Somehow, I've decided that instead of this being my religion's problem, it's the gays' problem, because fuck them." Somehow, instead of this being my problem, it's their problem, because fuck them."īeing against homosexuality for religious reasons says "I might be a perfectly nice person with many gay friends, but my religion says they are condemned. Gay-bashing says "I don't like the gays because they are weird and different and that makes me uncomfortable.
You're going to hear all kinds of stuff about how gay-bashing and being against homosexuality for religious reasons are totally different. Christians are no longer able to control the position of sexuality in today's media and culture, so they turn to the next best thing, which is homosexuality. Christianity went through a period when sexuality was seen as evil, and this period has shaped a lot of how modern Christians view everything sexual. Why? My personal belief is that it goes beyond homosexuality to sexuality itself. Now, while various "sins" in the Bible are constantly disregarded in today's society, the thing about homosexuality is still alive. Obviously we can look at it today and say the claim is unfounded, but people back then did not have the information we have today. Similarly, homosexuality was disallowed because it was something that did not contribute to population growth in the community, something that was very important to a growing people like the Jews. I've read that the reason why Jews and Muslims abhor pork is due to the idea that pigs carried diseases, and the fact that pork when cooked incorrectly caused illnesses. Rules against having sex with menstruating women were due to the belief that period blood was "dirty blood" that would taint men that came in contact with them.
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