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Maybe you should consider that we no longer live in the period in which those books were written? How religion emerged has nothing to do with how things should

by FDSGSG 5y ago

Maybe you should consider that we no longer live in the period in which those books were written? How religion emerged has nothing to do with how things should be in secular societies today. It could not matter less that the advice given in these books used to make sense at some point.

throw-8462682 5y ago
And maybe you should consider the power of religion, the sense of belonging and origin it gives you, and the good it is doing to this world today (despite many missteps as well), before being so judgemental. I am saying this as someone not religious but grown up with religion. Some religions evolve faster than others. I would hope the different faiths can come up with iterative improvements to their standard operating procedures that still meets the requirements. I believe the Jewish religion even has a concept about creatively outsmarting the religious rules as being a virtuous thing (eg women wearing wigs).
- brabel 5y ago
  You bring up a good point about religion, it does make millions of people feel better by belonging to a group they see as being benign. But my question still stands, specially on the light of such view of religion: if religion is, these days, meant to give people internal piece, does it need to dictate such practical things as how you should kill animals?! How do you reconcile that with your view on religion?
the-dude 5y ago
> How religion emerged has nothing to do with how things should be in secular societies today. This assumes literally everything is different today. Which of course is nonsense.
- FDSGSG 5y ago
  Why would it mean that? Slight differences in one thing can result in dramatic changes elsewhere. How could you use "hygiene" to justify the unnecessary torture of animals with outdated butchery techniques? 2000 years ago there probably were great health reasons for doing so. We're in 2021, there's simply no excuse.

by FDSGSG 5y ago

throw-8462682 5y ago

And maybe you should consider the power of religion, the sense of belonging and origin it gives you, and the good it is doing to this world today (despite many missteps as well), before being so judgemental. I am saying this as someone not religious but grown up with religion. Some religions evolve faster than others. I would hope the different faiths can come up with iterative improvements to their standard operating procedures that still meets the requirements. I believe the Jewish religion even has a concept about creatively outsmarting the religious rules as being a virtuous thing (eg women wearing wigs).

brabel 5y ago
You bring up a good point about religion, it does make millions of people feel better by belonging to a group they see as being benign. But my question still stands, specially on the light of such view of religion: if religion is, these days, meant to give people internal piece, does it need to dictate such practical things as how you should kill animals?! How do you reconcile that with your view on religion?

the-dude 5y ago

> How religion emerged has nothing to do with how things should be in secular societies today. This assumes literally everything is different today. Which of course is nonsense.

FDSGSG 5y ago
Why would it mean that? Slight differences in one thing can result in dramatic changes elsewhere. How could you use "hygiene" to justify the unnecessary torture of animals with outdated butchery techniques? 2000 years ago there probably were great health reasons for doing so. We're in 2021, there's simply no excuse.