# Does meat just rot in our stomachs?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-meat-just-rot-in-our-stomachs/384650>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 18, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-meat-just-rot-in-our-stomachs/384650 "2006-12-18T16:55:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-meat-just-rot-in-our-stomachs/384650/21 "2006-12-19T00:31:33Z")

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[QUOTE=mr. jp]  
And churches  
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Has anyone ever conducted experiments to test this assertion? I think it would depend on what the church was constructed out of.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-meat-just-rot-in-our-stomachs/384650/22 "2006-12-19T00:51:07Z")

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You’d like to think that, wouldn’t you?

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**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-meat-just-rot-in-our-stomachs/384650/23 "2006-12-19T02:29:39Z")

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[QUOTE=mr. jp]  
And churches  
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And watermelon seeds, which, in the warm, dark environment of your stomach, sprout and grow, until the vines come out your ears. Maybe other places, too.

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**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-meat-just-rot-in-our-stomachs/384650/24 "2006-12-19T03:46:28Z")

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[QUOTE=Kat]  
Has anyone ever conducted experiments to test this assertion? I think it would depend on what the church was constructed out of.  
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Oh, [really](http://www.sugarcraft.com/catalog/new/church.htm)?

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