How does this not cause cognitive dissonance? The rules would not have loopholes if it were designed by an omniscient god. If they actually believed, the "loopholes" shouldn't matter because they would want to follow God's will and not find excuses to ignore it in the first place. This is just an exercise in constantly manipulating and trimming passages to fit them into modern society because they're not willing to give up conveniences but they still want the perceived superiority of being holy.
Everything about this points to either it's not real or they don't even believe it. Would God actually be fooled by "Oh well I convinced myself I didn't have to follow this rule because XYZ". It sure sounds like you're engaging in behavior for fear of not fitting in rather than love of God.
The purpose of the loopholes is to allow yourself to do the thing you want to do, without feeling bad about it. Since God is omniscient, then any "loophole" you find in the divine rules must therefore be put there with the express purpose of allowing you to do whatever you found the loophole for.
If I were the Abrahamic God I would sentence soakers to double hell. Not only did you violate my rules, you violated sex itself which I also made. To the 4th cold Naraka with you
Yep you can either be a religious fanatic living in opposition to the world, or you can be more secular and less literal and be part of it. These people want both. They want the advantages of being seen as holy and righteous and above the world, but they also want to be part of it and benefit from its comforts. It is truly an exercise in cognitive dissonance.
Christians have the "loophole" of repentance and atonement and just needing to believe in Jesus, so they can freely sin and not feel bad about it since nothing sticks to your permanent record. Ultra-religious jews do this instead because they don't have a magical "erase" button for their sins built into their doctrine.
How does this not cause cognitive dissonance? The rules would not have loopholes if it were designed by an omniscient god. If they actually believed, the "loopholes" shouldn't matter because they would want to follow God's will and not find excuses to ignore it in the first place. This is just an exercise in constantly manipulating and trimming passages to fit them into modern society because they're not willing to give up conveniences but they still want the perceived superiority of being holy.
Everything about this points to either it's not real or they don't even believe it. Would God actually be fooled by "Oh well I convinced myself I didn't have to follow this rule because XYZ". It sure sounds like you're engaging in behavior for fear of not fitting in rather than love of God.
The purpose of the loopholes is to allow yourself to do the thing you want to do, without feeling bad about it. Since God is omniscient, then any "loophole" you find in the divine rules must therefore be put there with the express purpose of allowing you to do whatever you found the loophole for.
Soaking
If I were the Abrahamic God I would sentence soakers to double hell. Not only did you violate my rules, you violated sex itself which I also made. To the 4th cold Naraka with you
Yep you can either be a religious fanatic living in opposition to the world, or you can be more secular and less literal and be part of it. These people want both. They want the advantages of being seen as holy and righteous and above the world, but they also want to be part of it and benefit from its comforts. It is truly an exercise in cognitive dissonance.
Christians have the "loophole" of repentance and atonement and just needing to believe in Jesus, so they can freely sin and not feel bad about it since nothing sticks to your permanent record. Ultra-religious jews do this instead because they don't have a magical "erase" button for their sins built into their doctrine.