• m0darn@lemmy.ca
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    28 days ago

    Right I get that, but the underlying value that the prohibitions are designed around is promoting humility and preventing vanity.

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      28 days ago

      If the jewelery was given as a gift in good will, it would be worse to reject it or to accept it and never use it.

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      27 days ago

      But they’re people. People can revisit and reconsider the values they live by. They can change things despite the tradition they were born into or even the tradition they helped establish. That allows the society to progress and survive changing conditions. Let’s support it.