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This-essay is a9702283.htm which is available at the web-site www.essayz.com. See more notes at the bottom. Previous-Essay <== This-Essay ==> Following-Essay By-Months By-Years By-Words Webs of Like-&-Un-Like ESSAYS <==> Like-&-UN-Like This-One ========================================================== %PURITY CODE RITUALS AVOID DANGER POISON DEATH+970228 %REJECT ACCEPT INGEST TAKE INTO FELLOWSHIP SIN+970228 %FUNDAMENTAL LAWS LEGALISTIC PROHIBITIONS EVIL 970228 Early humans had to learn to distinguish between plants which were good foods/medicines and plants that were poisonous; between animals whose flesh soon became poisonous to eat, and those which did not; between sick people whom it was dangerous to be near, and those it was not dangerous to be near. They developed "purity codes" which pointed the way towards long life and away from early death; and developed rituals to insure respect for the observance of purity codes. As time passed distinctions were not made between the objective considerations which had lead to the development of purity codes; and the reflexive communal considerations which perpetuated the observance of purity rituals which were expressive of the purity codes. Purity codes and rituals evolved in ways which were not motivated by objective considerations of external threats to human life and well-being. The enforcement of purity codes and the perpetuation of purification rituals had a net benefit, so long as the purity codes and rituals were reasonably well connected to external threats to human life and well-being---in spite of the alienative effects of carrying out the enforcement. When purity codes and rituals are not well connected to external threats to human life and well-being---the enforcement of purity codes and the perpetuation of purification rituals have alienative effects which are not compensated by beneficial fruits. Beware of such codes and rituals! (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in www.essayz.com Search for Integrity and Honesty (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy) ==========================================================
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