BacktoCricaddict Posted September 3, 2022 Posted September 3, 2022 (edited) (1) Why are faith-based dietary restrictions more acceptable than science-based ones? For instance, if I told someone I have given up white rice for some "mannath," they will not say "eh ... nothing will happen if you eat just a little." Although, deep inside, everyone knows it's just a superstition and nothing is going to happen if I ate a bit of white rice. But if I said I have given it up because I don't eat high-glycemic foods, "arre yaar .. thhodaa khaaoge toh kuch nahin hoga." (2) This happens quite a bit to my IT-buddies: Why it more understandable to a manager when you can't work on a weekend because you're vacationing out of town, but not really understandable why you can't work when you are stay-cating? Arre ... I don't want to travel, but just because I am in town, it doesn't mean I want to work. (3) At my workplace, if I say I am leaving early to take my child to the dentist ... everyone gets it. "Oh good luck etc. etc." What if I said "I just don't want to be in this meeting because I'd rather mow the lawn today?" OMG, I'd get quite the side-eye. Bottom line is that, either way, I am off-campus doing something unrelated to work. Why is one more acceptable? Edited September 3, 2022 by BacktoCricaddict Mariyam 1
BacktoCricaddict Posted September 3, 2022 Author Posted September 3, 2022 1 hour ago, coffee_rules said: Nothing, really. Just random musings about illogical we are as humans. Under_Score 1
coffee_rules Posted September 4, 2022 Posted September 4, 2022 14 hours ago, BacktoCricaddict said: (1) Why are faith-based dietary restrictions more acceptable than science-based ones? For instance, if I told someone I have given up white rice for some "mannath," they will not say "eh ... nothing will happen if you eat just a little." Although, deep inside, everyone knows it's just a superstition and nothing is going to happen if I ate a bit of white rice. But if I said I have given it up because I don't eat high-glycemic foods, "arre yaar .. thhodaa khaaoge toh kuch nahin hoga." (2) This happens quite a bit to my IT-buddies: Why it more understandable to a manager when you can't work on a weekend because you're vacationing out of town, but not really understandable why you can't work when you are stay-cating? Arre ... I don't want to travel, but just because I am in town, it doesn't mean I want to work. (3) At my workplace, if I say I am leaving early to take my child to the dentist ... everyone gets it. "Oh good luck etc. etc." What if I said "I just don't want to be in this meeting because I'd rather mow the lawn today?" OMG, I'd get quite the side-eye. Bottom line is that, either way, I am off-campus doing something unrelated to work. Why is one more acceptable? Yes, it is hard for you atheists to understand such gullibility. Stay-cations are becoming common when we can’t afford these days. I have days that I have to take, don’t have money to go somewhere, would rather stay home and relax. Very common. You guys in academia also have the luxury of taking a break and calling it sabbatical! Namm thara kaarmikaru we can’t do it BacktoCricaddict 1
ravishingravi Posted September 4, 2022 Posted September 4, 2022 12 hours ago, BacktoCricaddict said: Nothing, really. Just random musings about illogical we are as humans. In moments of clarity, I don't see any humans. I only see institutionalized monkeys. sandeep and BacktoCricaddict 2
Mariyam Posted September 12, 2022 Posted September 12, 2022 On 9/3/2022 at 11:34 PM, BacktoCricaddict said: (1) Why are faith-based dietary restrictions more acceptable than science-based ones? For instance, if I told someone I have given up white rice for some "mannath," they will not say "eh ... nothing will happen if you eat just a little." Although, deep inside, everyone knows it's just a superstition and nothing is going to happen if I ate a bit of white rice. But if I said I have given it up because I don't eat high-glycemic foods, "arre yaar .. thhodaa khaaoge toh kuch nahin hoga." (2) This happens quite a bit to my IT-buddies: Why it more understandable to a manager when you can't work on a weekend because you're vacationing out of town, but not really understandable why you can't work when you are stay-cating? Arre ... I don't want to travel, but just because I am in town, it doesn't mean I want to work. (3) At my workplace, if I say I am leaving early to take my child to the dentist ... everyone gets it. "Oh good luck etc. etc." What if I said "I just don't want to be in this meeting because I'd rather mow the lawn today?" OMG, I'd get quite the side-eye. Bottom line is that, either way, I am off-campus doing something unrelated to work. Why is one more acceptable? That is because faith shouldn't be questioned. Just believed and adhered to. Ideally a personal choice. And then the questions are personal. Science by its very nature is to be questioned and empirically challenged. Science doesn't take offence. BacktoCricaddict and Under_Score 2
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