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RE: Religious Rules that bother you the most
October 31, 2015 at 1:06 pm
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All of them. Except the ones about killing and raping and stealing - - the common sense stuff that nearly all humans know, without any religion.
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vorlon13 Regarding the Jesus biscuit, if I may digress; I've heard from a celiac suffering friend of mine that gluten free communion wafers are prohibited, although apparently a 'low' gluten version is available.
Since the darn things transubstantiate anyhow, and gluten is NOT a constituent of human flesh or blood, why dafuq we need a gluten biscuit in the first place?
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Actually, there is now a gluten-free wafer. A friend of mine has to specifically request it. But the transubstantiation thing is a fabulous point. I think I'll ask her about that.
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RE: Religious Rules that bother you the most
November 1, 2015 at 9:04 am
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Evangelism bugs me the most. I don't mind people coming to invite me to their church, that's okay. Anything beyond that can be offensive.
Even as a Christian, I thought this was intrusive. I thought people were to be drawn, not assaulted (or insulted).
(I guess that's not really a rule.)
(October 31, 2015 at 1:07 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: God's ban on necroposting
It has risen from the dead?
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RE: Religious Rules that bother you the most
November 1, 2015 at 9:29 am
Every rule that claims justification based on any religion bothers me, even if an otherwise identical rule based on non-religious considerations would have been sound.
Doing anything for any religious reasons is u sound, IMHO.
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RE: Religious Rules that bother you the most
November 1, 2015 at 10:52 am
Prohibition of birth control because of the very real harm it causes: Huge, impoverished families and overpopulation.
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RE: Religious Rules that bother you the most
November 1, 2015 at 11:00 am
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Why one person receives eternal paradise and their neighbour gets eternal torture based on a difference of opinion on a philosophical matter.
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. — Edward Gibbon
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RE: Religious Rules that bother you the most
November 3, 2015 at 10:08 am
Everyone must have at least thirty minutes of "quiet time with the lord" every morning. Oh, and the whole "wives, submit to your husband" deal.
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RE: Religious Rules that bother you the most
November 3, 2015 at 11:12 pm
The rule that says not to question the rules.
How convenient.
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