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do whose life is mostly in-doors, and whose habits are sedentary, and
whose labor is mental.
But it is not physical health alone which is injured by pork-eating.
The mind is affected, and the finer sensibilities are blunted by the
use of this gross article of food. It is impossible for the flesh of any
living creature to be healthy when filth is their natural element, and
when they will feed upon every detestable thing. The flesh of swine
is composed of what they eat. If human beings eat their flesh, their
blood and their flesh will be corrupted by impurities conveyed to them
through the swine.
The eating of pork has produced scrofula, leprosy and cancerous
humors. Pork-eating is still causing the most intense suffering to the
human race. Depraved appetites crave those things which are the most
injurious to health. The curse, which has rested heavily upon the earth,
and has been felt by the whole race of mankind, has also been felt by
the animals. The beasts have degenerated in size, and length of years.
They have been made to suffer more than they otherwise would, by
the wrong habits of man.
Testimonies for the Church 2:94
Disease has been transmitted to your offspring, and the free use of
flesh-meats has increased the difficulty. The eating of pork has aroused
and strengthened a most deadly humor which was in the system. Your
offspring are robbed of vitality before they are born. You have not
added to virtue knowledge, and your children have not been taught
how to preserve themselves in the best condition of health. Never
should one morsel of swine’s flesh be placed upon your table.
Testimonies for the Church 2:96
God has given you light and knowledge, which you have professed
to believe came direct from Him, instructing you to deny appetite. You
know that the use of swine’s flesh is contrary to His express command,
given not because He wished to especially show His authority, but
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because it would be injurious to those who should eat it. Its use
would cause the blood to become impure, so that scrofula and other
humors would corrupt the system, and the whole organism would
suffer. Especially would the fine, sensitive nerves of the brain become