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Post by Malcadon on Jan 16, 2018 13:51:54 GMT
The Puritan Mentality is to put their own faith and practices above all other considerations, out of a fear of "corrupting influences". Basically, they fear that "the word God" — that is said to be so inescapably true that it somehow trumps all lies — can be undermined by "the Devil's lies", so they campaign to outlaw ANYTHING that oppose their world-view or drives people away form God and Jesus. So, basically booze & drugs, nudity, pornography, LTGB people/activities, cussing, sex-ed, masturbation, birth-control, hard music (metal, rap, etc.), dancing, casual sex, casual nudity (even alone in you own house, I kid you not), prostitution, anime, violent video games, jazz & spicy foods (which will lead to sex; yes, its really old), anything seen as "occult" (pagan worship, Dungeons & Dragons, Harry Potter, Pokémon, etc.), and anything even remotely "fun" or "executing". Or as this movie trailer puts it:
And how I see it:
As someone with no strong religious views, I have no interest in living my life under their twisted dogma. Unfortunately, such dogma still lingers in western society, even in places where people are not that religious, and for it, I see it as a long-standing cancer within society — Its not terminal, but not at all benign. You cannot give fundamentalists any legal control, as they are never satisfied with anything, because, even if they get everything they wanted, they will find new "problems" that need "addressing" and that is not good for anyone, including them!
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