Why on earth should anyone respect culture, religion or tradition?

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Why on earth should anyone respect culture, religion or tradition?

Wheres the logical rationality in following rules or codes of conduct etc simply as its always been done or somone or some book says so?


As opposed to anaylsing whether its a fair, just good and benefitcal to society thing or not?


For example...

Bonzai trees, pagodas, Tai chi, noodle soup all are harmless and make life fun and pretty.

Arabian food is nice and yummy, the ismalic ban on alcohol makes sense given all the trouble you get or at least very restricted...


These are understandable.

Likewise tradional dances and some not all dress.


But things like a veil that hides a face and personality and identity and person, foot binding that cripples children, forced marriage and family honour akin to human trafficing sex slavoury.


Wheres the good in that?

Why not look as see gays... tradionally and relgiously deemed bad likewise witches.


But have they are a whole done anything

done anything nasty to anyone unproked?

Not that Im aware of...


Often I see gays being great at comedy, the creative arts, cooking, haircuts etc.


Witches associating with new age shops of chill out music, josticks and positve attiudes to woemn , peace, love, sex and respect and harmony with nature.


I undersatnd in the desert many years ago pork would have been dangerous in steams of going off.


But now we have freezers, hygenic cooking and food safety.

its not as though pigs are usually pets.


I may not like classical music but it ain't hurting anyone or being used to control anyone.

Curries are good but I seriously doubt the origonator of sikhisim would want children and wifes crying that their dad is dead as his turban was a lousey crash helmet in an accident.


Im pretty sure he would have been up for a compromise of combining a turban and safety helmet that did not act as a crown of status.


So why persist to forcing the following of bad rules

Simply as tradition, culture or relgion?


Especially horrendously hurtful, abusive, unfair, unjust, cruel, pointless and down right stupid actions?


Why not commun sense to work out which to keep, which to ditch and which to adopt from others.


And which are only good in certain circumstances but not in others or can be sensibly done ie you can drink only in moderation if and only if the effect it has on you is harmless to you or others ie table wine or you dont turn into a yob or get additced.

Or say gambling... pub poker yes, money high stakes poker that likely to be addictive or get dangerous no.

Likewise why not look at cultures deemed bad and working out are they really. ie heavey metal clubs despite the horror imagry are very safe and friendly and teach good values in looking after others and not abusing strenght, likewise witches are mostly hippy like.

Yest mush of islam and chrisitinaity despite saying its good causes a lot of hurt and harm and is unjust

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We need to respect all that stuff for the sake of getting along with everyone else around and not to hurt/offend people who believe in em.


Why if its hurting others... why not only respect if its nice...


Ie thai curry yummy,
female genital mutilation evil as hurtful

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We are humans not animals so we have a culture to adapt to, a religion to follow and a tradition to uphold our morals. Simple rite?


NO , NOT WHEN THOSE MORALS LOGICALLY ARE WRONG AS CAUSING THE HURT.


SAY WHAT IT' ITS DEATH BY TORTURE FOR FALLING IN LOVE, OR THAT GIRLS OR GUYS MUST BE SUBMISSIVE TO THE OTHER SEX?


WHERES THE MORALITY IN THAT?

WHY ADHERE TO THAT?

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When you come to my country and disrespect our religious believes , our culture and our tradition you will be nothing but a bigot bully

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how about reading the question...


its saying that obeying said traditions or respecting bullying cultures makes you a conspiracy to bully.,.. Have a look at your culture. I have a look at mine.


Bothstop any hurtful practices and attack hurthul bullying practices in their own and other cultures.

Is that not better.


Plus was ware of the pagoda and earthquakes but thats in line with the poitn...


Its kept as makes sense and aint bullying, hurtful or daft.


Whilst FGm just hurts,

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In case wondering am british...


but against fox hunting as cruel, dont eat much tradtional food as unhealthy and bland, not into drinking much as that causes grief, prefer alternative music to mainstream house and garage, etc... ie logic and reason

Plus of go abraod eat local food and meet local food ... but not going to join in treating lower castes bad in india

Answer 1

respect it, unless they are harming others.......religion makes people do insane things

Answer 2

You might be interrested in reading Anton LaVey's "The Satanic Bible" if you haven't done so already. Much of what you say resembles LaVey's rationale.

"Bonzai trees, pagodas, Tai chi, noodle soup all are harmless and make life fun and pretty."
I like this quote. By the way, pagodas and similar architecture isn't just for show, but actually served to resist frequent earthquakes in the regions from which it originates.

One last thing. You might want to look into proper grammar before posting a proper question.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

We are blessed in that we live in countries that outlaw footbinding and bad traditions..if they are done, then they are done on the quiet.
We should not condone the cruel practices that anyone does in a culture, religion or tradition..and education is needed to show people that such things are so harmful...
However, we DO need to respect peoples rights to freedom of religion etc as long as they are not practising cruelty etc.
If we try to say they do not deserve respect..then we need to look at our own way of life..some of our practices may be abhorrent to other people..should we respect the drink driver who kills others..should we respect people who go on a rampage just because they want to crash a party and then beat people to a pulp..should we respect people who do such horrific stuff in OUR society..and they don't even belong to a religion etc necessarily.
Isn't education etc a better way? Show people that foot binding etc etc is not acceptable here..and if they have no choice but to follow it then they need to go to a country that practices it.

Answer 5

"I undersatnd in the desert many years ago pork would have been dangerous in steams of going off.


But now we have freezers, hygenic cooking and food safety.

its not as though pigs are usually pets."

Actually you misunderstand the reason the pig is seen as a dirty animal. In the part of the world where the stories of the bible and similar religious books were written, the land is quite rocky. When people died they were rarely buried more than a few feet underground and pigs tended to find the bodies and eat them. This is why the pig is viewed as being dirty - eating it would have been similar to canabalism.

Answer 6

Daaamn, u really need to get out more!! Everything we do is connected with tradition, right from the way we eat our food, if we didnt follow tradition and culture then we turn into weirdos and thats when u end up on the streets of London.

Answer 7

When you come to my country and disrespect our religious believes , our culture and our tradition you will be nothing but a bigot bully . so it would be probably be a good Idea just for the sake of respect to honor those components when you visit a country! what you want to believe or not is totally up to you ! to believe as you wish is part of your individuality!

Answer 8

A rather lengthy question with lots of additional comments. But the basic question. Why should one WITHHOLD respect, simply because you feel differently? That seems rather insecure.
eg, I am a vegetarian but respect the rights of those who are not....and would hope they would respect mine. If you cannot respect others it must make it harder to have self-respect.

Answer 9

It's ok to respect all this just everybody should have the right to choose free what he wants and no one should get hurt.

Answer 10

Mate, great question. I'm with you 100%, it's evil, these people are usually force fed it from a young age, and therefroe have no reason not to believe it, it's disgusting frankly .... I don't respect it at all, especially really hardcore evil religions like Islam who are just plain bonkers!

Answer 11

its man made . it comes from the bowels of man. foot binding,veils, forced marriages. all human origin.as for the degradation of women, whether or not it be in covering them up in fabric, and /or trying to change them physically, or sell them for a price..is only a projection of man's guilt ridden thoughts that are impure in the first place. yes, cover that woman up in veils and cloth, so that you and your weak/warped mind doesn't tempt you to rape her...so lets cover her up, and if she does get raped , just murder her!!so You don't become shameful. how weak is that?