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I have been reading this book Purple Hibiscus by Chimmanda Ngozi Adiche. (Well, few minutes a day). And I was in a jijnase - perplexity.

The narrator who is a teenage girl is having severe period pain. And her mother gives her Pandol tablets, but asks her to eat cereal before taking the tablet -well you should not preferably take a pain killer on empty stomach. Girl obliges. Unfortunately it was some religious fasting day and one is not supposed to eat before attending the church mass. Her father when he sees her with the cereal bowl gets angry and beats her, mother and brother with his belt. 

Then that Sunday they all do a confession. 

In my view, hitting your child for eating a breakfast is a bigger sin than breaking some fast by that sick child - yes period pain can be terrible. Do you agree? Or you think his violence punishment is justified?

Now you say that I am being silly for arguing about a fiction. But often our concept of sin revolves around God and religious customs  not about violating the actual teaching of this religion. Agree? Because hurting any one is bad - according to all religions.