things man can’t do. “Taboos” were many kinds like for example not killing a specific kind of birds because it is thought that this bird is the origin of a certain tribe and is thought to be the father of the tribe. However, with Moses the prophet of the Hebrews. Judaism was the first practiced monotheistic religion- not to mention that the pharaoh Aton who was the first to believe in one god, the god of the sun but his message was not completed and after him polytheism continued- Moses in his ten commandments tells the Hebrews what there god Yahweh wants them to do and here for example eating the meat of the pig was not allowed for the Hebrews, worship only one god was a must, not to steal or commit adultery was also a must. Then Jesus Christ with Christianity came, and also put rules for how people must act for god to love them for example to help the poor and the needy and the widows, not to reply on evil by evil, love each other worship one god … and finally from the prophet Mohammad we know about Islam and about the doctrine and the rules that were mentioned in the Qur’an- the holly book of the Muslims- like what to eat, how to pray, whom to marry…From all of the above mentioned we find that “yes” religions limit the freedom of the man and man is always the subject of god and not a free man. But here some important questions might be asked: do we need absolute freedom to build civilized nations and societies? Don’t we need religion to regulate and stabilize our life? Aren’t religions important for the life of human beings on earth? ...
