Kosher pork

[Chavak]

Nice analogies Jude.

I think it is just playing with G-d's creations to try to change things so people can say it's okay.

For me, that isn't right.

For others, it may be!

Another thing to consider, though, and I think this is interesting: The ability to mix milk and meat could itself be controverted by the deeming of this frankenmeat as parev. If the meat was never alive, what's the harm in mixing the two, some might argue.

Either way, it seems like a slippery slope and a way to play with HaShem's law to do it this way.

On the other hand, I do think that the creation of frankenmeat is, in general, a good thing whether declared parev or not for a few reasons: One, I worry about the treatment of animals in captivity and raised for slaughter. I think that this meat would go a long way toward dampening instances of animal cruelty. Secondly, it's important because of global warming: Farms are large producers of greenhouse gasses and getting rid of the system could be a way to curtail some of those damages. Thirdly, it seems like it would go a long way toward ending world hunger. If this frankenmeat doesn't have to go through the process of being fed, watered, raised, shorn, and cared for over years and years, it would go a long way toward cutting the cost of food by leaps and bounds and might be an alternative to raising livestock for people who need sustenance now.

I agree that the advantages of lower cost and semi "instant" food would be a big advantage. I have no problem with test tube meat if it comes from a kosher animal, although in the end I'm not sure I would want to eat it. It still seems a little disgusting, lol.