Many thanks Precise Allah for the response.
I have taken note that you do not consider yourselves to be Muslims. I was always under the impression that your belief system is one of the many branches of Islam. Apologies for the faux pas.
Your assertion that no member of your nation would participate in spirit possession is of interest. I’d like to know why this is. Do you view it in the same distorted light that Christians do? (When they conveniently choose to forget that they engage in “Holy Spirit” possessions that is)
Is your conclusion that the pig is a ‘filthy’ animal based on formative experience? By this I mean, have you spent time observing how they behave in their natural – emphasis on the word natural – environment? Like myself, you seem keen on basing your opinions on hard facts, so I know you will present a solid case for your conclusion.
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Peace,
"Islam is Mathematics and Mathematics is Islam." That's a profound statement from the Honorable Elijah Muhammad yet how many people live it that way? To most people Islam is simply a religion.
My exact words were "I don't know of any God, Earth or civilized person in our nation who would bare witness to spirit possession." What this means to me is we don't bare witness to this so-called spiritual realm in the same way that most people do. Most people consider "spirits" to be some kind of external being (angel, dead person, etc.) that floats around doing it's business until it decides to "take over" the physical of a person, therefore displaying a personality that is unfamiliar to the individual. I don't bare witness to that.
Now regarding the use of so-called spirit possession, I would question anyone as to why they would allow for some latent personality to dominate them especially if it is going to do things they would not endorse or do under normal circumstances. That pretty much goes against our creedo of being the sole controllers and the best knowers.
As far as the pig I'll take one quote from the "Knowledge of Self" book, written and sold by the Gods and Earths:
"The meat itself contains excessive quantities of histamine and imidazole compounds (leading to itching and inflammation), sulphur-containing mesenchymal mucus (which leads to swelling and deposits of mucus in the tendons and cartilage, resulting in arthritis, rheumatism, etc.) Sulphur helps cause firm human tendons and ligaments to be replaced by the pig's soft mesenchymal tissues. The sulphur also causes the degeneration of human cartilage."
Personally I don't want anything in me that's even accused of causing so many maladies. Rest assured that if you're a part of Allah's Nation and it becomes known that you eat swine, there will be swift justice served by the righteous community at large.
Peace
Precise