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[-] yeather@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 month ago

I feel like, when your religion starts restricting the type of animals you can touch, and other members will bash you for it, it’s time to leave the cult I mean religion.

[-] lmaydev@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The thing I don't get is why god would care? They created the entire universe but helping dogs is their line.

[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

Many of the rules in the Bible/Quran are literally just helpful advice to avoid sickness, death, and hardship when living in basically the dark ages and should not have any bearing in modern living.

Don't eat pork? Because pigs were riddled with parasites up until modern farming.

Don't mix fabrics? Harder to wash properly.

Wash your hands before praying? It's a good idea to regularly wash your hands, if you're going to pray every day might as well use it to remind yourself to wash at the same time

So on and so on. If there is a god I highly doubt they care if you do these things if you can avoid disease/dying etc.

[-] ruk_n_rul 3 points 1 month ago

This is more culture than religion. Like the other comment, another Muslim majority culture is totally fine with dogs. It's just that here it became culturally taboo for various reasons.

[-] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Realistically, this is what happens when your spiritual leader tells everyone to maybe wash their hands a bit more often and then holds up his cat and talks about how they clean themselves. Then, you add a thousand or so years to let that develop and let people fight over it.

[-] Ugurcan@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It’s the first time I’m hearing it’s forbidden to touch dogs or any pets in Islam. I wonder which fringe creed is that.

Source: I’m a muslim from %99 muslim country.

[-] ruk_n_rul 4 points 1 month ago

It's more cultural at this point, partly influenced by the mainstream Shafie school here.

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