• BroBot9000@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    6
    ·
    29 days ago

    Always disliked the temple analogy. So you’re saying in your body you are committing tax evasion, touching alter boys, butchering genitalia, marrying children and send out missionaries to convert the non believers.

    Temples are more like gangster run Casinos.

    Your body deserves more respect than a temple receives.

    • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      6
      ·
      28 days ago

      That’s quite a small view of temples. Seems mainly restricted to stereotypes of Catholic/Christian abuses.

      There’s a whole world worth of shitty religious/spiritual practices you could be overgeneralizing!

      What about ritualistic animal sacrifice? Burning of fragrant herbs and psychedelics while causing intentional heat stroke? Drinking “tea” mixed with blood and drugs and having delerious orgies masquerading as spiritual awakenings? Combat to the death? Bloodletting? We could get all the strong men together and make the youngin’s drink their semen for strength! We could have young women go streaking while guys chase them around with whips!

    • aeronmelon@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      29 days ago

      My favorite is the tweet that goes kind of like:

      “My body is a temple, but it’s a Southeast Asian temple covered in monkey shit.”