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Animals in the home against Judaism?

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newman:

--- Quote from: EagleEye on September 18, 2007, 02:20:07 AM ---
--- Quote from: newman on September 13, 2007, 07:31:00 PM ---Sometimes people need to look at the conditions under which these things were written.

In Israel 3,000+ years ago there were no flushing toilets, no pressurised water, no disinfectants, and many homes had dirt floors. The animals spoken of were mostly livestock. To have animals indoors in those days would be unclean.

But today, with ceramic tiles, vaccuum cleaners, bleach & disinfectant and modern homes, a cat or small dog in the house is in NO way unlean.

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I'm not sure how Orthodox Jews and Fundamentalist Christians think of the idea the scripture should be read in context...

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This part is law, not theology.

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