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The swine became fetish animals, leading to taboos on eating their flesh. 88:1.5

Do not cast pearls before swine; present not that which is holy to dogs. 140:3.18 186:2.2

Dogs drove thirty swine into the sea, believed to be carrying the evil spirits that tormented Amos before Jesus cured him. 151:6.6

The evil of eating pork, like the exposure of women during menstruation, stems from ancient taboos and beliefs. 84:4.8 89:1.5

Giant pigs, over six feet tall, went extinct during the Miocene era when the first deer arrived and North America was dominated by ruminants. 61:3.5

In the Urantia Book

Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.

Serpent reverence 88:1.5 — Ex 4:2-4; Ex 7:9-12; 2 Ki 18:4; Nm 21:8-9; Nm (Da 14:23-27): Bel 1:23-27; Jn 3:14.
Snakes: voices of evil spirits 88:1.5 — Gn 3:1-5.
Blind lead blind 140:3.18 — Mt 15:14; Lk 6:39. *Cast not pearls to swine*: Mt 7:6.
Jesus refused to defend self 186:2.2 — Mt 26:60-62a; Mk 14:56-61a.
Jesus answers questions about his divinity 186:2.2 — Mt 26:63b-64a; Mt 27:11; Mk 14:61b-62a; Mk 15:2; Lk 22:67-70; Lk 23:3; Jn 18:33-37.
No answers to Herod 186:2.2 — Lk 23:9.
No pearls before swine 186:2.2 — Mt 7:6.
Legend about demon-possessed pigs 151:6.6 — Mt 8:30-33; Mk 5:11-16; Lk 8:33-34.
Quarantine 84:4.8 — Lv 15:19-20.
Defiled by touching menstruating woman 84:4.8 — Lv 15:21-22.
Pork taboos 89:1.5 — Lv 11:7-8.