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I don't know that much about Islam (do you?) but I do know something about Judaism. And I know that very little pain is imposed on an animal because the knife yes, by religious decree, has to be very sharp. And it is not stabbed all over to inflict pain. @dybmh explained it properly to you to the best of my knowledge. Many humans eat animal flesh. Or use leather, etc.
I will have to side with @ChristineM on this one. Such videos are very disturbing to her. I can understand that. She told you how to find them. Instead you demanded that she do something that she told you was offensive to her.
The verse you allude to says this: "He has only forbidden you what dies of itself (carrion) and blood and the flesh of swine, and that which is slaughtered as a sacrifice for others than Allah. But if one is forced by necessity without willful disobedience nor transgressing due limits, then there is no sin on them. Truly, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."
But it is clearly not painless. Even with a sharp knife. Both halal and kosher butchery require sharp knives and in their day they were more humane than many other methods. But we can be even more humane today. So why not go with that? The bruise to the forehead does not affect the meat in any way at all. I would suggest a combination of the two if one wanted to maintain one's traditions. Stun and then cut the neck just to be sure.
There are many things we do not know now from the scriptures. I hope to learn more about the past when, as Maimonides wrote, the resurrection is to come.
And we can learn from those who were there at the time. 
Yes, and not only that, but all the prophets agree that in the end, God will bless Israel and restore her.
I am just curious as to what Muslims believe in that regard. They are another Abrahamic religion. I am not so sure if their version is the same as yours.
Yes, they do. And I understand that there are times when a person is just very busy, or doesn't feel good, or whatever, and isn't up to spending the time and energy to properly document their claims. I only became involved because, after not documenting her claims, she had the chutzpah to call the other person "lazy." She seems to be under the misunderstanding that the responsibility for doing the research lies with the other person.
Sorry, she had no right to call him lazy. Doing the research is not his responsibility.
Not saying no. But that really does require another discussion with quite a different view of what is to be the future of religion. There is no doubt in mind that God worked with, and was the God of Israel stemming from Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. There is so much to learn in the Hebrew scriptures. 2 Chronicles 22 brings out that Ahaziah (spelling can be different) was killed because he did what God did not want him to do in a big way by siding with the wrong people. The whole thing is very interesting. So eventually the earth will be just as Isaiah wrote. A beautiful place. No badness.
I try to be 'nice,' but I must say I'm still working on it.
She told how to do the research. if she had just refused to do so for no good reason then you would have a valid claim, but to find such evidence one has to watch such videos. She has seen them She knows they exist so she instructed how the other person could have satisfied their curiosity. There are at times valid reasons for not presenting evidence, but when one does one has to provide a way for that other person find the evidence themselves and she did that.
I'm not sure what you're talking about. As far as humane goes, have you ever been to or seen a slaughterhouse? I have not been inside one and I do not want to look. But from what I heard from people who worked there, it isn't pleasant and the animals are not treated humanely. In fact, many of the slain ones were sick and could hardly walk into the place. And sometimes people (workers) drowned in the blood pools by accident. There were not religiously oriented slaughterhouses. But thanks for your comment. Remember though my question was not particularly about HOW the animals were slaughtered, but why it was proscribed to have them killed as sacrifices.
I never claimed that other methods were perfect. There is a lot of room for improvement. The problem is that both halal and kosher butchery use outdated techniques. In their time they were very humane. But we now have more humane methods. For both religions that use of traditional methods goes against the spirit of their laws. The reason that they had those laws were so that those animals were treated as humanely as possible. Now they have mistaken those laws and they see them as a religious rite instead of as a means to an end. The goal was to give the animal the least pain possible. Why do they oppose a method that results in even less pain for the animal?
God is a foodie, likes the fat portions of the firstlings. It is so very clearly written in the book. Why all these questions?
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that you don't care to be part of the discussion as religious thought of animal sacrifice goes.
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The biggest theme in the Tanakh is simply OBEY GOD. But the second biggest theme is that God is faithful to Israel even when Israel is not faithful to God.
The Jews sacrificed at the temple in Jerusalem until it was ransacked and brought to ruins by the Romans.
This is another discussion. Put another way, many people attend religious meetings of their choice and certainly not all could be said to obey God.