Leviticus 9-11

Too often the comments I hear about Leviticus 11 center on confusion about why God would forbid certain animals for food. The questions arise from the same lying twist that Satan used on Eve;"That food isn't going to make you dirty." Instead of focusing on the literal meanings of the words Moses used perhaps we should look at the root message: "Be holy as I am holy."(Leviticus 11:44-45) The message God wants to teach has nothing to do with food, but has everything to do with obedience and being visibly different from the world. 
Stuart