Out Our Way: The Gospel according to Goliath: Mark 5:1-13

Out our way, there used to be real hostility between those who raised sheep and those who raised cattle.

In the days of the open range, there was competition between flocks and herds for the grazing. Today many folks raise both - but there was a time when folks actually shot at each other over the sheep and the cows.

But if the animosity of ranchers for sheep in cattle country and vice versa was intense - it was nothing compared to the outright disgust and hatred the Jews had for pigs. The pig was an abomination to the Jews and pork was absolutely forbidden as not kosher, so were those who rai...