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Emergence of Lab-Grown Meat Poses New Questions for Religious Leaders (wsj.com)
Lab-grown meat is becoming closer to a reality. But this new technology poses new questions for people who typically avoid meat for religious or ethical reasons. An anonymous reader shares a report: Lab-grown meat has sparked a debate among rabbis in Israel about whether cell-cultured is the same as conventional meat and should fall under the same guidelines for keeping kosher. "There is a disagreement about it and there is a conversation. Also, definitely, there are new questions about lab-meat," says Rabbi Yuval Cherlow, an expert on kosher tradition and bioethics. WSJ has posted a video in which you can hear more from Rabbi Cherlow.
Just settle it empirically. Feed a few Jews some lab grown bacon and see whether or not Jehovah smites them. Why risk interpreting scripture incorrectly if you can easily test it.
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Speak for yourself, Judaism has accepted the possibility of alien life for millenia.
And did the rabbis conclude it is ok for us to eat the aliens or not?
Having been raised in a predominantly Christian area, something I didn't understand for the longest time was that when Jews go to ridiculous extremes to follow their rules, that's the point. It's not that they don't know it's ridiculous, it's that the more ridiculous it is the more it shows your dedication when you do it anyway.
It's analogous to a Christian test of faith: Christians get into god's good graces through belief rather than works, so when something arises which exposes that belief as... poorly considered, then they demonstrate their devotion by persevering anyway.
Crap. Beef is the worst meat there is. Even goat is better. Lamp is better, veal is even better and pork is best ... now someone go make some artificial pork
Lamp is wonderful when you want a light meal.
You know how HAM radio geeks seem to take a strange pride in knowing all sorts of esoteric stuff about radio waves and antenna design?
You realize how wrong it is to compare Jews to HAMs?
I came here to post a similar thing. I don't mind seeing this stuff in the news, because I think it's relevant, because a large section of the world's population is religious. That said, I would still appreciate if the news headlines did less to normalize religions, since I think that is part of why it's so common.
I suggest a new headline: "Emergence of Lab-Grown Meat Reveals Additional Contradictions In Delusional Thinking".
Of course, no media outlet will, since religious people are a large part of the market. Alienating them would affect profits, and we can't have that. #sarcasm
Is lab-grown meat slaughtered pursuant to Biblically-prescribed methods?
The bible does not prescribe any methods for slaughtering meat, it prescribes methods for slaughtering animals.
Is lab-grown meat cleaned of its blood pursuant to Biblically-prescribed methods?
It could be. There is nothing that prevents it to be washed and salted prior to preparation (other than ruining the taste but that's a completely different subject).
Not to mention that lab-grown meat may not have any blood in it to begin with.
Lab-grown meat is not Kosher. END OF STORY.
Spoken like a true opinionated ignoramus. You would make Dunning and Kruger proud.