It's probably better because they aren't doing the "You are fundamentally bad and evil, all your natural impulses are wrong and must be controlled, your entire life must be dedicated to God, everyone outside of the church is 'of the world' and sinful, your thoughts can damn you to eternal torture" - thing. And at least when they tell her the truth, everyone she knows won't still believe it and cut her off for thinking differently. And at least there won't be millions of people who think she's wrong for walking away, making her question and have nightmares for years as to whether she is really the misled one and needs to go back.
not all religions/denominations follow that puritanism ideology tho. Religion isn't inherently incompatible with "modernity" or whatever but conservatism in religion and culture is.
It's probably better because they aren't doing the "You are fundamentally bad and evil, all your natural impulses are wrong and must be controlled, your entire life must be dedicated to God, everyone outside of the church is 'of the world' and sinful, your thoughts can damn you to eternal torture" - thing. And at least when they tell her the truth, everyone she knows won't still believe it and cut her off for thinking differently. And at least there won't be millions of people who think she's wrong for walking away, making her question and have nightmares for years as to whether she is really the misled one and needs to go back.
not all religions/denominations follow that puritanism ideology tho. Religion isn't inherently incompatible with "modernity" or whatever but conservatism in religion and culture is.
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