I do not think this is Christianity specifically, I think this is how religion stays whole. They have to have absolute rules otherwise people would leave them a

I do not think this is Christianity specifically, I think this is how religion stays whole. They have to have absolute rules otherwise people would leave them and stop to obey out of fear. When you have some oppressing others, this is always in the name of something great and beyond mere mortals. Never because "I said so" (even if of course this is usually the case)