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Published: 10/8/09

Swine Flu Scare: Religions Take Precautions

By  David Gibson - Politics Daily
Swine Flu Scare: Religions Take Precautions

Faith is about an individual's personal relationship to God, but worship is a contact sport. Since before the dawn of history people have been gathering for religious rituals, to pray and to praise together -- and for just as long they have been spreading disease through their interactions. Hence the growing alarm among religious leaders and congregants alike over the possibility of a swine flu epidemic. It is a concern that runs across national and religious boundaries. In India, for example, Hindu leaders called for a suspension of a popular custom of young people creating tall "human ...

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