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!religiouscringe@midwest.social
My grandma used to work at a Catholic charity to distribute food for people without resources.
There were a few Muslims who requested food from there, and they always complained that the meat wasn't halal. Their very Catholic response was that they treated everyone the same, and weren't going to change the food they offered just because some Muslims were complaining.
Then again, quite very Catholicly, they didn't offer any meat during Lent to anyone.
If you are getting help from someone you shouldn't complain about their preferences.
In my country they don't pay property taxes, and often use charity as a justification. So it's debatable if their help with strings attached is a net positive.
Give me your wallet and I'll buy you an acceptable dinner with it.
Silly strawman caricature of reasonable argumentation.
"Well I think its OK for me to beat my wife, so you shouldn't mind me doing so."
Quite different in this case, yet it follows a similar logic. Things can unaffect you diferectly, yet still be wrong.
Using the obscene ice cream example is a unsophisticated attempt to discredit this line of reasoning.
“Well I think its OK for me to beat my wife, so you shouldn’t mind me doing so.”
Husband: I consent
Jesus: I consent
Wife: I don't
Isn't there someone you forgot to ask?
Things can unaffect you diferectly, yet still be wrong.
What would you consider a hospital staffer refusing to provide medical aid to a woman in the middle of a deadly miscarriage, because the hospital administrator is afraid of being sued or arrested for performing an abortion?
What would you consider a hospital > > staffer refusing to provide medical aid to a woman in the middle of a deadly miscarriage, because the hospital administrator is afraid of being sued or arrested for performing an abortion?
In that situation it is clearly wrong not to help, because in the case of a miscarriage the fetus would die also presumably. And many Christians would agree.
But for cases of no risk to the mother the morality of facilitating an abortion can be more dubious. The conservatives certainly have a strong position, even if I disagree with it.
Ok so let's use a real example. Many Christians are anti-LGBT based on their interpretations of the Bible and their moral beliefs.
So should we ban homosexuality?
Also your argument is just as flawed. The average person has a moral objection to domestic violence. This comic is referring to when there's a difference between the average person's moral beliefs and the religious ones, especially the radical zealot's belief
So should we ban homosexuality?
No because its not morally wrong.
In the case of abortion the conservatives have some strong arguments even though I am in favour of it.
No because its not morally wrong
Morals are subjective. In someone else's mind homosexuality could be immoral, and this has been the case historically.
In civilized world laws are not (or should not) be based on "morality", but to ensure level and fair playing ground for all people. This includes not restricting persons way of expressing their sexuality as long as it doesn't negatively affect others (ie. Rape, pedophilia, zoophilia, etc)
Of course we don't live in that kind of utopia but I hope we're getting better slowly
Uhm... nope.
To your religion is yours, to my religion is mine.