Murkwood wrote:The Archregimancy wrote:
It might be helpful if you offered specifics and sources.
You do have a habit of making sweeping generalisations about Christian history and Christianity, so actually backing up some of these discussion points with specific citations and quotes could be helpful.
And I'm really not sure as to whether prohibitions on tobacco and smoking are necessarily wholly a religious issue; not unless you think the existing smoking bans in public spaces in much of the industrialised west (and here in Dubai, for that matter) are primarily motivated by theological objections.
Many people like to tack religion to secular issues.
Unfortunately.