Answer my point about eating chazir.
I did — with my question. In other words, if I had absolutely no other information to go on and I had no other inclination that eating chazir is prohibited by the Torah, I would not refrain based on your say so alone. Is that really such a shock? Your very question is predicated on the knowledge that I already know that chazir is forbidden. But if I had no such knowledge and no way to find out differently, why should I refrain based *solely* on your say so?
So, again, why do I have to take things based solely on your say so (i.e. deformed malachim) but you don’t have to have to accept my word based on my say so (not thinking about elephants)? I answered your question, now answer mine.
The Wolf