You shall serve Yahweh your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from among you. No one will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will fulfill the number of your days.
Some people are permanently immune to all disease, hunger, thirst, and infertility.
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What current science says
Science says no. All humans share the same biology. Our brains control hunger and thirst through hormones—these are survival signals everyone experiences. No person is immune to all diseases; even our best immune systems can be overcome by pathogens, and immunity varies by disease. Infertility affects about 1 in 6 people worldwide across ALL populations and income levels—no group is exempt. Biology doesn't make exceptions based on beliefs.
What the text says
Serve God and you'll never get sick, be hungry, thirsty, or barren.
Three honest ways to read this passage
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As history
The text records how its authors understood the world with the knowledge they had. Read this way, a difference from modern science is a window into the ancient mind, not a failure.
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As accommodation
The text speaks to its first audience in their own terms, to make a point that isn't mainly about physics or biology. Read this way, the scientific detail is the vehicle, not the cargo.
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As contradiction
The text makes a claim about the physical world that modern findings dispute. Read this way, the difference is a genuine factual disagreement worth naming.
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