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  2. Blood as food - Wikipedia

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    Blood as food is the usage of blood in food, religiously and culturally.Many cultures consume blood, often in combination with meat.The blood may be in the form of blood sausage, as a thickener for sauces, a cured salted form for times of food scarcity, or in a blood soup. [1]

  3. Christian dietary laws - Wikipedia

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    The general dietary restrictions specified for Christians in the New Testament are to "abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from meat of strangled animals". [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Some Christian denominations forbid certain foods during periods of fasting , which in some cases may cover half the year and may exclude meat, fish, dairy ...

  4. Sin-eater - Wikipedia

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    A sin-eater is a person who consumes a ritual meal in order to spiritually take on the sins of a deceased person. The food was believed to absorb the sins of a recently dead person, thus absolving the soul of the person. Cultural anthropologists and folklorists classify sin-eating as a form of ritual.

  5. Jehovah's Witnesses and blood transfusions - Wikipedia

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    As soon as blood is drained from an animal, the respect has been shown to God, and then a person can eat the meat even though it may contain a small amount of blood. [77] Jehovah's Witnesses' view of meat and blood is different from that of kosher Jewish adherents, who go to great lengths to remove minor traces of blood.

  6. Religious restrictions on the consumption of pork - Wikipedia

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    But whoever is forced [by necessity], neither desiring [it] nor transgressing [its limit], there is no sin upon him. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful. -- Quran, Al-Baqarah 2:173 [11] The only things which are made unlawful for you are the flesh of dead animals, blood, pork and that which is not consecrated with the Name of God.

  7. Food and drink prohibitions - Wikipedia

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    Jews follow the teaching in Leviticus, [136] that since "the life of the animal is in the blood" or "blood was reserved for the forgiveness of sins and thus reserved for God", no person may eat (or drink) the blood. Iglesia ni Cristo and Jehovah's Witnesses prohibit eating or drinking any blood. [137]

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  9. Kareth - Wikipedia

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    Kareth is the punishment for certain crimes and offences defined under Jewish law (e.g. eating the life blood of a living animal, eating suet, refusing to be circumcised, etc.), a punishment that can only be given at the hands of heaven. In some cases of sexual misconduct and in breaking the laws of the Sabbath, such as where there are ...