National MP Hamish Campbell associated with Two by Twos,

[Lilith7]

Its worrying when religion reaches into politics; we only need to look around the world at places like America & Russia, to see what can happen. Perhaps anyone with extreme religious beliefs should be barred from entering politics.

Okay, but where do you draw the line on whether religious beliefs are 'extreme' or devout?

And that is the $64million question!

Mainly because what seems extreme to some is seen as perfectly normal & acceptable by others. Some Hasidic women shave their heads & wear a wig, a devout means of keeping their hair unseen, in a similar manner to some Muslim  sects.
 Until fairly recently it was also usual for Christian - especially Catholic -  women to have a scarf handy to put over their head if they entered a church.

Mormons don't drink tea or coffee which is odd to most of us. And they have 'Temple garments', which they believe to be holy. They'll apparently be 'pulled into heaven' by their garments.


Probably there would have to be a concensus of some sort i.e. if someone believes that drinking 'purified blood' is holy, then there might be a good chance that they're in need of medical help.


Just had a look & it seems that there really is no limit to the daft things we  can get ourselves to believe.

https://listverse.com/2007/08/13/10-weir...practices/