How do Prophets smell?

[Quagmire]

John the Baptist wore Camel's hair and lived in the wilderness on locusts and wild honey.

But he spent a lot of his time up to his knees in the Jordan giving other people showers. Why wouldn't he take a dip on a hot day?

Elijah, Elisha, and the "school of Prophets" on mount carmel were like that.

There are springs on Mt. Carmel. There's also a major river nearby where Elijah is said to have spent some of his time: 1 Kings 18:40, and the whole Mediterranean not far away.

That's great, but my worst fear about it is how much I would smell without a shower, no toilet paper, no deodorant, tooth brush, floss, and tooth paste. Or how greasy my hair would get with no shampoo.

It's not like modern man invented hygiene:

http://www.dent.umich.edu/about-school/sindecuse-museum/timeline-dental-hygiene

https://www.hairstory.com/stories/2017/05/19/the-history-of-shampoo/

http://mentalfloss.com/article/48950/what-did-people-use-toilet-paper

It sounds like these cave-dwellers and wilderness Prophets must have reaked to high heaven!

Noah allegedly lived 900+ years without a shower, without a dentist, toothbrush, or toothpaste. I can't imagine his teeth lasting that long, and a mouth in super need of Listerine.

Im assuming Jesus and nearly all Biblical figures had similar challenges.

WWJWW = What would Jesus Wipe With?

Doesn't that sound rough to you?
I wish God would send us a new miracle--working prophet, who has good hygiene and speaks in a way that makes more sense to a modern world.

They'd probably show up on Youtube so I wouldn't imagine hygiene would be that important.

 

[Spiderman]

But he spent a lot of his time up to his knees in the Jordan giving other people showers. Why wouldn't he take a dip on a hot day?



There are springs on Mt. Carmel. There's also a major river nearby where Elijah is said to have spent some of his time: 1 Kings 18:40, and the whole Mediterranean not far away.



It's not like modern man invented hygiene:

http://www.dent.umich.edu/about-school/sindecuse-museum/timeline-dental-hygiene

https://www.hairstory.com/stories/2017/05/19/the-history-of-shampoo/

http://mentalfloss.com/article/48950/what-did-people-use-toilet-paper




WWJWW = What would Jesus Wipe With?



They'd probably show up on Youtube so I wouldn't imagine hygiene would be that important.

I laughed out loud for realz!

Yes, I guess they didn't reak that bad afterall!

 

[Thief]

alcohol.....lots of it
applied liberally

 

[SomeRandom]

Horrible, I'd imagine, given they've been dead for centuries.

 

[Spiderman]

Horrible, I'd imagine, given they've been dead for centuries.

You don't have Australian Prophets?
We have them here!
I meet them in the psychiatric wards all the time!
You Australians are such godless, spiritually bankrupt heathens!

 

[SomeRandom]

You don't have Australian Prophets?
We have them here!
I meet them in the psychiatric wards all the time!
You Australians are such godless, spiritually bankrupt heathens!

I know right? But prophets just get in the way of life's important work. Like drinking beer and drinking beer.

 

[Spiderman]

I know right? But prophets just get in the way of life's important work. Like drinking beer and drinking beer.

Are you still coughing up a lung, mate?

 

[SomeRandom]

Are you still coughing up a lung, mate?

Unfortunately yes. Although I now have really strong cough medicine that makes me sleepy. So eh, win some lose some.
You know with all our medical advances why haven't we made a cough syrup that doesn't taste like complete crap yet?!! There's like one I don't mind the taste of. The rest makes me reach for the nearest drink to wash the taste out. Blech.

 

[Twilight Hue]

John the Baptist wore Camel's hair and lived in the wilderness on locusts and wild honey.

Elijah, Elisha, and the "school of Prophets" on mount carmel were like that.

That's great, but my worst fear about it is how much I would smell without a shower, no toilet paper, no deodorant, tooth brush, floss, and tooth paste. Or how greasy my hair would get with no shampoo.

It sounds like these cave-dwellers and wilderness Prophets must have reaked to high heaven!

Noah allegedly lived 900+ years without a shower, without a dentist, toothbrush, or toothpaste. I can't imagine his teeth lasting that long, and a mouth in super need of Listerine.

Im assuming Jesus and nearly all Biblical figures had similar challenges.

Doesn't that sound rough to you?
I wish God would send us a new miracle--working prophet, who has good hygiene and speaks in a way that makes more sense to a modern world.

I suppose everyone's feet were clean. Washing each other's feet and all that.

 

[Thief]

and then we consider the ritual cleansing at the temple.....
before you enter

a common pool of water
complete dunking required.....

not really sure about it though
if there are any of better knowing.....please correct me

 

[ASPls]

Well now you know why baptism in water became such a big thing - they definitely need those.