I think this is where the prohibitions against eating shellfish came from in the bible. Some schlump back in biblical times was allegic to shellfish, and after eating it suffered a bad reaction and perhaps died. Others in the tribe of Israel saw this as a punishment directly from God. Perhaps trichinosis is what cased them to avoid eating pork.
Same goes for Christians' attitudes toward sex. Before the causes of STD's were known, it was assumed that a case of syphilis was God's punishment for sticking your hoo hoo dilly in the wrong cha-cha. Those prohibitions against premarital and extramarital sex were handed down from generation to generation and are still considered sins to this day.
Same goes for Christians' attitudes toward sex. Before the causes of STD's were known, it was assumed that a case of syphilis was God's punishment for sticking your hoo hoo dilly in the wrong cha-cha. Those prohibitions against premarital and extramarital sex were handed down from generation to generation and are still considered sins to this day.
Christian apologetics is the art of rolling a dog turd in sugar and selling it as a donut.
