Masturbation, for example. For a long time, it was looked at as being dirty, nasty, unhealthy, shameful, etc.
Our bodies have needs. Everyone has needs. Yet everyone is different so everyone's needs are not the same. The bible categorized many things as "unclean", many things that different people would eat. I'm sure they started seeing one or more different issues that caused them to give the unclean label. There were likely a number of people who were severely allergic to certain foods, especially seafood. Back then there wasn't any Benadryl or antihistamines or none of that. So back then it made more sense to say "hey these are just too dangerous because if you eat it you could literally die". On the other hand, in order to keep the law, you had to eat the Passover lamb. Red meat allergies exist but are simply rare. I have a cousin who is deathly allergic to peanuts. My wife is allergic to oranges and mangoes.
The point is that these laws were an imperfect means of protecting society. But it doesn't mean the object is either dangerous OR safe. Because that depends on the microbiome within each individual. So therefore something can be good for one person and death for another.
What the video I posted talks about is that there is a signal that can pass from mother to baby; a natural signal that increases with the number of children and likely stress. I had been thinking for many years now that homosexuality is a form of natural birth control. Many people don't see it because they feel like they need to have as many children as humanly possible. But the planet is already overpopulated. Is there physical room? Of course. But from a resource management perspective... water... food... opportunities...
When Cicadas came out recently it was like a plague of biblical proportions. They were everywhere. The best theory is that they normally stay underground to avoid predators but are able to sacrifice millions when they do come out without harming their overall survival. How do they know when to all come out, when to all go back underground, when there are enough of them that millions of them dying is acceptable to their overall survival? The bottom line is, "how does nature know?"
And considering this should lead one to the understanding that everything nature does is "natural" by definition. Life and growth are both natural, but so too then is death and decay. The latter creates more room for the cycle of new life to continue with room to grow and expand.
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