Comment on My Religion
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 month agoI 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.
Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Do you have examples? If that were true, religious taboos would be more rational.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 month ago
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.
Virtually every modern world religion has a stated position on murder generally speaking, human sacrifice specifically, and dietary taboos around cannibalism.
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.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Pretty much since their inception, although it has waxed and waned with public perception.
Pedophilia is always one that leaps to mind. Faith groups regularly wrestle with the age of consent, and largely shape their views around secular consensus rather than any liturgical instructions.
The Madonna / Whore Complex has it’s imprint stamped all over modern Christendom, with religious leadership being the textbook cases.