Not acceptable for religious use because of being ritually impure or due to the nature of the thing itself.
Key References
“No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”
He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.
“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.
All Scripture References (9)
Luke (1)
In the synagogue there was a man possessed by the spirit of an unclean demon. He cried out in a loud voice,
Acts (3)
“No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”
He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.
‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’
1 Corinthians (1)
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
2 Corinthians (1)
“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
Ephesians (1)
For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Revelation (2)
The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.
And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.