Religious Rules that bother you the most
September 10, 2015 at 12:09 am
(This post was last modified: September 10, 2015 at 12:27 am by Cecelia.)
What religious rules bother you the most? The ones that you find ridiculous, and wonder "Why would god have something against this exactly...?" Ones that you might have even broken when you were religious (if you ever were)
For me:
-Anything regarding clothing. Why would god care what we wear? Blended fabrics? I also find it a tad sexist (on both sides!) that women shouldn't wear 'provocative clothing' because it'll tempt man to sin. Why is that the woman's responsibility? And men are very well capable of controlling themselves.
-Anything regarding food. Don't eat pork, shellfish, etc.. Assuming god exists for a moment, if he didn't want us to eat it, why would he have made it taste good? He'd have made it unappealing wouldn't he?
-Body modifications. I personally have a few piercings (including my ears, 4), and don't really see what's so bad about them. I also have a tattoo.
-Most things dealing with sex. Little against rape, but if you masturbate or watch pornography or have sex outside of marriage, or for purposes other than procreation, or if you have sex with someone as the same gender as you then it's terrible. But Rape's just fine. (as long as you marry her)
-One day a week, you can't work. This is sound in theory, but why must it be Sunday specifically?
-Women speaking in the house of god. Why not? Afraid they might realize something's not right with the whole religion thing?
I'm sure there's some that I'm forgetting. So which are some rules that you don't get and would never follow?
For me:
-Anything regarding clothing. Why would god care what we wear? Blended fabrics? I also find it a tad sexist (on both sides!) that women shouldn't wear 'provocative clothing' because it'll tempt man to sin. Why is that the woman's responsibility? And men are very well capable of controlling themselves.
-Anything regarding food. Don't eat pork, shellfish, etc.. Assuming god exists for a moment, if he didn't want us to eat it, why would he have made it taste good? He'd have made it unappealing wouldn't he?
-Body modifications. I personally have a few piercings (including my ears, 4), and don't really see what's so bad about them. I also have a tattoo.
-Most things dealing with sex. Little against rape, but if you masturbate or watch pornography or have sex outside of marriage, or for purposes other than procreation, or if you have sex with someone as the same gender as you then it's terrible. But Rape's just fine. (as long as you marry her)
-One day a week, you can't work. This is sound in theory, but why must it be Sunday specifically?
-Women speaking in the house of god. Why not? Afraid they might realize something's not right with the whole religion thing?
I'm sure there's some that I'm forgetting. So which are some rules that you don't get and would never follow?
