Guide to the Resistance." "Many people refuse to eat it on religious grounds. Many Christians, Hindus or Sikhs and Jews find it offensive to eat meat slaughtered according to Islamic ritual."

(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News
KEYWORDS: allah; bible; butterball; christians; food; greatbritain; halal; halalturkey; hindus; ibtz; idols; islam; jews; koran; leviticus; mcdonalds; mohamhead; muslim; muslims; muzziebs; newbietroll; newtestament; newzealand; oldtestament; pamelageller; quran; sharia; shariah; subway; thanksgiving; turkey
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To: RaceBannon

This is about as stupid as the older conspiracy theory that Jews were taking over everything and covertly turning everyone into a Jew because they had convinced certain food manufacturers to comply with Jewish kosher laws and, accordingly, had placed the (k) mark on the products that met the kosher laws. Geesh.


101 posted on 11/23/2011 4:33:37 AM PST by Oceander (TINSTAAFL - Mother Nature Abhors a Free Lunch almost as much as She Abhors a Vacuum)
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To: Jewbacca

Actually, Rhode Island was created by Roger Williams, a BAPTIST, exercising HIS religious freedom to not be persecuted by the Puritan Anglicans. His welcoming of Quakers and Jews came as a result of his belief in religion being a choice

:)


102 posted on 11/23/2011 4:33:59 AM PST by RaceBannon (Ron Paul is to the Constitution what Fred Phelps is to the Bible.)
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To: stuartcr

It is not a stretch, it is an entire chapter in the book of 1st Corinthians

if you KNOW it is offered to idols, don’t eat it.

1Cor 8:1 Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
1Cor 8:2 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
1Cor 8:3 But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
1Cor 8:4 As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol [is] nothing in the world, and that [there is] none other God but one.
1Cor 8:5 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)
1Cor 8:6 But to us [there is but] one God, the Father, of whom [are] all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom [are] all things, and we by him.
1Cor 8:7 Howbeit [there is] not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat [it] as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.
1Cor 8:8 But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
1Cor 8:9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.
1Cor 8:10 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol’s temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;
1Cor 8:11 And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?
1Cor 8:12 But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.
1Cor 8:13 Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.


103 posted on 11/23/2011 4:35:30 AM PST by RaceBannon (Ron Paul is to the Constitution what Fred Phelps is to the Bible.)
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To: Ramius

no, it is not

no where in the selection according to Biblical dietary laws is a Jew supposed to say Jehovah’s name over the food

In Islam, they are required to bless the food in the name of their pagan god, allah


104 posted on 11/23/2011 4:37:27 AM PST by RaceBannon (Ron Paul is to the Constitution what Fred Phelps is to the Bible.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

no, the point of nor eating it, is to convince the others around you that the idol is NOT to be worshipped


105 posted on 11/23/2011 4:38:09 AM PST by RaceBannon (Ron Paul is to the Constitution what Fred Phelps is to the Bible.)
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To: odds

I was in Pwerth twice, 1980 and 81, you Aussies treated us like Gold and I will always be grateful for it!

:)


106 posted on 11/23/2011 4:39:23 AM PST by RaceBannon (Ron Paul is to the Constitution what Fred Phelps is to the Bible.)
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To: miss marmelstein

Basic menu is roast turkey, salad, pumpkin. But, we also incorporate seafood since we got excellent & abundant seafood (shellfish), and fish. Also, ham too.

Actually, I’ve got an early morning start tomorrow for cooking with a couple of family friends, so will get back to you on the details, more importantly the verdict after tasting.. - my parents-in-law are here, visiting this year - :/


107 posted on 11/23/2011 4:49:08 AM PST by odds
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To: RaceBannon
I was in Pwerth twice,

Perth, dear (not Pwerth) .. lol - ;-)

Nah! Why should we treat you like gold?!! LOL..

Sorry, gotta scoot, late here at night & I got my hubby's parents visiting from the good ol' USA!

Talk later

108 posted on 11/23/2011 4:53:26 AM PST by odds
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To: EinNYC; zot

Ein NYC, Thank you for researching Kosher v halal


109 posted on 11/23/2011 5:05:38 AM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: DetroitRight
The Cajun Curse Remover works:

If you are still uncertain, have a priest bless the grease.

110 posted on 11/23/2011 5:09:23 AM PST by Squeeky ("Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it. " Emily Dickinson)
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To: RaceBannon

What is important is that “I” didn’t sacrifice it to idols.

Do you suppose that if I drive by a mosque and curse it, that act has any effect on anyone but me?

Someone cursing or “offering” my turkey to idols has no effect on me or the turkey.


111 posted on 11/23/2011 6:52:53 AM PST by G Larry ("I dream of a day when a man is judged by the content of his Character.")
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To: NativeNewYorker
Thanksgiving turkey may just be a gateway drug for some moslems to experience "being American". That can't be a bad thing.

That's almost exactly what a Jewish friend of mine said the other day about this kerfluffle. As he said, the point of halal is assimilation. If Muslims wanted to continue eating their own special Muslim-only meats and Muslim-only dishes, they could. But they want to eat turkeys for Thanksgiving. And Butterball wants to sell them those turkeys. Like you say, that can't be a bad thing.

Coca-Cola tweaked its formula back in 1935 to ensure that Coke was kosher (and they sell sugar-sweetened Coke at Passover too). It was good for business, and it helped to foster a sense of American inclusion.

112 posted on 11/23/2011 7:13:02 AM PST by Pharnsworth
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To: DetroitRight

I wish the Cajuns would leave my holiday alone. They took my poor innocent turkey, jammed a duck up its butt.. then jammed a chicken up its butt, then jammed a bunch of sausage and rice in the chicken’s butt...


113 posted on 11/23/2011 7:38:23 AM PST by mnehring
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To: odds

Thanks! Again, happy Thanksgiving!


114 posted on 11/23/2011 8:33:50 AM PST by miss marmelstein (Let's have a Cain Mutiny!)
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To: G Larry

well, not ot keep beating a dead horse, but that is not what Scripture says

it says that you should avoid it for the sake of those around you

to be an example

Scripture plainly says the truth, there is ONLY ONE God, and the idol is nothing

BUT, the person who believes in the idols, or those around who are ambivilant, need to be reminded that if YOU claim to be a Christian, YOU are obligated to act it when confronted with this, WHEN you are confronted with it

and putting a label on that turkey is CLEARLY telling you it is offered to idols

If you want to tell God you are disagreeign with what it says...feel free to do so, just make sure I am not standing next to you, please.


115 posted on 11/23/2011 9:08:20 AM PST by RaceBannon (Ron Paul is to the Constitution what Fred Phelps is to the Bible.)
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To: odds

I really do know how to spell PERTH, I just have fat fingers! :)


116 posted on 11/23/2011 9:09:23 AM PST by RaceBannon (Ron Paul is to the Constitution what Fred Phelps is to the Bible.)
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To: RaceBannon

Let’s start at the beginning:

“From the Christian standpoint, Allah would be an idol,” Biltz told WND.

Just who is the authority that determined Islam asserts any difference between God and Allah?

Yes, I know they don’t believe in the Trinity, but that is not my question.


117 posted on 11/23/2011 9:24:18 AM PST by G Larry ("I dream of a day when a man is judged by the content of his Character.")
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To: DetroitRight

Butterball has to be one of the most misleading brand names ever created. There is no butter in a butterball turkey. They use margarine.


118 posted on 11/23/2011 10:31:36 AM PST by xp38
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To: G Larry

well, it’s a shame you dont know the difference between Allah and God

I would say you need to learn to Google, for that explanation would take too much time here

suffice it tosay:

Abraham offered up Isaac on the altar, not Ishmael

God promised he would bless Abraham’s seed, Isaac’s seed, and jacob’s seed, not Ishmael

Israel is the chosen nation of God. Allah says Israel is to be killed at any cost

You can start there, I guess.


119 posted on 11/23/2011 11:21:52 AM PST by RaceBannon (Ron Paul is to the Constitution what Fred Phelps is to the Bible.)
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To: RaceBannon

While I understand many people worship what are called idols, I don’t pay any attention to either them or their idols. They have no value to me.


120 posted on 11/23/2011 11:27:22 AM PST by stuartcr ("Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different.")
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