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[–] ardvarcus 1 point 2 points 3 points (+3|-1) ago
If something is banned in a religious book four thousand years old (the Old Testament) for almost all of that four thousand years, it's probably not a great idea, for the individual or for society, to disregard the ban and wallow in it.
[–] AnotherGrayman 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
The problem with that is when the reason for the ban is based on something superstitious and easily dismissed as bullshit, such as the existence of a magical cloud man who will be upset and send you to a lake of fire when you die if you don't obey.
Anyone without their head firmly lodged inside their ass knows there's no afterlife and that heaven & hell are metaphors, so the next logical step is "Oh, well they believed XYZ untrue and stupid shit, then this other stuff they believed is probably just backward and unenlightened as well." without realizing there's a valid reason the makers of the book were trying to scare people into compliance.
You can't use bullshit fairytales to push people into following rules- however necessary those rules are- because as soon as people figure out the fairytale is bullshit they abandon the rules that came with it.
[–] thatguyiam [S] 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago (edited ago)
My sis in law is an RN and occasionally witnesses the elderly pass away. Most of them die in a terrifying fashion. In their last minute their eyes wide open with terror in them and with their last breaths they mutter about demons coming for them to drag them into the inferno of hell. All except for the ones who are drugged up. How's about this for a fairy tale, feget. Most RN's regard this as sensory malfunction and brush it aside.
You'll find out sooner or later, degenerates!