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Just so we're clear, the will Jamie is referring to is this one
And also, just so we're clear, while Jamie is technically correct that Leviticus may not specifically have a verse that says "thou shalt not eat human flesh", the other dietary restrictions more than cover it... and throughout Scripture, cannibalism is repeatedly depicted as one of the most horrific acts one can perform.
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(Tuesday midday, INT: Capsaicin Lounge kitchen)
JH: Well, really, when you get right down to it, what's so bad about cannibalism, anyway?
ChA: Excuse me?
JH: I mean, assuming you can cook the meat in such a way that it doesn't have the prions that cause kuru, and that the tissue in question is supplied consensually...
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ChA: Who the hell would consent to that?
JH: I can think of at least one person I know who has.
ChA: What, you know someone who asked to be murdered and eaten?
JH: Not murdered, no, but there's a clause about it in her will.
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ChA: Well, then, her will's invalid. You can't put instructions in your last will and testament that would be illegal.
JH: That's my point, though. Aside from the consent issue and the health issue, should eating human flesh really be against the law? Is the act somehow inherently wrong?
ChA: Yes! Yes, for God's sake, yes to both!
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JH: So would that be the God who somehow skipped specifically forbidding cannibalism in the Torah, or the God who commands his followers to commemorate it at the Last Supp-
ChA (interrupting): HOW ARE WE EVEN HAVING THIS CONVERSATION WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOUR BRAIN.
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