I repeat: “However you need to study it for yourself in order to believe it. You have to study the whole thing. Not just a Google search or two. “

Regarding kashruth, I have explained that Moses related the phrase “You should not seeth a kid in its mothers milk”. You don’t have to believe in god or even religious revelation to believe in Moses.

This set the people on a path that meant that they should not be cruel to the animals they eat. The root of Kashruth is there. The animals are slaughtered in a humane way. Any animal that dies in pain is not kosher. Condemned is the practice of forcing premature deliveries in order to obtain fine skins or tender meat. (A practice that BTW is not outlawed in the US.)

It is not Kosher to use an animal or it’s young as a beast of burden until the young are weaned.

Logical? Rational? Yes. Just cause God said so? Nope. This didn’t start only when the five books of Moses were finally put to paper. In fact there was a religious reason NOT to write these down before they finally were.

The record of this goes back to when the Hebrews walked across the River Jordan and entered the promised land. When was it promised? When they agreed to circumcision. That was the one commandment, and the one promise.

I think that is pretty cool. However like I say you have to study the whole thing to really appreciate it. Everything that happened between Abraham and Moses, and yet there is a connection. The people repeated and recited the story of Abraham for a thousand years, only to actually fulfil his prediction against all odds.

Have I made the argument? Yes. Just because I didn’t convince you and Obdicut doesn’t mean I didn’t make the argument. It just means I didn’t change your mind. Not at all the same thing.