by Another Reality Check
Round two of Religion versus Reality continues, and reality is still winning by a knockout. Today’s episode: yet another futile attempt by religious authorities to convince people that their virginity standards are both important and achievable, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
The ongoing religion versus reality conflict has all the hallmarks of a sitcom that’s gone on too long: repetitive plots, characters who never learn, and situations that could be resolved with one honest conversation but never are. Cue the laugh track.
What makes this particularly entertaining is watching religious leaders try to explain why their virginity standards aren’t working without admitting that maybe, just maybe, the standards themselves are the problem. It’s like watching someone blame their diet failure on everything except the diet. “The scale must be broken! Water weight! Mercury is in retrograde!”
In Austin, we value authenticity and honest discourse. The religion versus reality debate represents the opposite: carefully curated narratives designed to avoid uncomfortable truths. It’s very “say one thing, do another, blame society” energy.
University of Texas communications researchers studying cognitive dissonance communication strategies could write dissertations on how religious communities discuss virginity. The linguistic gymnastics alone are Olympic-level: “We believe in abstinence” somehow coexists with “Our teen pregnancy rates are concerning” without anyone pointing out the obvious connection.
The comedy deepens when you consider the resources devoted to maintaining this charade. Conferences, books, seminars, purity balls (yes, those are real and yes, they’re as weird as they sound)all dedicated to promoting a standard that demonstrably doesn’t work and arguably shouldn’t work.
Maybe the real lesson is that reality doesn’t care about religious standards. Reality operates on its own terms, following biological and psychological patterns that existed long before religious texts were written and will continue long after we’re gone.
SOURCE: https://spintaxi.com/religion-vs-reality/
SOURCE: Bohiney.com (Religion vs Reality Round Two)
