Clams are inherently bad

[Maddog]

Living on the left coast, I have learned that clams and oysters often will have dangerous toxin called Red tide that can and has killed people. Has anyone else learned that?
-M

 

[Man_in_the_Middle]

Living on the left coast, I have learned that clams and oysters often will have dangerous toxin called Red tide that can and has killed people. Has anyone else learned that?
-M

I have heard about that recently. I hadn't heard about it before a month ago though...

 

[Mark C]

Yes. And don't forget mercury, arsenic, and similar "heavy metals," which they absorb, concentrate, and thus remove from the environment.

 

[Maddog]

I call pigs and vultures the "garbage men" and clams as the "sewage treatment plant", the lions and dogs are the "predators", the Sabbath as the "day of rest". Gods teachings are sound advice!

 

[Maddog]

Don't eat the rotting dead stuff (road kill), and don't eat crap. Usually this is bad... I thought that was rather "duh"! and the predators usually win the fight- Lions have much bigger teeth. Don't eat your horse- He is your get outta dodge plan. Don't marry your sister, she may be cute but your kids won't be. But wait! There's more sage advice... Al Gore likes bugs- need I say more ?

 

[Mark C]

Al Gore likes bugs- need I say more ?

And he pushed the Climate BS and "rising sea levels" - and made enough to buy a mansion on the beach. And anything else you aren't allowed to.

 

[Maddog]

If global warming was true, then grab a steal of cheap land in the tundra area and plant crops! Should be some great soil when it warms.

 

[Maddog]

Yes. And don't forget mercury, arsenic, and similar "heavy metals," which they absorb, concentrate, and thus remove from the environment.

We have had our share on the left coast and Puget Sound superfund sites. We have just done a better job at waste treatment before dumping than the old hebrews.

 

[UtahLife]

If you look at the OT food restrictions, it's all stuff that either needs modern food safety practices to be reliably safe, or stuff that accumulates heavy metals/toxins/carries disease and/or parasites, including shellfish and the like.

 

[Mark C]

If you look at the OT food restrictions, it's all stuff that either needs modern food safety practices to be reliably safe, or stuff that accumulates heavy metals/toxins/carries disease and/or parasites, including shellfish and the like.

Actually, that's not true. "Modern food practices" can NOT make some 'foods' safe -- but any more information would be deleted.

 

[UtahLife]

Actually, that's not true. "Modern food practices" can NOT make some 'foods' safe -- but any more information would be deleted.

I'm talking about things like refrigeration, cooking to the correct temperature, and avoiding cross-contamination. Undercooked pork and you're probably getting parasites, properly cooked pork and you aren't. Same with rabbit, undercooked, and Francisella tularensis is a very serious concern.

 

[Mark C]

That's only part of the issue.

@frederick or @Mojo -- please explain how it could possibly be "against the rules" to explain to a brother in Messiah the scientific basis for suggesting that

things like refrigeration, cooking to the correct temperature

STILL don't make certain un-named things safe to eat. He seems to understand heavy metals. But there's far more.

I suspect I (well, or sombody...) could specify the toxic studies concerning certain GMOs, or glyophosphate, but not anything that is named in Scripture. Why is that?

 

[Mark C]

Try this, @UtahLife. Look up a nutritionist named Dr. Ted Broer.

 

[UtahLife]

Try this, @UtahLife. Look up a nutritionist named Dr. Ted Broer.

Looks like a supplement peddler. Tells me all I need to know.

 

[Mark C]

I could name a dozen others. And I won't respond with sarcasm, the point was to try an answer your question.

 

[Mark C]

PS> I named him, ironically, because he would fit in here as reliably "anti-Torah" and mainstream evangelical. But still, he would tell you why he doesn't eat certain things. And "supplements" won't help!

 

[OttoM]

Why take the risk in the first place? Why not just submit to the Creator? Trust in the Father who knows best?

There’s a story in the original KJV (before those books got removed) of a mother and her children choosing to die of murder versus eating pork. They were in exile as punishment and they wanted to remain faithful to YHVH by keeping his commandments.

Here it is:

https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/2-Maccabees-Chapter-7/

 

[UtahLife]

Why take the risk in the first place? Why not just submit to the Creator? Trust in the Father who knows best?

There’s a story in the original KJV (before those books got removed) of a mother and her children choosing to die of murder versus eating pork. They were in exile as punishment and they wanted to remain faithful to YHVH by keeping his commandments.

Here it is:

https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/2-Maccabees-Chapter-7/

Because it tastes good and I'm not an Old Testament Jew.

 

[frederick]

Because it tastes good and I'm not an Old Testament Jew.

Bacon and egg pie never tastes good without bacon.

 

[Mark C]

Bacon and egg pie never tastes good without bacon.

I'm told that antifreeze tastes really good, too. But - 'not food.' Even for animals.

We dispose of it carefully, dogs and cats will slurp it up and die if you're not.