What do you think of this anti-religious statement.

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ManusJustus said:

PhoenixKing said:

Also, why are many religions against homosexuality?

Religion is a man-made social construct and is influenced by social evolution.  For instance, a religion that made a society produce more children would be more successful than a society that resulted in less children.  Still, homosexuality is not looked down upon by all religions, in fact the Greeks and Romans were very supprotive of homosexuality, viewing the male body as superior.  On the other hand, Abrahamic religions are strongly opposed to homosexuality, and I think their history plays a major role in this. 

During the time that Judaism was forming, Hebrews were in constant conflict with surrounding nations, and the method to weaken enemies was to kill their males, effectively destroying that enemy nation.  Recall the story of King David conquering Edom and killing every male in the city.  In this type of social environment a high fertility rate produced from heterosexual couples and the ability to have multiple wives would be favorable, and thats exactly what happened.

There are other social evolution factors agaisnt homosexuality as well.  Homosexuals do not produce offspring so there would be no children to take care of them when they age, creating a larger amount of elderly poor.  Thats not to mention how economically beneficial it use to be to have a large number of children to help on the farm.

Fascinating! This explains why mostly Abrahamic religions are against homosexuality. Now if only Christians would realise that we are not some warrior tribe that commits genocide...