What are some weird things prohibited by religions?

Judaism and Islam forbid eating amphibians. -In Judaism, eating bear, bird, turtle, and camel is forbidden. -Eating egg is forbidden in Jainism. -In Judaism, some insects are forbidden to be consumed. -Eating rabbit is forbidden in Judaism. read more

What makes things even more strange, anyone who came into contact with the water, including the priest that did the sprinkling, would himself become ritually impure and would have to immerse in a body of water (Mikvah) in order to become pure again. Milk and Meat: Exodus 23: 19 Milk and meat, even Kosher milk and meat, become non-Kosher when combined. read more

The largest neo-pagan religion in the world, the Church of All Worlds was set up in 1962 by Oberon Zell-Ravenheart (nice name!) and his wife, Morning Glory (good lord!). Taking its name from Robert Heinlein’s Strange in a Strange Land, followers worship the Earth itself in the form of Gaea, as well as assorted gods from a range of other religious pantheons (mostly Ancient Greece). read more