The flogging of an Iranian woman who refused to wear the mandatory hijab has sparked widespread horror and condemnation.
  • Infiltrated_ad8271@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    A good reverse example would be the old testament, which speaks openly of killing sodomites, but western cultures are by far the most progressive on gay rights; even the vatican itself is more tolerant than much of the world.

    • TigrisMorte@kbin.social
      11·
      11 months ago

      Can’t take a book edited for political reasons literally. Example: the religious prohibition to pork was about Cholera and not an edict from on high.