Welcome to Religious Forums, a friendly forum to discuss all religions in a friendly surrounding.
Your voice is missing! You will need to register to get access to the following site features:We hope to see you as a part of our community soon!
I've kind of settled on it being a function of fear. Putting oneself in someone else's shoes leads to understanding their viewpoint, which might lead to questioning their own, which might lead to loss of faith. So it's far safer to just shut that whole thing down at the outset.
Well there ya' go.
Sure, just as one ought to know that one person's idea of what constitutes "sin" is not necessarily shared by others, and others are not beholden to it.
I wouldn't even say it's fear. They can't understand or approach the world unless viewing it through their Christian ideology because it is so deeply entrenched in their mind set. They aren't afraid, they just can't process things without first running it through their "dogma machine." Which leads to statements such as "Christianity is the only religion." They aren't afraid of Islam, for example, or Judaism, or even Pagans, but because they aren't Christian religions, they are wrong because it doesn't match their deeply entrenched beliefs. In its more extreme manifestation, even other Christian denominations are wrong and going to Hell because they aren't congruent with the beliefs of whatever specific denomination.
Those are good thoughts, and you may very well be right.
It's basically how so many can come out of a science class and say "it's just a theory" in regards to evolution. Their "shield" easily rationalizes things away for dismissal because it doesn't fit. This mentality is seen in other groups, such as the "anti-vaccers" and "truthers," but they don't have the money and influence and power that religion does and they don't have thousands of years of experience in controlling them and insulating them from the outside world. They also tend to blend in more easily.
The death and Hell created by you in a way. And why should there be a Hell to punish people who have done nothing? If that's the case, it's nonsense. And death? That's our destiny after all. But let life see after everything I guess.
I've redefined sin to mean incorrect thought, at heart - and consequent emotions, intent and actions.
I checked. They don't say it is harmful. And they say nothing about "beliefs going against biology and anatomy." They do, however, as I would very much like to point out, they do consider your beliefs to be a contributing factor contributing to risks of LBGT, and labels them as "unfair."
Then quit spreading bull**** about them and insisting they are self-destructive when it is those like you who cause LBGT people so much grief, pain, and agony. It's not your life, so bugger off.
But those things don't ONLY have their basis in religion. I can make a logically consistent secular argument against theft, murder and rape. Can you make one against homosexuality?
Great, let's hear it?
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." And if you need religion to tell you things like theft, rape, and murder are wrong then I question your sense of morality, even if you have any concept of a moral compass.
I suspect they can't. Empathy is required and requires certain biological traits to accomplish it, like mirror neurons. I think they are permanently stuck at a toddler's level of self-vs-other.
And his attitude killed him.
They will go to heaven, but every day for eternity will be a giant drag show and God will cosplay as Sharon Needles.
