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: I object to its deletion.  While you make an interesting point, I doubt that the handwashing that Jesus rejected was merely "ceremonial".  Jesus did seem to making a point about germs.  The unusual example of where handwashing is essential did not apply in this (or most) situations.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 18:37, 10 July 2011 (EDT)
 
: I object to its deletion.  While you make an interesting point, I doubt that the handwashing that Jesus rejected was merely "ceremonial".  Jesus did seem to making a point about germs.  The unusual example of where handwashing is essential did not apply in this (or most) situations.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 18:37, 10 July 2011 (EDT)
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:Jesus did NOT AT ALL seem to be making a point about germs.  He was talking to an audience who had never heard of them.
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Andy, I'll bet you wash your hands before eating, don't you?  Especially if you've been to the bathroom, right?  You can't expect me to believe that if you and your wife sat down to lunch and she asked what that little mark was on the back of your hand and you said: "Nothing to be concerned about darling - it's just a little smear of poop," that she would respond with anything less than shock and immediately order you to the bathroom to wash your hands. 
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If the handwashing that Jesus rejected was not merely "ceremonial", then why does the CBP analysis of that verse say: "The hand-washing was a ritual exercise, another part of the Pharisees' body of extra-Biblical regulations"?
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Obviously, if *you* object, I will not delete the section - but *you* should delete it.  It is based on *your* opinion, and contradicts science, good sense and the hygiene laws God the Son (aka Jesus) gave to Moses in Leviticus 15.  To leave the article as is may save your pride in here but invites scathing public mockery at the hands of someone like Stephen Colbert.
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Kindest regards [[User:Spotsbunch|Spotsbunch]] 17:46, 11 July 2011 (EDT)
    
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