Soriku said:
Dr.Henry_Killinger said:
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"There is nothing factual about them" religious people would state otherwise lol. Christians treat the Bible as real history (and yes I know some of it is historical, but anything involving interactions with God is debateable at best, unless I was deeply religious then in my head it's actual history). And since they do this, they would assume they're rational as well. Even if certains sects reject certain things, they also accept a lot of other things.
Religion may not force people to hate homosexuals, but if they genuinely believe the Bible or whatever is the word of God, then they clearly identify that homosexuality is a sin (whether they truly hate it or not).
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And this is the crux of the entire argument.
You can't generalize that all religious people beleive that their religions are factual, many do and many don't. The fact that it is subjective means that such a generalization can't be reasonably made. The point I'm making by refrencing different Sects is to show that the difference in interpretation definitively exist.
Don't make the mistake that Religion = Christinanity. And irregardless of whether or not Christians believe homosexuality is a Sin, we aren't talking about thoughtcrime here, it means nothing if they aren't acting on it. I mean it is a central tenet in Christianity that all humans are born sinners anyway, and humans sin constantly, by that definition anyway.
Actions, and not Beliefs, that is where the problem is.
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Can you give examples of this? I'm just focusing on Christianity as an example. Which people don't believe their religion isn't factual? Within their particular sect I mean. If these people don't believe it, then they don't sound too religious to me.
There is probably a bigger issue with homosexuality because it's a lifestyle. It's not a simple of matter of "I stole this one time, I better repent, or that person who stole better repent". It's harder to break. But you're right, if they don't act on it in any way and just keep it to their thoughts it doesn't matter much.
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