To: ansel12
I wonder what Western Civilization would be like if it had steered clear of alcohol.
To: Yardstick
A Diarrhea to the point of death from dehydration common would have been common Cholera outbreaks, and Hepatitis would be far more common (it's not just transmitted sexually but in food and water as well). Wine and Beer were and still can be good substitutes for locally available impure water.
82 posted on
04/20/2014 9:41:45 PM PDT by
Rashputin
(Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory.)
To: Yardstick
Backwards, like the cultures that have mostly done that.
Alcohol was almost indispensable to civilization, it is why new theories are crediting beer with civilization, and its abundant mention in the bible.
85 posted on
04/20/2014 10:44:06 PM PDT by
ansel12
((Libertarianism offers the transitory concepts and dialogue to move from conservatism, to liberalism)
To: Yardstick
I wonder what Western Civilization would be like if it had steered clear of alcohol.A lot fewer idiots would have been run over by their own ox cart and would have gone on to breed more idiots instead...
111 posted on
04/24/2014 8:14:41 AM PDT by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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