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wnylib

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19. I've heard that about the common cup, too.

Reply to 4mersunse (Reply #18)

Thu Nov 21, 2024, 06:37 PM

Nov 2024

I don't buy it.

Is the alcohol content strong enough to kill viruses? It can kill some bacteria.

When you drink from a cup, saliva from your mouth goes into the cup and onto the outside of the cup. Even when the priest/pastor wipes the rim of the cup, do they get all of the germs off? How sanitary are their hands while handling a cloth that has wiped the cup several times?

What about people whose immune systems are compromised from being on corticosteroids for rheumatoid arthritis? Or on chemo for cancer?

On viral spread through saliva

https://www.drbowyer.com/blog/spread-germs-saliva/

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Questions for people who attend Episcopal churches [View all] wnylib Nov 2024 OP

My sister had a boyfriend who was Anglican. He thought it so strange applegrove Nov 2024 #1

My background is Lutheran and Presbyterian. wnylib Nov 2024 #3

I would not want to share a cup with others. Not an applegrove Nov 2024 #5

My episcopal church doesn't practice like that AZSkiffyGeek Nov 2024 #2

Our cathedral has hosted the DOR for years now. TommyT139 Nov 2024 #11

I can't answer your questions, but the Episcopal churches are big in my area. Churches had a big time adapting when the SWBTATTReg Nov 2024 #4

Re covid practices TommyT139 Nov 2024 #6

I am not a member of the Episcopal church. I only attended a few services there. wnylib Nov 2024 #8

First , we attend the local Episcopal church because we respect the rector. surfered Nov 2024 #7

When I asked the priest about it, he told me that wnylib Nov 2024 #9

Thank you for the tip. I did see that once when we we were traveling surfered Nov 2024 #15

In my experience TommyT139 Nov 2024 #10

Your last sentence was the reason I asked about wnylib Nov 2024 #12

Worshipping TommyT139 Nov 2024 #13

True. But being in a church offers the opportunity of wnylib Nov 2024 #14

I'm a lifelong Episcopalian and have attended the same parish my entire life. Different Drummer Nov 2024 #16

My church (not Episcopal) used to use the method of wnylib Nov 2024 #17

Common Cup 4mersunse Nov 2024 #18

I've heard that about the common cup, too. wnylib Nov 2024 #19

There was a big scientific study done about the common cup Lulu KC Nov 2024 #20

I read a study on the common cup and spread of disease. wnylib Nov 2024 #21

That's right Lulu KC Nov 2024 #22

I am a BumRushDaShow Nov 2024 #23

I got curious Lulu KC Nov 2024 #24