tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post4864384563215742989..comments2024-03-10T15:20:30.552-05:00Comments on stmhumanities: "Evil Areas" in religionMrs.Qhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17626503384057111894noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post-84647640859542342422015-03-04T10:03:31.872-06:002015-03-04T10:03:31.872-06:00Something interesting to note also is the fact tha...Something interesting to note also is the fact that leper colonies existed until fairly recently. We had our very own leper colony in Louisiana until 1999. It was located in Carverville and was between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. This goes to show that it isn't necessary wrong to outcast lepers, it was more or less a quarantine of a sort. However, there's always dark sides to religion, i.e. the whole pre-reformation Catholic church, and extremist groups within each religion.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03851863476339939841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post-324126569078051672015-03-03T22:46:15.046-06:002015-03-03T22:46:15.046-06:00Well, I think it's important to consider WHY t...Well, I think it's important to consider WHY the lepers were cast out in the first place. Utilitarianism, it's the greater good for those who are uninfected because leprosy is transmitted from close contact. The population was a bit forced to cast them out, unless they wanted an outbreak. I think the missionaries were strategically appealing to the outcasts because they knew that those would be the first to convert. I'm sure if someone was able to cure the lepers and bring them back into society, someone would have. It's not completely fair to say that the Jewish were wrong to outcast lepers.Sri Korrapatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10958284116060050787noreply@blogger.com