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69:6.5 It was a [[sin]] to extinguish a flame; if a [[Home|hut]] caught fire, it was allowed to burn. The [[fires]] of the [[temples]] and [[shrines]] were [[sacred]] and were never permitted to go out except that it was the [[custom]] to kindle new flames annually or after some [[calamity]]. [[Women]] were selected as [[priests]] because they were custodians of the [[home]] [[fires]].

69:6.5 It was a [[sin]] to extinguish a flame; if a [[Home|hut]] caught fire, it was allowed to burn. The [[fires]] of the [[temples]] and [[shrines]] were [[sacred]] and were never permitted to go out except that it was the [[custom]] to kindle new flames annually or after some [[calamity]]. [[Women]] were selected as [[priests]] because they were custodians of the [[home]] [[fires]].

69:6.6 The early [[myths]] about how [[fire]] came down from the [[gods]] grew out of the [[observations]] of fire [[caused]] by [[lightning]]. These [[ideas]] of [[supernatural]] [[origin]] led directly to [[fire]] [[worship]], and fire [[worship]] led to the [[custom]] of "passing through fire," a [[practice]] carried on up to the times of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses]. And there still [[persists]] the [[idea]] of passing through [[fire]] after [[death]]. The fire [[myth]] was a great bond in early times and still [[persists]] in the [[symbolism]] of the [http://www.wikpedia.org/wiki/Parsi Parsees].

69:6.6 The early [[myths]] about how [[fire]] came down from the [[gods]] grew out of the [[observations]] of fire [[caused]] by [[lightning]]. These [[ideas]] of [[supernatural]] [[origin]] led directly to [[fire]] [[worship]], and fire [[worship]] led to the [[custom]] of "passing through fire," a [[practice]] carried on up to the times of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses]. And there still [[persists]] the [[idea]] of passing through [[fire]] after [[death]]. The fire [[myth]] was a great bond in early times and still [[persists]] in the [[symbolism]] of the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsi Parsees].

69:6.7 [[Fire]] led to [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooking cooking], and "raw eaters" became a term of derision. And cooking lessened the expenditure of [[vital]] [[energy]] [[necessary]] for the digestion of [[food]] and so left early man some [[strength]] for [[social]] [[culture]], while [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_husbandry animal husbandry], by reducing the [[effort]] [[necessary]] to [[secure]] [[food]], provided [[time]] for [[social]] activities.

69:6.7 [[Fire]] led to [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooking cooking], and "raw eaters" became a term of derision. And cooking lessened the expenditure of [[vital]] [[energy]] [[necessary]] for the digestion of [[food]] and so left early man some [[strength]] for [[social]] [[culture]], while [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_husbandry animal husbandry], by reducing the [[effort]] [[necessary]] to [[secure]] [[food]], provided [[time]] for [[social]] activities.