Okay, I've got some great answers to my first question about menstraul blood being unclean which explained a lot (from a hygiene perspective it does make sense).
So now, understanding why the Bible (and many other faiths) said it was unclean THEN, why, when we know how the biological process works, do some people in some faiths (I'm not going to say ALL Christians, Muslims, Jews or what-have you) STILL consider menstruation "unclean"? I can understand it when people didn't take regular baths, there was limited sanitation for well water, etc., and no one understood biologically where it came from, but now that we know how the menstrual cycle works and know that menstrual blood (and the uterine lining contained therein) is designed to sustain life, and have better sanitation (pads, tampons) to deal with the "messy" aspect of it, why do some people STILL consider it unclean? I've seen posts from others in here that specifically use the word "unclean". Why use that nowadays? Thnx!
2006-12-01
01:33:35
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