It looks very much like it is a trend to talk down on beliefs that example say Homosexuality is a sin or that it shows less moral to act out the homosexual part in life.
My Friend, to me, this is what you
want to talk about. The idea of whether or not this is a "religious forum" is not. So I will focus my reply on this.
I am going to be blunt and honest with you. And I'm sorry if this seems unpleasant. This is how it looks to me:
It seems like ( correct me if I'm wrong ):
1) Your cultivation path teaches that "Homosexuality is a sin and that it is less moral to act out the homosexual part in life".
2) You think the world would be a better place, people would suffer less, if everyone followed your cultivation path.
You don't say either of these things overtly, but you do believe them. That is how it appears.
Why don't you say them overtly? I think you are trying to be humble. I think you are trying to be nice. But because you want to share, you want to help, there is a conflict. The conflict is, You want to tell, but you don't want to tell.
The conflict is stressful, and your true intentions leak out sometimes. This happened recently when you called homosexual behavior "unnatural".
Listen, I am your friend. And
I have always been honest with you. I have been 100% honest in every single conversation we have had. And that means when I say, I am your friend. You can believe it. Whether or not you accept my friendship, is a choice. And I understand if you choose not to accept it.
Being 100% honest also means, when I say, I am not attacking you. I promise, I am not attacking you.
When I say I'm trying to help you. I mean it.
Because i have gotten to know you, and I have some knowledge of your cultivation path, I know that doing harm is an anchor.
And if I see that you are doing harm, I have to decide, "Should I tell my friend, or should I remain silent."
And if I see that there are other attachments, that you are not aware of, I have to decide, "Should I tell my friend, or should I remain silent."
In the situation of seeing you doing harm to others, I need to consider those who are being harmed. I cannot ignore it. Perhaps that is my own flaw, or perhaps it is a virtue? I am still trying to figure that out.
But in the most recent situation where you used the word "unnatural". I felt the harm done to others by your statement, far outweighed the harm I might do you by pointing it out.
It was a judgement, and maybe I was wrong. I don't know.
But what I do know is this: I was not attacking you. But you said you felt attacked. The issue of homosexual behavior is something you have spoken against before, and it has been brought up as an example here in this thread.
You want to be humble, you don't want to do harm, you want to share your knowledge, and you want to help people.
In order to be humble, do no harm, share your knowledge, and help people ( all four at the same time ) you need to be more careful about when, how, and to whom you you express your opinions about homosexuality. That specific topic needs extra sensitivity.
Going back to the OP.
Why do people
react in the way you are observing? Because asserting that homosexual behavior is unnatural, or even implying that it is unnatural, is ( as I said before ) **very painful**. Religious systems that assert this often cause harm.
I hope that this explains why, people react the way that they do to your words and the words of others. It is because, sometimes, those words are harmful.