Re: Evidences of God -- ZOROASTRIAN -- MOSES

On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 11:31:43 GMT, georgann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
posted in alt.atheism:

>>> It says they shouldn't eat shellfish ... which for all desert peoples sounds
>>> damn practical. 

>"Al Klein" wrote:

>> Why?  Would a desert dweller get sick if he ate shellfish?

>georgann, Teflon/Bulova apologist wrote:

>That far away from the water from which it came it was bound to be rancid.

So was salt-water fish.  Shellfish doesn't turn rancid any faster than
fin fish.

>They didn't have ice, ice boxes or refrigerators in those days ya know.

Not for shellfish and not for fin fish.  But there's no prohibition
against eating salt water fin fish.

Try again.
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