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Why is religion in the business of moral policing?

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Why is religion in the business of moral policing?
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RE: Why is religion in the business of moral policing?
July 30, 2017 at 5:03 am (This post was last modified: July 30, 2017 at 5:08 am by Thumpalumpacus.)
(July 29, 2017 at 11:02 pm)It_Was_me Wrote: Seems a big aspect of religion, Islam and Christianity is moral policing. You know, don't masturbate, don't watch porn and so on. Why is it these things are considered so bad according to religion? Or at least the Abrahamic ones? I don't see as long as it's not hurting one, then why is it really such a big deal?

When you've got nothing to actually sell, you've got to guilt people into giving you their money.
(July 30, 2017 at 12:47 am)Dropship Wrote: For the record, Jesus never said a word about masturbation or porn, and for that matter he never mentioned GLBT's either, and people quickly realised he was something special, not like the snooty priests..Smile

Very few Christians in the public eye have ever let what Jesus did or didn't say stop them from offering their judgement. Jesus never said a word about abortion, did he? Still, his followers insist on trying to control the bodies of others.

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