• PugJesus@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    Fun is haram because it takes you away from spiritual pursuits. I’m no expert on the theology of Afghan radicals, but having grown up amongst Christian fundamentalists, I presume the thinking is roughly equivalent.

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      2 hours ago

      That’s pretty close. Just like the fundies, the Taliban are joyless, illiterate degenerates who are troubled by the thought that somewhere, someone might be finding some pleasure in life.

    • taladar@sh.itjust.works
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      23 hours ago

      Banning stuff people actually want to do (or even better, have a deep instinctual desire to do like physical intimacy or sex) is what makes the whole “you are all sinners and we have the solution to sell to you” (or alternatively “you are all sinners and you have to do what we say to solve that”) part of the religion scam work.