Like what? I can understand something like cannibalism and incest resulting in some diseases, which is fair, although they’re not exclusive to religion. But most typical religious taboos are harmless and arguably more harmful to society for no good reason.
“My religion prohibits it!”
THEN DON’T FUCKING DO IT.
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.
shame we can’t prevent them from voting about it.
Taboos aren’t just intended to uphold individual moral integrity. They exist to prohibit social harm.
Like what? I can understand something like cannibalism and incest resulting in some diseases, which is fair, although they’re not exclusive to religion. But most typical religious taboos are harmless and arguably more harmful to society for no good reason.
Define “social harm”.
Harm inflicted across the general public, either to particular individual victims or as a negative externality experienced universally.
Your statement dodges the point in many ways.
In theory, yes