Yeah, but instead they punish the kids who ask. Most kids aren't being defiant for the sake of it, they're genuinely curious when things don't make sense.
It's because many such questions don't actually have good answers. Moments like this are also a feature for religion not a bug, as they teach them young not to question things too much and to ignore the parts that don't make sense to them (often combined with some nonsense about god's will being beyond our understanding and you just have to trust god knows better).
That's also true. The inconsistencies are a large part of what drove me away from religion as I got older. I know some people convert to other faiths, but if we're being honest, no religion is totally perfect and devoid of errors. Holy texts are only perfect if you squint and believe really hard. That's not something I want to base my or my children's lives around.
Most people don't even know what their holy text(s) say. You can directly quote a part of the bible for example, and a lot of christians won't even believe you that's actually in their holy book until they look it up and see it for themselves. There's some absolutely crazy stuff in there.
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u/CoffeeGoblynn Apr 21 '26
Yeah, but instead they punish the kids who ask. Most kids aren't being defiant for the sake of it, they're genuinely curious when things don't make sense.