Religion Thread

[MrMundy]

Someone was bored so he wrote some **** down to waste his time. Unfortunately people took it serious.

 

[Bromden]

Why are all the rules so complex? Is there any real explanation?

That's how cultures stay alive for thousands of years: by doing dumb **** the same way all along.

 

[kurczak]

What a great example of the preshus Judeo-Christian values

Why are all the rules so complex? Is there any real explanation?

The priestly class needs to make itself appear scarce and/or useful and/or necessary.

 

[Austupaio]

Ah, yes I know that's the real reason, I'm just curious if there's a story or anything attached to explain why the blood blot needs to be a certain size or shape.

As an aside, Orthodox Judaism is generally considered one of the more complicated religions isn't it?

 

[kurczak]

Orthodox Judaism is the definition of overcomplicatednessity.

 

[1Stalker1]

I wouldn't say it's overcomplicated necessity, but they surely do their best to not break any prohibitions. They treat it like science too, which perhaps explains why they study other subjects better.

Why are all the rules so complex? Is there any real explanation?

Probably because people kept asking the Rabbi "Can I do this?" "Can I do that?" So they just wrote it down. Perhaps like a FAQ list that got longer and longer.

Also table manners / noble manners are being taught just as seriously. Eat with the wrong hands and everyone loses their minds.

 

[Austupaio]

Not really sure they are anymore. Maybe we're just culture-less Americans but I've been to balls and dinners for multi-millionaires/billionaires and haven't seen any fussing over table manners beyond the basics.

 

[kurczak]

I wouldn't say it's overcomplicated necessity, but they surely do their best to not break any prohibitions. They treat it like science too, which perhaps explains why they study other subjects better.

I certainly don't think Judaism is any kind of necessity It was just an attempt to make the word jokingly complicated by adding unnecessary prefixes and suffixes.

 

[Jhessail]

Not really sure they are anymore. Maybe we're just culture-less Americans but I've been to balls and dinners for multi-millionaires/billionaires and haven't seen any fussing over table manners beyond the basics.

Ah but wealth does not equate manners. Some of the most stuck-up traditionalists, when it comes to manners, are impoverished lower middle class people.

 

[MrMundy]

Jews cannot be impoverished. Once a jew is poor, he stops being a jew. Read up your old testament.

_{/s, because I know people will take this seriously}

 

[Feragorn]

 

[1Stalker1]

I certainly don't think Judaism is any kind of necessity It was just an attempt to make the word jokingly complicated by adding unnecessary prefixes and suffixes.

With this type of argument, I can say the same thing about anything else in life

Jews cannot be impoverished. Once a jew is poor, he stops being a jew. Read up your old testament.

_{/s, because I know people will take this seriously}

away with you vile beggar https://i.ytimg.com/vi/49X-QCM5Ask/hqdefault.jpg

 

[Bluehawk]

That's why the Pale of Settlement is studied by quantum physicists to this day, it was the largest region of the Earth's surface in a constant state of creation and destruction.

 

[Swissky]

Something interesting that I learned about a few days ago but forgot to post.

Spoiler: Funeral of Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary

Monk = M
Officer = O

*Knocks*
M : Who's there?
O : His Imperial Highness, Crown Prince of Austria, Royal Prince of Hungary, Bohemia, Lombardy, Venice, Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, General Inspector of the Imperial Infantry, Archduke Rudolf of Habsburg.
M : We don't know of him!
*Knocks*
M : Who's there?
O : Archduke Rudolf of Habsburg
M : We don't know of him!
*Knocks*
M : Who's there?
O : Rudolf, a poor sinner.

This was to show that everyone is equal in heaven, or that nobody is above or equal to god. Pretty interesting and dignifying, if you ask me. 

 

[November1983]

It´s definitely a heart warming scene for those who need it. Doesn´t change a thing if a little monk is touchy, but still nice to watch.

 

[Vissy]

It's a great message that I wholeheartedly agree with, but unfortunately it has some unnecessary religious baggage with it. 

 

[Magorian Aximand]

I lol'd.

 

[Vissy]

Oh that twist in the end. Perfect.

 

[BenKenobi]

Something interesting that I learned about a few days ago but forgot to post.

Literally unwatchable! 

This way of execution of the ritual was for the first time done at the funeral of Empress Zita in 1989.

 

[crodio]

>empress Zita
>empresita
>little business in Spanish
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