Advice for salting babies

[Oakland "Reb" Griner]

I note in Ezekiel 16:4, amongst other things noted as being an abomination for not doing to babies is salting.

{ 4And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.}


I am curious, is there any advice for how to go about this ??

Use a shaker of table salt, or would the chunky stuff I throw on icy sidewalks be more authentic to what was available in the glorious Biblical days ??

[JennyD]

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I'm not sure, but I think this may be what you mean.

Meat Brine
6 gallons water
2 lbs. white sugar
2 oz. salt peter

Boil and skim off any residue that forms. Add 10 lbs. of salt (for 100 lbs. of meat). Allow the mixture to cool, then pour over raw meat in crocks.

It's noted on the card that, "I use 6 lbs. of salt, plenty strong". It's also noted that if it gets ropy or if mold forms, then skim off the residue, remove the brine and boil again, skimming off any residue that forms while cooking. The brine should be allowed to cool again before pouring over the meat.

If I'm not mistaken, the verse refers to the infant successfully escaping a depraved heathen practice.

[Nobar King]

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The Dead Sea has a high salt content. Maybe it has something to do with washing newborns in that body of water.

[Levi Jones]

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I note in Ezekiel 16:4, amongst other things noted as being an abomination for not doing to babies is salting.

{ 4And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.}


I am curious, is there any advice for how to go about this ??

Use a shaker of table salt, or would the chunky stuff I throw on icy sidewalks be more authentic to what was available in the glorious Biblical days ??

According to this, babies were rubbed in coarse salt to make them stronger and they were bound (swaddled) with their legs and arms tied to their body to make them straight. They were kept that way up to 40 days.

So probably the sidewalk salt or a course sea salt will fulfill your scriptural duty.

It also seems to me that all parents should swaddle their children to make sure they don't turn out to be homers.

[Oakland "Reb" Griner]

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Thanks ever so much for the assistance.

My vile and unSaved step niece will be visiting soon, along with her dreadful infant. It looks like if I follow Scripture to the letter, these visits will become the extreme rarity I wish them to be.

[David Goldman]

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According to this, babies were rubbed in coarse salt to make them stronger and they were bound (swaddled) with their legs and arms tied to their body to make them straight. They were kept that way up to 40 days.

So probably the sidewalk salt or a course sea salt will fulfill your scriptural duty.

It also seems to me that all parents should swaddle their children to make sure they don't turn out to be homers.

That's great to know! I was going to suggest meat tenderizer as a substitute for salt, but I see that this would have had the exact opposite intended consequence.

[Mrs. Mary Whitford]

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When my son, Joseph Whitmore Jr, and his sister were born, we rubbed them down with this - http://memphi.net/christian-salt.html
Now granted it's not True Christian(tm) salt (it's "blessed" by an Episcopalien), but it's the best thing available on the market today.
Mr. Whitford is looking into setting up an arm of his business empire to sell a Baptist version, so look for that soon.

[gsdkain]

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We were saying how very important it is to bring about in the human mind a radical revolution. The crisis is a crisis in conscienceness. A crisis that cannot anymore accept the old norms, the old patterns, the ancient traditions, and, considering what the world is now, with all the misery, conflict, destructive brutality, aggression and so on, man is still as he was, is still brutal, violent, aggressive, acquisitive, competetive and, he's built a society along these lines.
What we are trying with all these discussions and talks here is to see if we cannot radically bring about a transformation of the mind, not accept things as they are, but to understand it, to go into it, to examine it, give your heart and your mind to it, everything that you have, to find out a way of living differently.
But it depends on you and not somebody else. Because in this there is no teacher, no pupil, there's no leader, there's no guru, there's no master, no saviour. You yourself are the pupil you are the teacher you are the master you are the leader, the guru. You are everything, and to understand is to transform what is.

[Oakland "Reb" Griner]

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And now we know what happens when an infant is not salted . . .

[gsdkain]

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It wasn't my quote above so I didn't change it for you clowns, but I like this quote too. Works perfectly with "you people"

"People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid."

[gsdkain]

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Some more I like from some great men I'm sure "you people" hate.

"People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid."

"Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience and rebellion that progress has been made."

"In religion and politics, people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination."

"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."

"Truth is more of a stranger than fiction."

"When one person suffers from a delusion it is called insanity; when many people suffer from a delusion it is called religion."

"Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious."

"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."

"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws."

"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."

"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens."

[Rev. Jim Osborne]

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Here's a quote for you...

"Quit gulping down Foster's like it was water and sober up. Then start reading a KJV Bible so Jesus can save your sorry Abo ass."

I like that quote much better.

[gsdkain]

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Here's a quote for you...

"Quit gulping down Foster's like it was water and sober up. Then start reading a KJV Bible so Jesus can save your sorry Abo ass."

I like that quote much better.

I've already told you you foolish "little" man. Most people in AU do love to drink Fosters. It's a delicious beer that's similiar to heaven. Having tasted US beer last time I was there it's obvious that's the taste you're going after.

Why would I read a plagiarized novel by a bigoted adulterer?

[David Goldman]

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I've already told you you foolish "little" man. Most people in AU do love to drink Fosters. It's a delicious beer that's similiar to heaven. Having tasted US beer last time I was there it's obvious that's the taste you're going after.

Why would I read a plagiarized novel by a bigoted adulterer?

Here's a quote for you then:

"Friends don't let friends post drunk".

Don't you have any friends?

[Mrs. Mary Whitford]

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Gibberish excised

Friend, it seems you missed our Godly missionaries when they visited your remote island last year. But don't worry! There is still help available for you if you act fast!