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Religious extremists always use the "slippery slope" argument against progress, because that's what they want.
If anyone ever tells you they have to do something because their religious texts says so, you need to immediately look at the craziest shit that's in there.
Because either they're lying about their reason for doing the first thing, or they're working their way up to the craziest shit.
And regardless of what religion it is, there's going to be some absolutely horrible shit in there.
*except for The Satanic Temple and Pastafarianism.
The Bible actually references abortion and priests giving them to women who their husbands believe were unfaithful. And how that was particularly okay to do. Idk seems to me these folks don't read the Bible.
Bible verses, Numbers 5:11-28 https://www.biblestudytools.com/numbers/5.html
Christians that aren't sociopaths, who actually read the Bible (aka, actually comprehend it), typically don't stay Christian very long.
I love this take on religion.
Parallels with the "stupid or evil" assessment I always have to do for conservatives in general
I disagree, simply by virtue of the fact that psychopaths exist. Morally motivated evil (aka harmful acts) I think is rooted in ignorance, and religiously motivated evil almost certainly is.
This is an example of that last one.
I know a lot of people that will cite Leviticus to explain how homosexuality is bad, yet none of them like to talk about the parts of Leviticus that condone and regulate who you should enslave and how you should treat your slaves. 🤔
Or not cutting the hair around your temples, or wearing clothing with mixed fabric or, I dunno, eating shrimp.
My favorite slippery slope argument YT