Sorry for the delay in response, buz. I only just now noticed that you replied to my last message on this.
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1. Say what? Complete promiscuity to complete celibacy? How did you read this into my OP or subsequent posts?
Because that is the topic of your OP. Here is your OP, quoted:
Aids
Genital Herpes
Syphilis
Gonorrhea
Hepatitis B
Human Herpes Virus 8 (HHV-8)
Biblical Solution = Abstinence from adultery, fornication and sodomy.
Is this medically scientific?
To discuss how "medically scientific" something is, you need to discuss what the problem is, what the
possible alternative solutions are, the range of options, and what exactly it is that one is trying to accomplish.
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2. Regular use of prophylatics to achieve prophylaxis (I assume that's what you mean by "regular use of") is off topic here. This thread is about abstinence relative to prophylaxis/prevention of disease.
The implication in your OP is that abstinence or chastity is somehow a superior solution to some problem. That can only be determined if alternatives are considered.
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3. I have chosen this arbitrary set of behavior because this is the Biblical one which I wish to address as to whether it is medically scientific for the long term prevention of STDs listed in the OP.
But if this Biblical "solution" is not compared to anything else, then there is no "medical scientific" validity.
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Without going back, I believe it I was responding to someone as to how this Levitical mandate was relative to prevention of disease and that God implemented it as a factor in the preservation of a nation to become his kingdom on earth.
First of all, this was not in your OP. Second, it is not within the domain of medical science to discuss factors in the preservation of a nation to become any god's kingdom on earth.
As far as the "medical scientificly" validity of chastity as a preventitive of STDs, one needs to discuss other methods of prevention as well as the relative risks, as well as the amount of risk on wants to assume.
If one wants to discuss what should be done to "preserve a nation to become a god's kingdom on earth", assuming that such a god exists, and assuming that we know what that god actually wants, then the discussion is no longer in the domain of "medical science", and this thread belongs in a theology forum.
"Intellectually, scientifically, even artistically, fundamentalism -- biblical literalism -- is a road to nowhere, because it insists on fidelity to revealed truths that are not true." -- Katha Pollitt