The One Year Bible - Day 52

Leviticus 11, the animals that are clean and unclean. What is so amazing about people, is that we would read a passage like this and accuse God of being arbitrary or irrelevant. Why can't we eat pigs? We all know how good they taste! Why not animals that chew the cud and have split hooves? Without pointing out the obvious, God knows why these rules were written down and I doubt they related to Him in any real way since animals are animals. So why would God say what you can and can't eat? Perhaps God knew that certain kinds of animals harbour certain types of microbes that are harmful or contagious to humans. Perhaps some animals harbour demons! (I was thinking of the snake!) Other animals might be naturally dangerous and not worth the hassle, especially for a fairly basic people. In most ways, we have ignored these commandments in the NT but I bet most of us don't really know why! I haven't ever had to eat vultures or millipedes but I'm sure some people have. What would be your advice to them if they proposed it?