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Originally Posted by radditsu
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Never said it wasnt a good tool to teach people about love, not eating pork because it gives you diseases. And dont bang your wife on the rag. But it does not teach you to think critically or be an individual.
It teaches parables in one hand and restricts behavior in the other, cause god said so. No, some writer said so to as a form of population indoctrination.
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You know why it says don't eat pork? Because pork production isn't suited to the Middle East. So the Jews passed an edict and said god will punish you, so that people wouldn't waste resources on pigs. That's why cows are sacred in Hinduism... because cattle are necessary to work the monsoon drenched soil in India...
Again, you guys are missing the intellect of your ancestors. You think the Romans and Egyptians and Jews were just some bums who couldn't explain shit so they sat down one day and made up a myth to corroborate their poor udnerstanding of their environment?
As far as the thinking critically part... I addressed this earlier. Protestant culture was founded upon literacy and critical thinking. Admittedly, this is because they wanted their followers to reject Catholicism. Nonetheless, it worked out... Ask America, Sweden, Canada, NZ, Aus, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Estonia, the Netherlands, Switzerland... etc etc
Protestantism was a religious creed that emphasized critical thinking and individualism. As to what it is now, that's a differetn debate
And seriously I'm done this thread is getting us no where haha LST POST for realz