Germ or Terrain?

I’ve been called a lot of things, and “crackpot” has recurred often enough that I have begun to celebrate it. So, today I offer another of my crackpot teachings. This is one of those things where, you don’t have to agree with me, but as a member of Kiln of the Soul, you have to tolerate me teaching it.

There is one primary reason I generally reject most vaccines: I don’t believe that viruses are a medical issue. I’m not saying they don’t exist, but that they aren’t a valid explanation for human maladies. Most vaccines are meant to counter viral infections, and it is the specific concept of “viral infection” that I teach doesn’t exist.

This is whence your Kiln of the Soul religious exemption from mandated vaccines come.

Now, let’s make another clarification: I’m not saying bacterial infections don’t exist. Some bacteria can kill you. A bacterial infection may require treatment; I’ve had a few. However, the whole class of so-called “viral epidemics” are a big lie.

Here’s one example: The Spanish Flu pandemic was not a flu virus. Whatever it was, it was not spread by viral infection. It was tested. During that “pandemic”, randomly chosen healthy people were exposed to all the possible vectors of viral infection, and never got sick. They were sent into hospital wards, spoke with and touched sick people. Neither via mouth, nose, eyes or even a blood injection would the exposure to fluids from sick people make these random test subjects sick.

I’ll let you look it up for yourself because I don’t want to spoil it by cherry-picking sources for you. A rejection of the viral theory is associated with the “terrain theory” versus “germ theory”, but I’m not fully onboard with terrain theory. I believe that debate is a false dichotomy. If you use a search engine, you’ll get a tidal wave of references that disparage any dissent from the mainstream germ theory, so be forewarned. However, I do not reject germ theory altogether. I say that it suffers limits; it cannot explain everything it attempts to address.

Most medical people live by the germ theory and vehemently reject terrain theory. That’s because the medical education system is a monolith, and there is darned little actual research by the teachers and students. People get certifications and licenses without ever field testing much of their education. They know what the system requires of them, and seldom ever see the research itself, only very biased reports of it. It hasn’t actually been genuine science for a very long time.

The terrain theory covers a wide range of ideas, but the core idea is that most common health issues would fade away if people simply observed a natural approach to life, and took care to mitigate inherited conditions. The sum total of medical knowledge just scratches the surface, and the medical industry should stop pretending to have the only answers.

Granted, it’s well nigh impossible to obtain, much less afford, a good natural diet as God intended for us. Whether it be the whiny demands of consumers at large or the shaping of consumer demand by marketers, you decide, but what I can find in my average local grocery store is mostly toxic in one way or another.

I will offer this link which is mostly balanced, but not in the sense that I endorse the specific answers offered there. I would rather you consider the approach itself. The author suggests there’s no reason to take sides, just find a functional path that works for you.

Virtually everything you need to obey the Lord is already provided naturally. Give it some attention.