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=== Hygiene ===
 
=== Hygiene ===
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God the Son mandated hygiene laws and gave them to Moses (Leviticus 15) millennia before germ theory was proposed in the late 19th century.  God's hygiene laws included bathing, washing of clothing, destruction of contaminated pottery and washing of hands.
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Millennia before germ theory was proposed in the late 19th century, Leviticus 15 mandated hygiene laws that included bathing, washing of clothing, destruction of contaminated pottery and washing of hands.
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(God's hygiene laws were for the purpose of health - NOT ceremony.  In Matthew 15:2, Jesus spoke against the ritual hand-washing exercise which the Pharisees had added to the law and were not part of the cleanliness laws he had personally provided to Moses.)
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In Matthew 15:2, Jesus then curbed compulsive hand-washing by explaining why it n no longer typically necessary (in a non-farming, non-medical context) with respect to man's digestive system.
    
=== Digestive System ===
 
=== Digestive System ===
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