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Read MoreWashing Our Sins Away – Literally?
Sept. 7, 2006 — Germs may not be the only things you’re washing away at the sink.
Washing one’s hands may also give the feeling of washing away your sins or cleansing a dirty conscience, reveals a new report in the journal Science.
Physical cleanliness is linked to moral or spiritual cleanliness in religions and cultures worldwide.
Scientists have finally put that concept to the test and have found that physical and moral purity are indeed psychologically intertwined — and sometimes even interchangeable.
Cleanliness is indeed close to Godliness.