R2D2 schrieb:
advindicate.com/articles/2014/…Advindicate+(ADvindicate)Modern science has amply verified God's foreknowledge and mercy in making circumcision the sign of His covenant with Abraham. Divine wisdom was manifested in the covenant of circumcision, and Christians today can still benefit from that wisdom.
WP schrieb:
Kellogg was brought up in the Seventh-day Adventist Church from childhood, at a time when members commonly engaged in theological speculation. Selected as a protegé of the Whites and trained as a doctor, Kellogg held a prominent role as a speaker at church meetings
They expected the Second Coming of Christ any day now. Who needs
algebra for a blissful eternity of endless days drifting on heavenly
clouds playing harps?
Spoiler: the anticipated second coming failed to eventuate but the Kelloggs never gave up hope, running to the door every time they heard the gate.
“Are you the Messiah?”
“No, the postman.”
To discourage masturbation Kellogg recommended electric shocks to the genitalia, male circumcision, stitching the foreskin with wire to prevent erection and burning the clitoris with carbolic acid.
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