Board:   [DoveNet] Religious Discussion/Debate/Evangelism
Subject: Re: Spirituality
From:    Moondog
Date:    Wed Jul 01, 2020 21:44

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  Re: Re: Spirituality
  By: Vk3jed to Moondog on Wed Jul 01 2020 09:14 pm

 >
 > Definitely.  A have noticed that a number of old prohibitions seem based upo
 > health issues of the times when those parts of religious texts were written
 > the laws laid down.
 >

The Egyptians accidentally discovered a form of hygiene from the belief that
evil spirits could get trapped in long, unmanagable hair and beards, and
their presence will affect your overall health and sanity.  The earliest
barbers were preists who could excorcise demons by disposing of the offending
hair.  Lopping off nasty hair probably cured people of lice and other
parasites, as well as staved off germs and bacteria living in the hair.

That may be the origin of why barbers in the middle ages and up into the late
19th century also acted as surgeons and dentists.  Blood letting originated
as pruging evilspirits, then was believed to purge contaminates from the
blood.

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