[bert]

——wild boars——

At what point did pigs become taboo in the very area said to have domesticated them?

I don’tr think we know why the Bible in what 1800 bc, and Mohamed 1200 years later declared pigs forbidden

[JoeFromSidney]

In many areas of the world, pigs compete with people for food. That is, they eat the same things people do. Pigs were successfully domesticated only in areas where they added to the food supply, by eating things people don't eat, like acorns.

[ro_dreaming]

When Jesus forced the multitude ofor spirits out of the man, and into pigs who then hurled themselves over a cliff, they became forbidden.

[SunkenCiv]

The Big Old Mo plagiarized the food laws from Judaism.

The kosher beasts have to go on the hoof and chew their cud — chickens are okay, fish are ok.

Pork and human flesh are said to be indistinguishable — I’d be surprised if that wasn’t a big reason for the restriction against pork.