They make up "rules," declare them "invented by God," and then find ways around them whenever it is convenient. The religious version of "There's an app for that" is "There's an exception for that." Great little article from Scientific American on how the Catholic Church once declared beavers a fish:
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/thoughtful-animal/2013/05/23/once-up\ on-a-time-the-catholic-church-decided-that-beavers-were-fish/ <http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/thoughtful-animal/2013/05/23/once-u\ pon-a-time-the-catholic-church-decided-that-beavers-were-fish/>
