(February 1, 2014 at 11:20 am)Minimalist Wrote: Almost certain to be bad if it relies on primitive superstition.
It's mostly political reasons these days. Although I'm never sure if the people enforcing it really believe in the superstitions or are doing it to manipulate the people. I've always thought they're too smart to actually believe that blasphemers should die because some book says so, but people can really surprise you when it comes to stupidity.