Comment on My Religion

Lemminary@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• mojofrododojo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  shame we can’t prevent them from voting about it.

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• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Taboos aren’t just intended to uphold individual moral integrity. They exist to prohibit social harm

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  • treesapx@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Your statement dodges the point in many ways.

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  • sukhmel@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    In theory, yes

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  • Lemminary@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Like what? I can understand something like cannibalism and incest resulting in some diseases, which is fair, although they’re not exclusive to religion. But most typical religious taboos are harmless and arguably more harmful to society for no good reason.

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    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I can understand something like cannibalism and incest resulting in some diseases, which is fair, although they’re not exclusive to religion.

      They don’t need to be. Religious and secular moral codes regularly inform one another.

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      • Lemminary@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Do you have examples? If that were true, religious taboos would be more rational.

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  • MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Define “social harm”.

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    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Harm inflicted across the general public, either to particular individual victims or as a negative externality experienced universally.

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