I believe Jesus said it was OK to eat pork somewhere in the Gospels. He pooh-poohed some of the other long-standing Jewish traditions, too, such as not doing anything on the Sabbath.

The Jewish ban on pork was probably for health reasons primarily (trichinosis). At least that's what my modern-day Jewish friends tell me as they mow down on ham.

Another theory I've heard is that when a new religion comes into being, it has to differentiate itself from older, similar religions somehow. Some people have theorized that this is the reason Jews, Christians, and Muslims all celebrate the Sabbath on a different day of the week.

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