Originally Posted by
dojj
it's one of the 5 things you need to abstain from in order to go to a holy event
even weddings you can't drink before the afternoon/evening when all the religious stuff has happened (guy came to my wedding, a mate of a mate, and he sparked up a smoke in the temple, he got beaten up and thrown out and bought shame upon his friend who'd bought him along)
I admit it's very inconsiderate to light up. But surely beating somebody up in gods house is worse than lighting up in it? This is the side of religion i've never understood, where somethings are acceptable but others aren't, but to an outsider they both seem as bad as each other...