Show dogs called unclean by biblical writers many people have a decided prejudice against selling dogs some go so for as to regard the hie sale of a log dog as positively sinful one elderly woman says the pathfinder magazine severely condemned a man who en in tile the business of raising shep herd logs dogs for or the market slie she branded his business as sinful and sled against her church accepting contributions of 0 his tainted money the origin ot of tills this prejudice Is not known for certain it may be based on the old hebraic brale scriptural teachings deuteronomy 2 2313 says in part thou iliou shall not bring the price of a dog into the house of the lord thy god for or any vow many commentators accepting dog here in the literal sense state that moses declared declare dogs unclean and prohibited traffic raffle in them others take a different view of the me passage they any that dog here does not refer to the animal but to a person who has prostituted prostitutes himself by committing any abominable action tills opinion receives some confirmation from the context especially the preceding verse in palestine tile the dog was looked upon with loathing and aversion as filthy and unclean this ordinal Is mentioned in the bible more than forty times and with few excel eions it Is mentioned with contempt to remark either its voracious instincts its fierceness or lia its loath so |