Today I was thinking about the concepts kosher and halal, which are partially based on health concerns. Of course, there are also plenty of rules within these systems that are more based on separatism (being different from other peoples) and mysticism (god just doesn't want you to eat this, you are incapable of understanding why!).
So if starting a religion today (you'd think that people are too cynical to follow a religion started now, but it's quite apparent that people are still willing to follow new revelations), I'd forbid the following foods:
1. High fructose corn syrup
2. Meat of animals that were treated poorly
3. Eggs of chickens that haven't been outside onto real ground
4. Hydrogenated trans fat
5. Artificial sweeteners
What food stuffs would you forbid in your religion?
So if starting a religion today (you'd think that people are too cynical to follow a religion started now, but it's quite apparent that people are still willing to follow new revelations), I'd forbid the following foods:
1. High fructose corn syrup
2. Meat of animals that were treated poorly
3. Eggs of chickens that haven't been outside onto real ground
4. Hydrogenated trans fat
5. Artificial sweeteners
What food stuffs would you forbid in your religion?
I think perhaps Pot Noodles would go up against the wall as well. Cheese Strings or their international equivalent. In fact, any kind of plastic cheese. Yeck.
Elaine
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Starting a religion today, I'd make the following foods/behaviour forbidden...
- 23/06/2010 03:08:22 PM
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Re: mushrooms. *NM*
- 23/06/2010 03:10:37 PM
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I can't worship you and still have my mushrooms?
- 23/06/2010 03:13:02 PM
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You can always follow another religion, based on which restrictions you like more! *NM*
- 23/06/2010 03:18:53 PM
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Another religion that lets me worship Danae?
- 23/06/2010 03:23:25 PM
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Danae is the High Priestess of Coffee. You could give that a shot (ba-doom ching!) *NM*
- 23/06/2010 08:50:58 PM
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Re: You can. But you'd suffer outside the gates to heaven for five minutes before we let you in.
- 24/06/2010 09:02:53 AM
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Literal 5 minutes? Or Genesis-style-maybe-a-day-isn't-really-a-day 5 minutes?
- 24/06/2010 09:17:45 PM
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Re: Literal, since the other would take too long and you'd miss the party.
- 25/06/2010 10:16:48 PM
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Monoculture. *NM*
- 23/06/2010 03:52:31 PM
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Just monocultures? What about pesticides? Genetically manipulated crops? *NM*
- 23/06/2010 04:10:36 PM
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- 23/06/2010 05:00:33 PM
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- 23/06/2010 05:00:33 PM
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Pineapples on Pizza or toast
- 23/06/2010 04:41:07 PM
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mushroom, pineapple, jalapeno pizza is awesome! its a party in your mouth! *NM*
- 23/06/2010 09:27:41 PM
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organic foods
- 23/06/2010 10:08:58 PM
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Lies, random. LIES
- 24/06/2010 01:40:28 AM
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We didn't change from organic farming because it couldn't sustain the population
- 24/06/2010 07:11:07 AM
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Eating an animal that you know the name of and anything from McDonald's
- 23/06/2010 11:24:40 PM
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just a bone of contention...
- 24/06/2010 01:47:52 AM
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What's a religion without a good level of vagueness to induce huge conflict and debate
- 24/06/2010 07:18:20 AM
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*NM*
Well. Now that we have started our religions, who should we start a holy war against?
- 24/06/2010 11:22:32 PM
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Poland
- 25/06/2010 04:58:05 AM
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*NM*
Brussels Sprouts 
- 25/06/2010 01:57:42 PM
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- 25/06/2010 01:57:42 PM
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