Turn over the box on most products people buy in their supermarkets, and you will see most mass merchandized product have been certified both Kosher and Halal. so by Nordic's representation of what this certification means, Most goods purchased in your local supermarkets have been made in the name of the Jewish God, and the Muslim God, ...and if s/he is a Christian, it is blessed in Jesus' name before consumed.
Basically a ritualistic process of blessing the act in the name of God and muhammad. The actual slaughter process I don't need to explain here... look it up if you're that interested in their practice of physically slaughtering the animals. Also certain meats can't be halal, pork for example.
The Kosher / Halal certification has to do with the slaughter of the animal.
It is not about the prayer, but rather the process by which the animal is slaughtered.
And the reason pork cannot be halal, is because pork is
FORBIDDEN.
How can you certify something as safe to eat when you deem it forbidden to even consume.
It is simple. Toxins accumulate all the way up the food chain.
If you eat a steak that came from a cow that has been pumped up with steroids, anti-biotics, countless drugs, and is full of toxins, ...as the end consumer, ...you will be chock full of steroids, anti-biotics, countless drugs etc. That might not be a concern for the likes of those who read this forum, but by the large, the rest of society has no interest in consuming steroids or massive doses of anti-biotics. That's how we get rampant strains of infections that are resistant to any treatment... Too many people consuming too many anti-biotics
In typical North American slaughter houses, cattle is killed brutally. The animal is not unaware that he is being led to his death. The bleating of the other animals before him communicate that fact. Fear and terror takes over and all sorts of adrenaline and other toxins pour into the blood. The animal is slaughtered and you have meat loaded with toxins that are consumed by the end user (the meat eater)
In the Kosher / Halal process, the animal is slaughtered with
OUT the associated terror.
The animal has no idea it is coming, and he is dead in the blink of an eye. No prolonged suffering, and no poisonous toxins leaching into it's blood stream to be consumed by humans at their dinner table. In addition, as soon as the animal is killed, ...all the blood is drained out of the animal to further ensure the meat itself will be a cleaner meat.
It is a practice observed by many devout Jews and Muslims because their religion told them they should only eat kosher or that they should only eat halal. The practice was borne of science and is perpetuated by dogma. Today, many non jews and non Muslims, choose to purchase and consume foods that are Kosher/Halal... not because we are Jews or Muslims, ...but because we understand what that designation means. To assume otherwise is tantamount to saying that only vegetarians eat organic. We all know that's nonsense right? Granted, you will find a larger number of vegetarians adhereing to an organic diet, but we know many meat eaters choose organic because they understand the different between produce grown with chemical pesticides vs. organically produced produce.
This issue is a benign non-issue as much as asking a group of hunters or those who believe in animal testing, if it would be OK for their child's school to contain soap that was not tested on animals, ...or to ask a bunch of people if it was OK with them if the shampoo used at their salon was not tested on animals. It's not about appeasing people, it is finding a solution that meets the requirements of a broader spectrum of people. It's no skin off their nose, ...but bring the religious aspect into it... and Nordic will try to whip people into a frenzy.
I never thought I'd see the day when nordic argued on the same side of muslims.
Some muslims, along with other religious faiths are upset and nordic is standing shoulder to shoulder with them.
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