Touchy Subject

[Sexbad]

I strongly believe people are just fundamentally evil, and the trappings they wrap that in don't change anything.

I'd never try to hide the fact that sometimes I am a bastard (perhaps in a job interview), and everyone else is too. The problem that I have with this idea is that many religions have incredibly arbitrary definitions of evil. I understand what any Abrahamic book could have against killing or stealing, but I'm confused by why so many religions wish to make us repress natural sexual desires, not eat item(s) X on day(s) Y, or wear certain hats. I'm confused about what it would do to harm an all-powerful being's ego or make you any less of a person. Also, I don't really like the idea of an infinite peace or suffering based on a finite existence, especially in Christianity, one of whose main selling points is the idea of forgiveness (you can ask for a little bit of love right on your dying bed, but after that, you stick with what you get?).