Buddhism has many words of wisdom. So do other world religions.....all with a common theme of love and peace.
Mankind breaks these rules, making their own rules..........
Most mature adults who have lived as long as all of us have........should be able to discern that each of us come from a slightly different upbringing, but that "life in general" has taught us to enjoy the differences we all bring to the table.
If we were all the same, how boring would that be?
Also, to accept things "blindly" is a bit narrow minded.
Although we were brought up Catholic, my mom allowed spiritual exploration as she was a free spirit herself......reading voluminously, as I did, of all the great world religions............all preach love and tolerance. Man changes that when making their own "rules".
We have a cousin, brought up similarly, who is still stuck back in the 1950's and thinks all the young folks today should live that way..........not going to happen.
However, common decency should still prevail as we allow our young folks to make their own life choices...........and we seniors should tolerate each others' opinions.
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