>>>>>May be you don't eat lobsters because they are not kosher? <g>
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>>>>Aren't all shellfish by definition not kosher?
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>>>Yes. Only fish that have fins and scales is kosher.
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>>And THERE'S a daft religious law - along with cloven feet - what's the point?
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>>Maybe one time in history all hands were getting sick from tainted pig or shellfish, so it was sensihble to avoid them, but we don't now. Why do Judaism and Islam still follow proscriptive rules/laws laid down by some old fogies millennia ago?
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>If you believe in G-d, you have no other choice but to follow all the rules.

I can see this can get like talking to Howard. Depends on whether you believe the Word of He-who-must-not-be-named was inscribed by a laser blast from the sky or a man with a quill pen in his hand.