  If you think that your scriptures are archaic, why would you use them to justify the existence of the state of Israel in the first place?   The reform movement believes that SOME of the laws are outdated. Laws change with time. For example: There is a law in England that states you may shoot a welshman with a longbow in Chester, UNLESS it is a sunday and he is in church. Now, this law hasn't been repealed, but you agree it should be right? It'd be murder to shoot a welshman in chester nowadays. Once upon a time, when England and Wales were at war, and a Welshman in Chester would have been an INVASION, the law was suitable. Nowadays it's a joke. Laws change. A pig consumes a LOT more food than it pragmatically produces - hence it is unsuitable to raise in a desert environment. It would be more sensible to eat the food provided for the pig. However, nowadays this isn't such a problem. Ya? :)    Orthodox Jews believe that NO laws should be changed and the word of G-d is infallible. Therefore they would object to raising a pig on Israeli soil. However, many orthodox Jews I know dislike the concept of Israel as a country anyway, except in case of a future Holocaust as a safe haven.    Oh, and saying that just because we see ourselves as a spiritual nation it means that we won't defend our country is wrong and idiotic. That's like saying every Catholic has allegience to the Pope and not to their political leaders or nation.