however the religious groups have took it to extremes of making adult consensual sex illegal outside the marriage. (unhappy in your marriage due to cheating, report your spouse to the police)
I think you don't really know about Indonesia, where from the start sex outside of marriage was also prohibited here, but it didn't reach the prohibition in the legislation and now that it has been legalized, it means that the prohibition will be even bigger.
When tourists don't want to come because in Indonesia they can't have sex, then it's a mistake in their thinking that they only think about sex in their brains, not religion and culture in Indonesia.
i do understand other culture and religions. but i enjoy researching the histories. far back thousands of years the WHY their religion began. the WHY certain laws and beliefs become ..
saying abide by a law or beleive in a religion "just because" is a way that a culture never evolves or grows or progresses. or gets respect
laws and religions should be progressive and meet the needs of the people within. current alive.
certain rules that applied a thousand years ago had a purpose that is different than today
some cultures origins were about when the men went away to battle or trade in other regions. by having the rule ensured the guy came back home to the wife instead of starting a new family elsewhere.
some cultures it was about reducing prostitution exploitation and spread of disease locally
others was the sanctity of keeping a family together to support a child economically and welfare. so that the child can prosper
others were that it was population growth control. instead of a man sowing his seed with a dozen women producing 1 child per port. meaning 12 kids per man. became a population accelorator. where as keeping it between married couples made it a 2 parent 2 child population control
just having a blanket law without knowing the reason just doesnt show a reason to have respect for the rule
knowing the WHY does matter. more so then "just follow a law because its law"
if the law does not satisfy its purpose anymore, then make a different law that does.
Christianity modernised. because it realised certain things deemed as sins were no longer solving a problem that existed 1000 years ago. because modern age solved it with modern things like moral understanding of consent. contraception and medication
for those who want everyone to abide by a law have to first understand their own law before they expect others to follow it.
no one will understand your culture if you cannot tell them first the origins of your culture and the purpose of the different rule
to have someone respect a culture. is about understanding what needs to be respected