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[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 days ago

God doesn't want you to mix fabrics or eat certain foods on certain days. "Confusing level of control" is on brand.

It's not about making sense though. It's about making you do what they want so that you know who is in control.

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Not mixing fabrics and certain food practices were originally based on lived experience, like safety guidance, before getting coopted by religion. Kosher practices avoid cross contamination, and mixed fabrics could have something to do with temperature regulation in desert areas where it swings between extreme heat and cold daily. Or it could have existed to discourage lying about prodict quality by those who would sneak in poor quality materials.

When religion got ahold of these concepts they were absolutely twisted into controlling people.

[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

Sorry, not eating meat on Friday is a "lived experience food safety practice?"

[-] CoCo_Goldstein@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

You are mistaking the Catholic practice of Lent (not eating meat on Friday) with the Jewish Kosher practice of not mixing dairy with meat (possible cross contamination?).

[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Wut? How am I possibly mistaking anything?

[-] Saleh@feddit.org 3 points 2 days ago

These are not rules of Islam though. On the contrary Islam made many rules of Judaism obsolete, taking away complication in religion. Islam also provided a much clearer theology than Christianity and specifically rejects the "trinity", "holy people" and other concepts contrary to the oneness of god.

What the Taliban and other Salafi/Wahabi people do, is quite fringe and it is infuriating that the Brits and later the Americans helped the Saudis to seize power in Arabia and furthered these extremist interpretations.

[-] WldFyre@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

Isn't Ramadan part of mainstream Islam?

[-] Saleh@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago

Ramadan does not have rules about what to eat. The rules are when to eat and quie straightforward. During Ramadan you fast from Dawn till sunset, unless fasting poses a risk to your health (sick, children, elderly, pregnant...)

[-] WldFyre@lemm.ee 0 points 1 day ago

Oh well that makes complete sense and isn't about control at all!

/s

[-] Saleh@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

As someone who has fasted for Ramadan the first time this year i can assure you, that nobody was controlling me except myself. While i also felt it to help me physically, it helped me a lot mentally.

I learned to appreciate the abundance of food and water we have and to have more compassion for people lacking it.

I also learned to have more control over my body and differentiate between actual needs and mere wants.

[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

All religious practices are ridiculous. Some are just more damaging than others.

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