RA> Perhaps the best example is Gen. 2:17 ( the first prohibition in the
RA> book),
RA>
RA> "Do not eat the fruit of the technology ( Greek for tree or weave of
RA> knowledge) that makes edible ( syn for good in Hebrew) the inedible (
RA> syn for evil in Hebrew)."

I can see some logic in your essay suggesting that eating food in its
naturally-edible types/forms only would be beneficial. . .

I just wanted to comment with another take on your suggested translations. . .

1. it would be improper to translate from two different language
sources/documents (ie the Greek & Hebrew renderings of the Torah).

2. If it were so, then my first reading on this would be that it's banning GMOs
and/or other man-made/manufactured foods ("technology" for making
the inedible
edible (ie. foods you normally wouldn't get, like tomatoes that get bruised in
shipping, but with GMO they can make them tougher-skinned!)

I've had a theory for some time that the ideal is to eat what's local to you,
especially in its own seasons (eating bananas in Russia or Canada and/or eating
maple syrup in Australia/Africa might be tasty enough for those who can afford
imported goods, but were never natural for those regions!)

There are some sorts of phytochemicals in fruits that are essential to optimum
health and digestion OF those particular fruits -- these phytochemicals start
to deteriorate/disappear the instant you pick the fruit, so canning or
freezing, let alone extraction/reduction to vitamins/juice/etc., means you're
just eating waste product(as far as your digestive processes are concerned!) --
the phytochemicals are an inherent part of the fruit(some vegetables, too) and
are a naturally occurring prerequisite to proper USE of the herbage!

Another thought I've had is that if we stopped messing with the other Nature
aspect of our food -- ie. COOKING or COOLING, we might be better off.

For the least amount of stress to our bodies, the ideal is that all ingestion
be at body temperature (37`C or 98.6`F) but the natural second-best would be at
environment-temperature.

Having everything at body temperature would certainly relieve stresses/efforts
on our systems, but that isn't necessarily a good thing! (you need a certain
amount of 'exercise' throughout your body's systems!)

Well, now I've stated my thoughts/opinions, now it's YOUR(and/or anyone
else) to jump in and share what YOU have to add to this thread. . . :)
All are welcome! It's PUBLIC, people! Let's have fun with it so that we
ALL are edified! :)



Your friend,
<+]::-{)}  (Cyberpope(the Bishop of ROM!))





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