I think it was viruses, bacteria, infections that influenced religious rituals, e.g. cover your head, don’t eat swine, cows, etc. I think half the Bible was about warning of plagues, droughts, famine, etc . but was reappropriated by the few and powerful as a means to control people instead.
Yeah, pork in particular can carry very nasty parasites if not cooked properly. So back then any cultural awareness of the dangers of xyz was just absorbed into the local religions. You see the same warnings in non-Abrahamic religions in the same areas.
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u/smokecat20 Apr 02 '20
I think it was viruses, bacteria, infections that influenced religious rituals, e.g. cover your head, don’t eat swine, cows, etc. I think half the Bible was about warning of plagues, droughts, famine, etc . but was reappropriated by the few and powerful as a means to control people instead.