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From: dk@browngr.UUCP (David Kantrowitz)
Newsgroups: net.origins
Subject: A correct prediction made by religion
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Date: Mon, 8-Oct-84 11:49:49 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct  8 11:49:49 1984
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In the Tanach (Old Testament) there is a prohibition against eating certain
kinds of land animals (exact reference available upon request).  The two
characteristics required for a land animal to be kosher are:
    fully split hooves
    chews its cud

Then the passage goes on to list the 4 animals which have one of these
characteristics but not both (and thus are not kosher).  They are:
    pig
    camel
    hare
    a certain kind of badger

Prediction: there are no other such animals (that have only 1 characteristic).

In the past millenia, we have discovered many new animals, but we haven't found
any like these 4.