5 ultra-specific rules of Christian Fundamentalism that make no sense
Leaving Eden Podcast
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🗓️ 10 March 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Sadie takes us through the five categories of Crazy Fundie Rules, and how these rules affect your life when you are trying to live by them. Some of them have biblical justifications, some of them are completely made up by some pastor somewhere and ended up being widely adopted. Fundie pastors use these rules as a way to physically and psychologically control church members, and they can be quite draconian.
What are the most arbitrary rules that your church had growing up? Let us know in the comments!
02:00 - Is it a sin to walk down the beer aisle in the grocery store?
02:23 - Proverbs 23:31
02:40 - Genesis 3:1-3
03:07 - Crazy Fundie Rules
03:52 - Join our Patreon!
04:37 - The 5 Categories
05:40 - Category 1
05:50 - Prohibition on Tattoos
06:55 - Carl Lentz
07:12 - Pete Hegseth
07:22 - Jewish law vs. Christian Interpretation
10:30 - Joyce Meyer's tattoo
11:47 - Thank you to our patrons!
14:13 - Deuteronomy 22:5
16:45 - Deadmau5 and the Ferrari
17:02 - Why the Duggar Daughters didn't wear pants
18:15 - Coulottes vs. JNCO Jeans
19:59 - Jealousy is a sin, wanting to do a sin is a sin
21:30 - Fundie Women find a way to rebel
24:00 - Visibly religious people get harassed the most!
26:11 - Category 2
26:31 - Being suspected of sinning is a sin
27:04 - Jack Schaap's crimes
28:27 - Going to the movies is a sin
29:01 - Bee Movie and There Will Be Blood were in the movie theater at the same time
30:14 - Walking down the beer aisle is a sin
30:49 - Category 3
32:30 - Going to Six Flags is a sin
34:17 - Category 4
34:36 - Doing anything that you want to do is a sin
35:00 - Teen Soulwinning is the worst
36:00 - Holy Guilt Trip Batman
36:43 - Wanting a snickers bar is a sin
37:45 - Great Britain is full of heathens
39:00 - Wanting a pretty wife is a sin
40:00 - It is a sin to not be miserable
40:40 - Category 5
41:00 - Hosiery
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| 0:00.0 | No rolling river of time. |
| 0:07.0 | You've healed me in too many days. |
| 0:13.0 | No regrets, no confusion. |
| 0:18.0 | There'll be no pollution |
| 0:21.6 | and I'm so thankful I've decided to change my ways |
| 0:29.1 | Welcome into the Leaving Eden podcast welcome welcome welcome welcome welcome in |
| 0:34.2 | Sadie isn't a sin to walk down the beer aisle in the grocery store? |
| 0:40.6 | Yeah, it's a sin and you shouldn't do it. |
| 0:43.1 | And if you absolutely have to do it, you should do it with your eyes closed. |
| 0:50.5 | Explain to me, why is it a sin? |
| 0:52.3 | In Proverbs 2331, the Bible says, |
| 0:54.2 | Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, |
| 0:56.7 | when it giveth its color in the cup, |
| 0:58.4 | when it moveth itself aright. |
| 1:01.1 | Look not thou upon the wine. |
| 1:02.9 | Don't look at it. |
| 1:04.1 | The Bible says, don't look at it. |
| 1:05.3 | Don't even look at alcohol. |
| 1:07.4 | And then you can cross reference from the Genesis narrative |
| 1:10.4 | when Eve is corresponding with the serpent, and then you can cross-reference from the Genesis narrative when Eve is corresponding |
| 1:12.9 | with the serpent, and he says, hath God truly said that you may not eat of the tree. And she says, |
| 1:18.7 | yea, hath God said, eat not of the tree that is whatever, no, thou shalt not eat of it, neither shall thou |
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