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Demanded his followers eat animal fat

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Shabbatai Tzvi decided that the best way to prove he had transcended normal human limitations was to start systematically breaking every single dietary restriction he could find. He went out of his way to aggressively demand his followers consume forbidden animal fat, turning a mundane barbecue into a highly controversial philosophical statement.

Demanded his followers eat animal fat
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