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by gr3yh47 2976 days ago
This is tangental but, incidentally, the hygienic laws of the Jewish people encompass far more than just not eating pork, and most of the wisdom in obeying those laws for health reasons far surpasses any knowledge at the time.

Some modern physicians wrote a book about this called 'None of these diseases'

https://www.amazon.com/None-These-Diseases-S-McMillen/dp/080...

To me the rational conclusion given the information above is that those laws really did come from a source of knowledge higher than the totality of human knowledge at the time.
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komali2 2976 days ago
>To me the rational conclusion given the information above is that those laws really did come from a source of knowledge higher than the totality of human knowledge at the time.

Can you clarify what you believe the source is?

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brandnewlow 2976 days ago
G-d. Or possibly aliens.
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c22 2976 days ago
You say that these laws "surpass any knowledge at the time", but aren't they in fact evidence of such knowledge?
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alonmower 2976 days ago
Yes, this is definitely the more rational conclusion. Even if no one knew about germ theory or parasites there were likely observations made that certain foods/preparations resulted in certain outcomes and then codified this information in the laws. It seems that the grandparent comment is starting from the premise that god exists and looking for evidence to support the conclusion they already hold.
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gr3yh47 2971 days ago
I'm not sure you understand the specificity of the mosaic hygienic laws to which I'm referring, but a bit of research into the knowledge of the time coupled with a close look at the high level of detail given in the law shows that no, human origin is not the more rational conclusion. There's a LOT more going on than 'dont eat certain foods'

>It seems that the grandparent comment is starting from the premise that god exists and looking for evidence to support the conclusion they already hold.

it seems that you are assuming anything affirming God must be irrational and therefore state that I must be approaching this irrationally.

I encourage anyone who finds the concept interesting to check out this book:

https://www.amazon.com/None-These-Diseases-McMillen-MD/dp/05...

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