 I never got the fish isn&#x27;t meat thing either I guess meat means land animals and fish is from the sea. A man was crucified 2,000 years ago so you can&#x27;t eat a hamburger...why? Sacrifice maybe I could accept that but why just meat and not abstain from all food.<p>At least the Jews made some attempt at giving a reason as to why you can eat certain food and not just &quot;because&quot;.<p>It&#x27;s interesting how Jews, Christians (Catholic only?) and Muslims all have a somewhat related dietary restriction philosophy. It&#x27;s not surprising seeing how all developed in the same region the Levant area where the local cultures must have had similar customs before all the religions developed. Catholicism is so close to Judaism I can understand the relation but Islam only developed over 500 years later after Christianity maybe a remnant of their former Jewish and Christian practice?