All you Costco shoppers, what do you think of this?
I did some shopping at Costco on Saturday. Nothing too special, just looking to pick up some meat to BBQ. My eldest son was down with his fiancée from Iowa, so we wanted to have some family time. My wife and I worked our way past the various displays and only picked up an ice chest to keep the meat from spoiling on the return trip to Magdalena, (we were strong willed for a change). We arrived at the refrigerated section and began the difficult task of choosing our cuts of meat for the family get together. Right away, I spotted the chicken breasts, they were already boneless and vacuum sealed. The price was good as it was organic chicken from Oregon, but then I saw on the sign a note that stopped me cold. The whole chickens that looked wonderful for the family bar-b-que, just a moment before, were now an offense to me. Right on the sign were the words “Certified Halal”. Halal is the Islamic term that basically means the meat is lawful to eat for a devout Muslim. What makes it lawful or acceptable is that the meat has been processed in a very specific way. Now, you may think that this is no different than meat that is acceptable to the Jewish people or kosher. Unlike kosher food, where the physical processing of the meat is the focus, for Islam it is the spiritual component that makes the meat lawful. For lawful (halal) meat in Islam, the animal must be killed while the butcher faces Mecca, and either the butcher cries “Allah Akbar” or a tape plays the words over a loud speaker. Understand, that when they face Mecca, they face the black stone, the very definition of I am glad that Costco is finally telling us plainly that the meat is halal or sacrificed to an idol, but I have a feeling that this not to benefit the Christian, but rather the muslim. I will state again that I have not fear of a lifeless false god, but the book of Acts plainly tells us that we are not to eat meat sacrificed to idols. The false religion of Islam continues to make inroads into America as they attempt to force some of our communities to submit to Sharia law and demand that halal food be sold in I would point out that normally this type of food has been called “ethnic” food or given a special section like the Chinese food or whatever. That is not what we see here. This food is being sold with the standard fair, and one must read the small labels on the back of the food to find out if it is halal or not. I believe in freedom of religion. What I am starting to observe, however, is that one religion (currently the minority) is being given a wide berth and allowed special status. Those that know their Bible are not surprised by this, we are talking about the religion of the anti-Christ But it still amazes me that it can (as the Bible predicted) happen so suddenly and without anyone really taking notice. 
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Unlike kosher food, where the physical processing of the meat is the focus, for Islam it is the spiritual component that makes the meat lawful.
Except that halal and kosher are so similar that the Koran says that Muslims can eat kosher food:
In Surah 5:5 of the Qur'an it is written: "The food of the People of the Book [Jews and Christians] is lawful for you as your food is lawful for them."
More tribalism as translated by a proudly ignorant right winger, or "My 2,000 year old traditions are better than your 2,000 year old traditions." give or take a millenia.
Damn you Costco! Trying to please all your potential customers by giving them quality goods at low low prices! What do you think this is, a capitalist country or something?
Actually its amazing to me that it took this long for right wingers to turn on Costco. Its been known for years as a liberal yin to the conservative yang of places like WalMart.
Costco not only lets their workers join a union, but they have the highest starting wage in retail. They also give money to progressive candidates and causes. They do all that and still manage to be profitable despite actually having a smaller average markup than Walmart. I
I guess I shouldn't be too surprised, since the brain dead folks who fall for stuff like this would never stop to think about big picture things like how a company treats its employees or how the company is actually working against their economic interests. Nope, its only when some meaningless but scary sounding bullshit sets of their culture war panic alarm that they finally freak out.
Islam is an Abrahamic religion; the "god" that Muslims worship is the god of the Jews and of Christians.
Get a clue, morons.
St. Paul didn't forbid eating meat offered to idols, in fact, he called people who worried about such things as weak. But if eating such meat caused trouble for the weaker members it was better not to do so.
How much you wanna bet that the person who wrote this gets as weird about a cross as some Muslims do about the Kaaba stone?
Can we please get the Christmas cookies relegated to a special "ethnic" corner, before Christo-fascist idiocy makes any more inroads into mainstream America?
If christians are not allowed to eat meat sacrificed to idols, then doesn't this benefit christians to know that it was sacrificed to idols?
If christians are not allowed to eat meat sacrificed to idols, then doesn't this benefit christians to know that it was sacrificed to idols?
Well it would, if either of those assertions was true.
I believe in freedom of religion.
LIAR!!!! If you did, why are you writing this bigoted, ignoRANT screed??
What I am starting to observe, however, is that one religion
(currently the minority) is being given a wide berth and allowed special status.
WTF??? Why? Because this so-called "minority" (duly noted: attaches Muslims to teh dreaded "n" words) religion - which I believe is actually the majority world-wide - has the nerve to have *sacred* Costco selling Halal products?
I would say: that's the damn dumbest thing I've read yet, but sadly, it's not. However, it's right up.
Racist, bigoted, nasty, venal. A great way to gin contards into *hating their neighbor*... just like whot Jesus preached... NOT.
John 11:35
Why I fight tooth and nail for the separation of church and state. If any one group gets the upper hand in advancing their agenda on the state and national level, God help the rest of us.
Helpless victim of Muslim oppression:
"The whole chickens that looked wonderful...were now an offense to me."
Nah, that doesn't sound crazy.
"The Scourge of Sharia Chickens"
--brought to you by Wall Street Banksters whose only god is money.
"The false religion of Islam"
Hey something in a right wing e-mail I actually agree with.
"I believe in freedom of religion."
He just doesn't PRACTICE it.
Boooga boooga scary scary Sharia Chickens comin' atcha!!!
Geez, doesn't take much to make these pointy-headed idiots poop in their panties with fear & dread over ??? wtf?? Chickens??
Shattering.
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