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Shuddhasattva
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Congratulations and welcome.
mycorrhiza
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Welcome to the forums! You'll meet people with loads of different religions here!
The thing is, we (me and my sister) had too many restrictions in our ex-religion. restriction on food , gender mingling, relationshios and oppressive restriction on clothing, which was becoming too suffocative for us.
I' m trying to find a religion which is free from all these restrictions
I' m trying to find a religion which is free from all these restrictions
Shuddhasattva
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LHPs are not the only paths which suit your requirements.
Satanism is generally included in the LHP umbrella, but so are many others. I'm a Hindu, but HInduism itself is an umbrella term and includes many LHPs - we call it Vamachara (literally, left-hand path). In fact, Hindusim has the oldest attested LHP traditions.
Neither LHP, nor Satanism, means worship of 'evil,' or evildoing as a religious sacrament, as the popular perception would have us think.
Satanism is generally included in the LHP umbrella, but so are many others. I'm a Hindu, but HInduism itself is an umbrella term and includes many LHPs - we call it Vamachara (literally, left-hand path). In fact, Hindusim has the oldest attested LHP traditions.
Neither LHP, nor Satanism, means worship of 'evil,' or evildoing as a religious sacrament, as the popular perception would have us think.
Greetings!
You're welcome to remain an atheist....we're rather permissive.
Salaam / shalom ... and welcome.
Shuddhasattva
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Not exactly. Any such restrictions are either:
A. Cultural
B. From the dharma smritis - which are non-binding texts that few follow.
C. Both.
Pretty much. LHP in Hinduism is extremely liberal, one might say antinomian, and generally focuses on breaking taboos in pursuit of the realization that there is nothing which is not divine.
One should also understand historical context for sexual morality in religions in general. Until the advent of effective birth control - relatively recent - sex outside of committed relationships generally had disastrous consequences, especially for the women.
As such, it is "sinful" in the sense that it leads to personal and social harm/suffering - not because a book or somesuch arbitrarily says so.
From an evolutionary biology perspective, we can see how parental investment as per genetic inheritance would also dictate a moralistic approach. From this logic there is no genetic reason a man should want to invest time, effort, resources, etc. in children that are not his own (or otherwise closely related - ie, as uncle). Hence, the institution of monogamy etc .
It's good to be a Jew here. Given your current POV, I'll dispense with the Ramadan Kareem wishes ...Shalom, good to see a Jew here
Shuddhasattva
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No - many things are taboo, or otherwise circumscribed in mainstream Hinduism. It is specifically the Vamachara (LHP) - which is rather fringe, which transgresses to transcend.
With your second question, do you mean in Hinduism/India, or in general? In general, birth control is what allows for more liberal sexual behavior to exist in society, otherwise it simply wouldn't be possible without creating social chaos save in some tribal settings. An exception is perhaps dress, which need not actually catalyze sex unless people are so sensitized and bereft of self-control due to unrealistic ethical systems based on repression rather than sublimation or expression.
With your second question, do you mean in Hinduism/India, or in general? In general, birth control is what allows for more liberal sexual behavior to exist in society, otherwise it simply wouldn't be possible without creating social chaos save in some tribal settings. An exception is perhaps dress, which need not actually catalyze sex unless people are so sensitized and bereft of self-control due to unrealistic ethical systems based on repression rather than sublimation or expression.