It seems that much of the old testament law, such as circumcision, what to eat and not to eat, etc., has a good basis in what is healthy, especailly given the lack of sanitary conditions of the times.
A religious person might argue that this is God making up the lack of science of the time to protect people. A non-believer might argue that this is wise people coming up religious law to mirror their own observations about what makes a person sick. Either way, it demonstrates a good deal of wisdom in the old books. H. ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- from: "Braver, Ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 19:56:23 -0700 >Found a link to the original article on circumcision & risk of cervical >cancer - it's in the New England Journal of Medicine: >http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/346/15/1105 > >Apparently, the foreskin is particularly susceptible to infection from HPV - >human papilloma virus - which is linked to cervical cancer. > >-Ben > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
