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Why wasn't "boil your water" in the WoW?
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 4:26 pm
by _Scottie
If the WoW was really so far ahead of its time and came via revelation to Joseph Smith from God, why didn't God include something as simple as "boil your water before you drink it"?
Re: Why wasn't "boil your water" in the WoW?
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 4:30 pm
by _Buffalo
Scottie wrote:If the WoW was really so far ahead of its time and came via revelation to Joseph Smith from God, why didn't God include something as simple as "boil your water before you drink it"?
Even worse, it counseled people to avoid "hot drinks," which were a great source of safe water.
Re: Why wasn't "boil your water" in the WoW?
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 4:35 pm
by _DarkHelmet
It is slippery slope to boil water because you might be tempted to make tea or coffee. It's like a gateway drug.
Re: Why wasn't "boil your water" in the WoW?
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 4:39 pm
by _cafe crema
Or hand washing?
Frequent hand washing is one of the best ways to avoid getting sick and spreading illness
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or from the CDC
Handwashing is easy to do and it's one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of many types of infection and illness in all settings
Re: Why wasn't "boil your water" in the WoW?
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 4:44 pm
by _EAllusion
Hand washing was arguably the single most important invention in medicine in the 19th century.
Re: Why wasn't "boil your water" in the WoW?
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 4:57 pm
by _Fifth Columnist
Wow, you guys are so hard-hearted. Here is what God said:
God as quoted in D&C 89 wrote:7And, again, strong drinks are not for the belly, but for the washing of your bodies.
God actually told us to not only wash our hands, but our whole bodies, and to do it with alcohol to boot! It doesn't get any more sanitary than that.
The problem is that God's "prophets" got confused (they do that a lot) and emphasized the part about not drinking alcohol instead of the more important part about washing our bodies with alcohol.
Re: Why wasn't "boil your water" in the WoW?
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 4:58 pm
by _zeezrom
Or use of cesspools (i.e. Septic systems) to treat sewer. Droopy, are you reading this?
Scottie,
Can we even ask such a question? Since when is God more interested in our physical welfare than our spiritual?
Re: Why wasn't "boil your water" in the WoW?
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 5:08 pm
by _EAllusion
Fifth Columnist wrote:Wow, you guys are so hard-hearted. Here is what God said:
God as quoted in D&C 89 wrote:7And, again, strong drinks are not for the belly, but for the washing of your bodies.
God actually told us to not only wash our hands, but our whole bodies, and to do it with alcohol to boot! It doesn't get any more sanitary than that.
The problem is that God's "prophets" got confused (they do that a lot) and emphasized the part about not drinking alcohol instead of the more important part about washing our bodies with alcohol.
Heh. I like this post.
Re: Why wasn't "boil your water" in the WoW?
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 5:23 pm
by _just me
Joseph gave them the cure for cholera...what more do you want?!
"Salt, vinegar and pepper given internally and plunging in the river when paroxysms begin will cure cholera." Joseph Smith Jr
Re: Why wasn't "boil your water" in the WoW?
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 6:23 pm
by _DarkHelmet
EAllusion wrote:Hand washing was arguably the single most important invention in medicine in the 19th century.
And the best way to keep your hands clean is to not touch your little factory. It all comes back to following the prophet.