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I think a loving god would have told us to boil water, wash often with soap and avoid lead, mercury, arsenic and fleas.

He did, by giving you a brain. You do know about those things. Thank God.

11 posted on 03/02/2002 5:57:46 PM PST by AmericaUnited
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To: AmericaUnited
I think a loving god would have told us to boil water, wash often with soap and avoid lead, mercury, arsenic and fleas.

He did, by giving you a brain. You do know about those things. Thank God.

Oh? I recall that in the Roman Empire, a very popular type of ceramic used in pots & mugs & wine bottles was high in lead. Rome, of course, was by far the most advanced society in Europe/Africa at the time. Far more advanced than God's favorite tribe was at the time.

Mercury was used for a number of things until recently that would make us blanch. And wasn't arsenic used in patent medicines as a pick-me-up? Or was that strychnine? (Actually, consulting my 1912 New Standard Formulary, all three, sometimes together. Yikes!)

You do realize of course how we did eventually learn why we should avoid lead, arsenic, mercury, & fleas? Godless, philosophically materialistic science! (Oh the horror :-)

18 posted on 03/02/2002 6:28:23 PM PST by jennyp
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