It there any truth to this?

The article is by a bible-thumper, but it reads like a Dave Barry piece.

You can measure the electricity in the human body in an electrical measurement called angstroms. The human body is quite healthy with 100 angstroms of electricity, if the electricity falls to 50 angstroms sickness begins to occur - if the decline continues to drop to 15 angstroms - more critical diseases such as cancer will occur. Wearing a linen garment will boost the electricity in the human body to 5000 angstroms! keeping you very healthy and full of energy- it's no wonder that God had his priests wearing linen garments in His service.
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Angstroms is a unit of length on the atomic scale. I don't think we need to go any further than that.
 
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1. Electricity cannot be measured in angstroms. Angstroms are a unit of length (Angstrom, Wikipedia.)
2. Wool can build up quite a static charge since it doesn't conduct electricity - it is a very good insulator, and the oils prevent it from being wetted by humidity so it doesn't even conduct well when dunked in water.
3. Linen is actually a fair insulator. However, it conducts electricity much better when wet or even damp. The moisture given off by your body is enough to make linen conduct well enough that you won't get any static charge build up.
4. If you are wearing wool and linen in a hot climate, you will be sweating your buns off, and tired from being dehydrated. That is, if you are wearing your wool sweater under your linen jacket. ;)

Bible thumping ignorance. He's trying to put up a "scientific reason" for one of God's laws. Trust in the Lord, 'cause he knows all. Oh, and do it on faith 'cause the goat herders who wrote God's words down didn't know the "science" but followed the law anyway - and now we understand the "science" and know why the law was made. By extension, we should follow all the laws on faith because there's a reason for them that we don't understand yet.
 
I added a comment, or attempted to. It is quite likely that it will either never see the light of day, or be deleted quickly.

"The columnist has made an embarrassing error. The "angstrom" is a unit of length equal to one hundred millionth of a centimeter. It is not a measure of electric power in any way. Thus, "The human body is quite healthy with 100 angstroms of electricity" is a meaningless statement. If humans could "shed" electricity, then a wool/linen mixture would be the least of our worries. We would die each and every time we immersed ourselves in water or were caught in a downpour."
 
Dorian Gray said:
I added a comment, or attempted to. It is quite likely that it will either never see the light of day, or be deleted quickly.

"The columnist has made an embarrassing error. The "angstrom" is a unit of length equal to one hundred millionth of a centimeter. It is not a measure of electric power in any way. Thus, "The human body is quite healthy with 100 angstroms of electricity" is a meaningless statement. If humans could "shed" electricity, then a wool/linen mixture would be the least of our worries. We would die each and every time we immersed ourselves in water or were caught in a downpour."
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Not there yet or already removed.
 
I do not understand how wearing a garment made from a linen-wool blend would be very different from wearing linen & wool garments in layers.

Anyway, if this prohibition is all about the human body's electrical system, why does it extend to the sowing of fields?
 
Dorian Gray said:
I added a comment, or attempted to. It is quite likely that it will either never see the light of day, or be deleted quickly.

"The columnist has made an embarrassing error. The "angstrom" is a unit of length equal to one hundred millionth of a centimeter. It is not a measure of electric power in any way. Thus, "The human body is quite healthy with 100 angstroms of electricity" is a meaningless statement. If humans could "shed" electricity, then a wool/linen mixture would be the least of our worries. We would die each and every time we immersed ourselves in water or were caught in a downpour."
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it just showed up. it's not the only negative comment either.
 
kalen said:
The article is by a bible-thumper, but it reads like a Dave Barry piece.
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That explains that then, its perfectly possible to be killed by static electricty if
1. you are wearing a linen-wool mix
2. you are a bible thumper
3. you have sinned against your god
4. he decides to punish you with a quick blast of lightning

:p
 
Dorian Gray said:
I added a comment, or attempted to. It is quite likely that it will either never see the light of day, or be deleted quickly.

"The columnist has made an embarrassing error. The "angstrom" is a unit of length equal to one hundred millionth of a centimeter. It is not a measure of electric power in any way. Thus, "The human body is quite healthy with 100 angstroms of electricity" is a meaningless statement. If humans could "shed" electricity, then a wool/linen mixture would be the least of our worries. We would die each and every time we immersed ourselves in water or were caught in a downpour."
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It is there now.
 
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