(July 28, 2015 at 12:18 pm)Godschild Wrote:(July 28, 2015 at 11:37 am)Neimenovic Wrote: Oh.
Uh, well, those people described in the op are christians, though it would be more fitting to pin this behavior on religion in general.
What makes you believe these superstitions came from any religion, they come from not understanding illness.
GC
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OP Wrote:It soon dawned on me that for many people, disability was considered not a physical or mental impairment, but in fact a spiritual sickness or curse that could either be healed by prayer or by confinement, and in some cases by physical violence.
