All major world religions with many followers have arbitrary rules and dire spirital, and often physical, consequences for breaking them.
I am not here to argue specifics on religions.
I don't think I could be more clear about why I believe teaching anyone religion as fact is unethical.
Teaching anyone that they must be judged by arbitrary, unprovable rules or face dire consequences is unethical.
You are like a younger me who refused to see the 10,000 year history of abuse and realize that any system based on "because I told you so" us unethical and harmful to human life.
It is also important to remember that religions are human organizational structures, but their basis of authority is "because I said so." We see this structure arise over and over until it is eventually removed for something more based in reality.
The history books are full of religions' heinous crimes against humanity. Maybe there is some religion out there that is purely benevolent but I have never heard of it in the sea of counterexamples.
If you are currently trapped in a religion, I am here to tell you that you can escape. Once you do, a lot becomes much more clear.
This would be true if religion were not so often used to suppress and hurt people.
You're confusing weather with climate in your comparison.
As an American: yes.
Our president is an idiot less than a third if us voted for and he's fucking up. The best thing the rest of the world can do for the majority of Americans who disapprove is keep the pressure on. Look how he already folded!
fuckin love the fediverse
If you haven't already, now is a great time to switch to Linux.
There are distributions for every taste from gaming to mobile handheld to SDR hacking rig. You can usually test drive them using a USB stick, too.
It's become way easier, it's free, it's often more stable and it isn't spying on you. Think about it if you haven't yet.
"To calm the markets, I have again, without any warning or clear reasoning, changed my mind based on the random feedback that has reached me."
You refuse to address the "arbitrary" and "dire consequences" parts of my arguments by pointing at hypothetical religions. I will not respond to that.
To teach someone that they must follow arbitrary rules with dire consequences for failure is unethical.
You can decide what that means for religions.