# Things that used to be villified/outlawed by religions, now accepted **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 22, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-used-to-be-villified-outlawed-by-religions-now-accepted/507344 "2009-08-22T22:15:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![scm1001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@scm1001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scm1001)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-used-to-be-villified-outlawed-by-religions-now-accepted/507344/61 "2009-08-26T07:51:50Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Not for several decades. I was answering the OP as stated ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-used-to-be-villified-outlawed-by-religions-now-accepted/507344/62 "2009-08-28T08:57:50Z")
> [@](#): > > Living in Amish country I can think of one. “So saith the LORD. The limits of thy horsepower shall be… two.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JWT\_Kottekoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@JWT\_Kottekoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JWT_Kottekoe)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-used-to-be-villified-outlawed-by-religions-now-accepted/507344/63 "2009-08-29T06:40:09Z")
> [@gitfiddle](#): > > … if I remember correctly, a passage that mentioned that the Church was against the idea of Pi at first. I don’t remember the details. We used to have to give up pie for Lent. Can that be what you were remembering? ---
**Author:** ![Rucksinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/898d66/32.png) [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-used-to-be-villified-outlawed-by-religions-now-accepted/507344/64 "2009-08-29T20:08:43Z")
> [@HorseloverFat](#): > > If a man cheats on his wife, or vise versa, both the man and the woman must die. (Leviticus 20:10). I wonder if Dr. Laura would like that one to be enforced? Not quite. It’s OK for a man to “cheat” on his wife (with an unmarried woman), but it’s not OK for a man to have sex with another man’s wife. > [@](#): > > Leviticus 20:10 (King James Version) > > 10And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-used-to-be-villified-outlawed-by-religions-now-accepted/507344/65 "2009-08-29T20:11:49Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Sure, but what I said is that the RC Church has for some decades now accepted sex for the sake of sex, fun and love between _married couples_… Well, that’s not actually what you said, but OK. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-used-to-be-villified-outlawed-by-religions-now-accepted/507344/66 "2009-08-29T22:41:00Z")
Not quite, in any sexual act of **Any Kind** there must be a possibility of pregnancy. ---
**Author:** ![Blut\_Aus\_Nord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Blut\_Aus\_Nord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blut_Aus_Nord)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-used-to-be-villified-outlawed-by-religions-now-accepted/507344/67 "2009-08-30T04:04:52Z")
> [@Icerigger](#): > > Not quite, in any sexual act of **Any Kind** there must be a possibility of pregnancy. There is. If I lie with another man it is possible a female burglar stumbles upon our room and in her horror, trips on one of my anal toys, ripping her pants in the process, and falling into perfect position to intercept my seed and become pregnant. Yes, gay sex can lead to new life! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-used-to-be-villified-outlawed-by-religions-now-accepted/507344/68 "2009-08-30T04:46:08Z")
> [@Icerigger](#): > > Not quite, in any sexual act of **Any Kind** there must be a possibility of pregnancy. According to who?😕 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-used-to-be-villified-outlawed-by-religions-now-accepted/507344.md?page=3)