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    What's wrong with incest?

    But we don't ban other kinds of relationships where there might in principle be abuse happening...
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    What's wrong with incest?

    So two (or more) brothers or sisters say, who are consenting adults and of a similar age, no problem in your books?
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    What's wrong with incest?

    But how is that different from child abuse/coercion generally? What of relationships where there is no significant relationship disparity?
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    What's wrong with incest?

    I'm sorry to hear that, and completely agree that there's nothing right about that. But what's wrong here is arguably the child abuse, rather than the incest.
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    What's wrong with incest?

    Lots of things aren't healthy things to do, but are nevertheless considered acceptable by sometimes large swathes of society. What's different about incest?
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    What's wrong with incest?

    Agreed. So what do you think to incest which does not (cannot) result in the birth of children?
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    Syncretic Religionist

    Thank you, and yes, it's an interesting story.
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    What's wrong with incest?

    The thread title is pretty self-explanatory. But just to expand a little, how do you define incest - how closely-related does someone need to be - and why do you think it is wrong (assuming you do - if you don't, why not?)? PS
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    Syncretic Religionist

    I'd like to hear it someday :). I too started out as a Christian and have tried many religions down the years before arriving at my own peculiar way of looking at things :).
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    Syncretic Religionist

    Thank you, and I pretty much agree!
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    Syncretic Religionist

    Thank you! Yes, I've looked at the Baha'i Faith, but they don't seem to look too kindly on the notion of a cycle of rebirth, which I just can't shake. Plus Angels and Demons ('good' and 'bad' deities) are very real for me, and as far as I can tell, they have more of a symbolic meaning in the...
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    Syncretic Religionist

    Thank you! PS is my sign-off - Poseidon Soter! What brought you to Noachidism?
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    Syncretic Religionist

    Hello, I'm a kind of syncretic religionist - as you'll see from my religion I blend elements of the Abrahamic religions with those from the Hindu religions - key elements for me include monotheism and a cycle of rebirth/reincarnation, plus recognition of some key figures from both the Abrahamic...
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