Comment on My Religion

• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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

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    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Do you have examples?

      Medicalized secular acceptance/resistance toward vaccination has been picked up by religious organizations and turned into a sectarian belief.

      The NIH even had a study illustrating how outreach to religious leadership heavily impacted how communities adopted vaccination.

      I mean, a lot of religions don’t particularly denounce cannibalism

      Virtually every modern world religion has a stated position on murder generally speaking, human sacrifice specifically, and dietary taboos around cannibalism.

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      • Lemminary@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Vaccines? Has that ever been a taboo? That’s a general and recent attitude.

        Alright, fair with cannibalism being frowned upon. I still can’t think of many more significant examples.

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