Mr. Metazoan
13th April 2014, 22:04
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Genesis 3:3: But God did say, “You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.”
Favism(fava-bean-ism), also known as Glucose-6-Phosphate-Dehydrogenase Deficiency(G6PD), is a genetic disease that affects the Jews, and other descendents of the Mediterranean after eating fava beans. For Jews, 40 days after ingestion, an allergic like reaction occurs where a blood disorder called hemolytic anemia occurs causing the blood cells to self destruct, and in severe cases causes acute kidney failure. It takes 100-120 days for our spleen to remove the red blood cells, and because of the two time periods, the total length of the disease process is 150 days. Each condition causes a multitude of devastating signs and symptoms. Hemolytic anemia causes fatigue, loss of appetite, fluid imbalance, bone deformities, irregular heartbeats, hypertension, heart failure, and sometimes death. Acute kidney injury can cause extreme thirst, weakness, fatigue, hormones are not produce, and bone demineralization resulting in excruciating bone pain, deformities, and fractures. In the Middle East jaundice is common, featuring yellowing of the eyes and face only days after ingestion. The worst thing, is that it can increase the bilirubin causing kernicterus, which is permanently toxic to the brain.
Research shows that since the neolithic period fava beans have played a role in religious ritual, and were associated with death. A high percentage of people in the Mediterranean are are so susceptible that even smelling the pollen from a bean field causes faces and eyes to turn yellow. Scholars agree that favism was well known in antiquity, and due to the high prevalence it would be impossible not to recognize it. The bible states that the original sin was eating a forbidden fruit, and the Seven Penitential Psalms, or the 7PPs which are 6, 32, 38, 51, 102, 130, and 143 appears to be our first documented case of favism.
Psalm Chapter 6 portrays King David begging God for forgiveness, and mercy. He says that he is faint, and that his bones and his soul are in agony. He asks how long it will last, that he is worn out from groaning, that all night long he cries, and that his eyes grow weak with sorrow. He also begins to claim that others are evil, and for them to stay away.
In chapter 32, we find David continuing to groan all day, saying that his bones are wasting away, that his strength was sapped, and that he feels pressure from God’s hand. He acknowledges that his sin made him sick, and claims that if a person prays to God, that when the mighty waters rise, they will not reach him. Then, as we get closer to chapter 40 and the 40th day, the acute kidney failure begins to take effect and in Chapter 36 shows David feasting on the abundance of water from God’s fountain of life due to his extreme thirst.
Ch 38 is a larger chapter, and as always, shows King David asking God to not rebuke him out of anger, and to not discipline him during his wrath. He again uses the analogy that God's hand has come down upon him. He claims that there is no health in his body, and that his bones have no soundness because of his sin. He says that he is bowed down, and brought very low. That his back is filled with searing pain, again that there is no health in his body, he's feeble, and utterly crushed. He groans in anguish of heart, all day long he goes about mourning. His heart pounds, his strength fails him; and his friends and companions avoid him. He thinks they talk behind his back, but he's unable to reply. The water is reaching the top, his kidneys are failing, and he’s not getting the needed hormones for his brain to function properly.
The original text(JPS version) of Psalm 46 depicts God telling King David to Desist and release his inner parts then the mighty rivers in Jerusalem overflow, but there are no rivers in Jerusalem.
The next chapter on the list, 51 has him repeatedly begging for God's mercy. He says that he was sinful at birth, from the time his mother conceived him(x-linked genetic disease), and that his bones have been crushed.
102 does not have an author, but goes along with the same idea; he begs God to hear his cries of distress. He says that his bones burn like glowing embers, and that his heart is blighted and withered like grass. He forgets to eat his food, is reduced to skin and bones, lies awake, and is like an owl among the ruins.
Psalm 130 is very short, and another unknown author begs for mercy, and cries out of the depths. Failed kidneys flooded him?
143 has David still begging for mercy, asking God to come to his relief. His heart is dismayed, his soul thirsts for God like a parched land. Is afraid of going down to the pit(sheol) where the dead are buried, and asks God to bring him out of trouble.
These verses point toward favism as the culprit, and describes the physiological, and psychological signs, and symptoms of this 150 day long catastrophic ordeal, even going as far as naming the kidneys as the main organ affected. There are many references in the bible to the numbers 40, and 150. The biblical story of Noah's Ark for example shows that it rained for 40 days and 40 nights, and the waters prevailed upon the earth for 150 days. Written in the 4th century, the book of Psalms is 150 chapters long, and is split into 5 books; the first of which ends on Chapter 41 shows that King David was riddled with a vile disease(PS 41:8). As the book of Psalms progresses, so does the disease.
The church took us through the dark ages, inquisitions, and crusades while creating laws that stopped us from progressing scientifically. They burned women for healing others, claiming that they were witches, and that healing the sick was a form of magic, and a sin. Written history does not show that they robbed us of our scientific intellect, however, the original sin is in regards to a forbidden fruit, and when ingested, Adam and Eve are cursed the next morning.
Oddly enough , In 1894, the idea that fava beans, of all things caused a myriad of conditions was first recognized, and by the 1940’s we discovered that the British never developed symptoms after eating them, suggesting a genetic difference leading us into WWII. Since then, we’ve discovered more than 100 variations globally affecting more than 400 million people. The Mediterranean variant is the most common, and some countries in the Middle East have population rates as high as 77%. Due to the multiple genetic variations some are so susceptible that walking through a field where the beans are in bloom will immediately start this reaction, whereas for others acute kidney failure occurs 40 days after ingestion, then followed by hemolytic anemia. It takes the spleen 100-120 days to degrade(remove) red blood cells, and because of the two time periods the total length of the disease process is 150 days. Because most patients are asymptomatic at first, they don’t know they have it until it’s too late. If they eat a large amount of fava, or broad beans they won’t surely die, but a heart attack is imminent.
Beans have long played interesting roles in religious ritual, and magic. In the 5th century B.C.E., Pythagoras who most know for his theorem of a2+b2=c2 supplied us with many other mathematical, philosophical, metaphysical, and political rules, laws, and theories. One Pythagorean theory, possibly his most important which may have lead to his death was about beans. Because of their religious, ethical, and aesthetic lifestyle he and his followers, the Pythagoreans were vegetarians, and were strictly forbidden from eating any type of fava beans but this eventually led to their ruin. According to legend, around 450 B.C.E. enemies of Pythagoras set fire to his house, and school of medicine sending him running toward a bean field. When he reached the field he stopped, stating he would rather die, so those chasing him slit his throat. Pythagoras left no written works, or, if he did, none have survived. Some modern scholars consider Pythagoras not just a scientist, but also a Greek Shaman. Through the Pythagoreans, Hippocrates received the philosophical concepts that he combined with medicine to form the Hippocratic Oath, but it’s theorized that the Pythagoreans may have written the entire thing. Hippocrates is also credited with being the first person to argue that diseases were not a punishment inflicted by the gods but instead were caused by environmental factors, diet, and living habits. Was this the work of the Pythagoreans?
The ban on eating beans was not restricted to just the Pythagoreans. Not only did the Hindus have their own restrictions on urd beans, but the Ancient Greeks thought the dark spots on fava beans with death were related to death, and forbade their priests from eating them, or even mention them. Homer mentions fava beans several times in his Iliad(9th century BCE), beans were sometimes offered in sacrifices to Apollo, and its history is suggestive of superstition, prohibition, magic and fear. It’s possible that stories based on the various bean bans go back to Neolithic times. If Dr. Gimbutas is correct, then the oldest story is from the Ġgantija temples, and the mother goddess cults created more than 5,500 years ago. Legend says that a giant, possibly Demeter lived on a diet of broad beans, and water, then constructed one of the temples in a single day carrying the megaliths on her head as she carried her baby under her arm.
Genesis 3:3: But God did say, “You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.”
Favism(fava-bean-ism), also known as Glucose-6-Phosphate-Dehydrogenase Deficiency(G6PD), is a genetic disease that affects the Jews, and other descendents of the Mediterranean after eating fava beans. For Jews, 40 days after ingestion, an allergic like reaction occurs where a blood disorder called hemolytic anemia occurs causing the blood cells to self destruct, and in severe cases causes acute kidney failure. It takes 100-120 days for our spleen to remove the red blood cells, and because of the two time periods, the total length of the disease process is 150 days. Each condition causes a multitude of devastating signs and symptoms. Hemolytic anemia causes fatigue, loss of appetite, fluid imbalance, bone deformities, irregular heartbeats, hypertension, heart failure, and sometimes death. Acute kidney injury can cause extreme thirst, weakness, fatigue, hormones are not produce, and bone demineralization resulting in excruciating bone pain, deformities, and fractures. In the Middle East jaundice is common, featuring yellowing of the eyes and face only days after ingestion. The worst thing, is that it can increase the bilirubin causing kernicterus, which is permanently toxic to the brain.
Research shows that since the neolithic period fava beans have played a role in religious ritual, and were associated with death. A high percentage of people in the Mediterranean are are so susceptible that even smelling the pollen from a bean field causes faces and eyes to turn yellow. Scholars agree that favism was well known in antiquity, and due to the high prevalence it would be impossible not to recognize it. The bible states that the original sin was eating a forbidden fruit, and the Seven Penitential Psalms, or the 7PPs which are 6, 32, 38, 51, 102, 130, and 143 appears to be our first documented case of favism.
Psalm Chapter 6 portrays King David begging God for forgiveness, and mercy. He says that he is faint, and that his bones and his soul are in agony. He asks how long it will last, that he is worn out from groaning, that all night long he cries, and that his eyes grow weak with sorrow. He also begins to claim that others are evil, and for them to stay away.
In chapter 32, we find David continuing to groan all day, saying that his bones are wasting away, that his strength was sapped, and that he feels pressure from God’s hand. He acknowledges that his sin made him sick, and claims that if a person prays to God, that when the mighty waters rise, they will not reach him. Then, as we get closer to chapter 40 and the 40th day, the acute kidney failure begins to take effect and in Chapter 36 shows David feasting on the abundance of water from God’s fountain of life due to his extreme thirst.
Ch 38 is a larger chapter, and as always, shows King David asking God to not rebuke him out of anger, and to not discipline him during his wrath. He again uses the analogy that God's hand has come down upon him. He claims that there is no health in his body, and that his bones have no soundness because of his sin. He says that he is bowed down, and brought very low. That his back is filled with searing pain, again that there is no health in his body, he's feeble, and utterly crushed. He groans in anguish of heart, all day long he goes about mourning. His heart pounds, his strength fails him; and his friends and companions avoid him. He thinks they talk behind his back, but he's unable to reply. The water is reaching the top, his kidneys are failing, and he’s not getting the needed hormones for his brain to function properly.
The original text(JPS version) of Psalm 46 depicts God telling King David to Desist and release his inner parts then the mighty rivers in Jerusalem overflow, but there are no rivers in Jerusalem.
The next chapter on the list, 51 has him repeatedly begging for God's mercy. He says that he was sinful at birth, from the time his mother conceived him(x-linked genetic disease), and that his bones have been crushed.
102 does not have an author, but goes along with the same idea; he begs God to hear his cries of distress. He says that his bones burn like glowing embers, and that his heart is blighted and withered like grass. He forgets to eat his food, is reduced to skin and bones, lies awake, and is like an owl among the ruins.
Psalm 130 is very short, and another unknown author begs for mercy, and cries out of the depths. Failed kidneys flooded him?
143 has David still begging for mercy, asking God to come to his relief. His heart is dismayed, his soul thirsts for God like a parched land. Is afraid of going down to the pit(sheol) where the dead are buried, and asks God to bring him out of trouble.
These verses point toward favism as the culprit, and describes the physiological, and psychological signs, and symptoms of this 150 day long catastrophic ordeal, even going as far as naming the kidneys as the main organ affected. There are many references in the bible to the numbers 40, and 150. The biblical story of Noah's Ark for example shows that it rained for 40 days and 40 nights, and the waters prevailed upon the earth for 150 days. Written in the 4th century, the book of Psalms is 150 chapters long, and is split into 5 books; the first of which ends on Chapter 41 shows that King David was riddled with a vile disease(PS 41:8). As the book of Psalms progresses, so does the disease.
The church took us through the dark ages, inquisitions, and crusades while creating laws that stopped us from progressing scientifically. They burned women for healing others, claiming that they were witches, and that healing the sick was a form of magic, and a sin. Written history does not show that they robbed us of our scientific intellect, however, the original sin is in regards to a forbidden fruit, and when ingested, Adam and Eve are cursed the next morning.
Oddly enough , In 1894, the idea that fava beans, of all things caused a myriad of conditions was first recognized, and by the 1940’s we discovered that the British never developed symptoms after eating them, suggesting a genetic difference leading us into WWII. Since then, we’ve discovered more than 100 variations globally affecting more than 400 million people. The Mediterranean variant is the most common, and some countries in the Middle East have population rates as high as 77%. Due to the multiple genetic variations some are so susceptible that walking through a field where the beans are in bloom will immediately start this reaction, whereas for others acute kidney failure occurs 40 days after ingestion, then followed by hemolytic anemia. It takes the spleen 100-120 days to degrade(remove) red blood cells, and because of the two time periods the total length of the disease process is 150 days. Because most patients are asymptomatic at first, they don’t know they have it until it’s too late. If they eat a large amount of fava, or broad beans they won’t surely die, but a heart attack is imminent.
Beans have long played interesting roles in religious ritual, and magic. In the 5th century B.C.E., Pythagoras who most know for his theorem of a2+b2=c2 supplied us with many other mathematical, philosophical, metaphysical, and political rules, laws, and theories. One Pythagorean theory, possibly his most important which may have lead to his death was about beans. Because of their religious, ethical, and aesthetic lifestyle he and his followers, the Pythagoreans were vegetarians, and were strictly forbidden from eating any type of fava beans but this eventually led to their ruin. According to legend, around 450 B.C.E. enemies of Pythagoras set fire to his house, and school of medicine sending him running toward a bean field. When he reached the field he stopped, stating he would rather die, so those chasing him slit his throat. Pythagoras left no written works, or, if he did, none have survived. Some modern scholars consider Pythagoras not just a scientist, but also a Greek Shaman. Through the Pythagoreans, Hippocrates received the philosophical concepts that he combined with medicine to form the Hippocratic Oath, but it’s theorized that the Pythagoreans may have written the entire thing. Hippocrates is also credited with being the first person to argue that diseases were not a punishment inflicted by the gods but instead were caused by environmental factors, diet, and living habits. Was this the work of the Pythagoreans?
The ban on eating beans was not restricted to just the Pythagoreans. Not only did the Hindus have their own restrictions on urd beans, but the Ancient Greeks thought the dark spots on fava beans with death were related to death, and forbade their priests from eating them, or even mention them. Homer mentions fava beans several times in his Iliad(9th century BCE), beans were sometimes offered in sacrifices to Apollo, and its history is suggestive of superstition, prohibition, magic and fear. It’s possible that stories based on the various bean bans go back to Neolithic times. If Dr. Gimbutas is correct, then the oldest story is from the Ġgantija temples, and the mother goddess cults created more than 5,500 years ago. Legend says that a giant, possibly Demeter lived on a diet of broad beans, and water, then constructed one of the temples in a single day carrying the megaliths on her head as she carried her baby under her arm.