Another Perfect Stranger Page #4

These things happen all over the world.

It seems, that the American Christians

have their own special set of rules:

like no movies, no dancing, no cards...

No alcohol.

I have a friend, whose mom doesn't

even let her eat rum-cake.

What is on the inside a person is what matters,

not the outside rituals.

What about those poor women you see on TV?

In Afghanistan they have to

wear that ugly burka things.

And the thing is: most of these

women just want to dress modestly,

but lot of them get beaten,

because they don't have everything covered.

That's so evil.

The men are afraid, that the women

will make them lust.

I shouldn't tell you this,

because you are so young, but...

You can dress a woman in concrete blocks,

and men would still find a way to lust after her.

Sounds like one of my dad's speeches.

The trouble is with: what is inside men's hearts,

not with what's on women's bodies.

Controlling women is just another way

for some men to exercise dominance.

I've heard, there is a church in the neighboring

village, that doesn't even let women speak.

I always wanted to walk in one Sunday morning,

and give them one big ear and say, what it is like!

I'm pretty upset, when I see religion

used as an excuse for slavery,

and discrimination, war...

Religion causes so much superstition

and ignorance in the world.

The trouble is:
when religion

makes some people think,

that they have to run away from it,

before they can live a normal life.

Yeah, you are right!

Back where I come from

religion and hypocrisy went hand in hand.

People claimed to be one thing,

but actually showing another.

Really? What did they do?

The self-righteous leaders were

only focused on the rules.

And then they would lay these rules on the people,

who felt guilty, when they couldn't keep them well enough.

Where did you grow up?

In little town, East.

Small towns are probably

the worst for things like that.

Water?

Yes...

What language was that?

They are from Calcutta (USA).

The gentleman was telling to his wife,

that she shouldn't eavesdrop us.

But I told her it's alright, I didn't mind.

So you speak Cul...cattian?

I've spent some time there.

So what else bugs you in religion?

The way well-mean people

get all distorted by it.

Like how?

Like they stop being who they really are,

start trying to keep a lot of impossible rules,

and meanwhile they feel guilty,

and they feel miserable.

Wow, that sounds familiar...

And what make the matter worse, they start

distancing themselves from people in their lives,

sometimes from those who mean the most to them.

Yeah, but why is that?

Well, they are afraid that people, who don't

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