Is religion still relevant in modern society?

[sapphi_snake]

DélioPT said:

sapphi_snake said:

DélioPT said:

I`m not going to start a religious debate here, but it`s not true that religious people are free as birds to live their faith as they want. You will probably find countries where that happens.

Please, don`t take religious views as they are after you or anyone else. It`s not like that. Try to understand that it`s not personnal, it`s a result of a religious mindset and the defense of values in such mindset.
You spoke of homosexuals and stem cells.
About stem cells, i`ll admit i don`t enough about them to make a statemente, but according to this article (http://catholicism.about.com/od/thechurchintheworld/p/Stem_Cells.htm) the Catholic Church, for example, is not against all stem cell research.
About homosexuality, please, let me make it clear, the Church is NOT against homosexuals. It`s against what it calls a sin - an action or acceptance of a life perpretated by someone. Therefore, as Church defines matrimony or the sacrament of matrimon, as between only man and woman, it natural opposes unions of the same sex.

All of what you wrote above about judging and insulting, you know that that does not speak for religions themselves and should only speak for those who, wrongly, do those actions.

Yes it is. The fact that it classifies homosexuality as a sin proves that.

If being against something it considers a sin, is the same as being against the person who commits a sin, then the Church is against every single man and woman. Do you see that happening?
There is a difference: "hate" the sin, not the sinner.

Homosexuality is an inherent quality of a homosexual, and it is harmless. Considering it a sin and persecuting people (sometimes physically, but always psychologically) is abuse.