Is religion still relevant in modern society?

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padib said:

You are absolutely correct on this. Scientifically speaking, homosexuality and alcoholism have nothing in common. The mental exercise I had you do was assuming an imaginary condition, that homosexuality was a sin. Think of it like working with imaginary numbers in mathematics. I know it's painful for you to see homosexuality as a sin, but for the purpose of my demonstration, it was the assumption I needed temporarily.

To describe homosexuality as sin (consider it an imaginary logical clause), I was able to liken it to alcoholism in sin only. Remember I bold italicised the sentence "for all reasons other than self-harm", within the assumption position of  homosexuality as sin.

I did that because alcoholism is something we both agree is wrong for scientific reasons. I also disapprove of it for scientific reasons, but accompanying with a slight addition for me religious moral reasons. In a case where alcoholism, as a sin, can likewise be controlled, it is understandable that homosexuality, as a sin, can be controlled. 

To clarify, I am making the assumption that homosexuality is harmful to your spirit as alcoholism is harmful to your spirit. From there, since alcoholism is also harmful to your body, and it can be controlled, the logic can be unwound back to homosexuality. Granted, I don't want you to hold on to the assumption too long as it is very contrary to your framework, and I hold utmost respect to human freedom of thought.

No, not really. This really isn't a logical conclusion. The problem is that you're making assumptions that are contrary to reality, hence why your posts fail.