Yeah, but in many cases religion is just used after the fact to justify bigotry. It's really unlikely that people are growing up in a vacuum without any preconceived ideas about homosexuality and then forming an opinion after careful consideration of their religious teachings. It's just super convenient that their god shares whatever prejudices they developed independently.
This is highly debatable, as there was nothing like the concept of "gay people" until modern times. It's more accurate to say that Reimer thinks gay people are immoral and interprets the Bible through that lens.
That first sentence is wildly inaccurate
I’m saying religion is an individual thing. You are not his Priest, so unless you are…..your reasoning fails. Not all religious people are extreme like you’re saying they MUST be, (or they’re phony or hypocritical or whatever you’re suggesting).
I didn’t suggest he’s right, but he is protected to live his own way on this one as our liberties are currently defined.
We're on 4+ pages of discussion around the same topic. There's no room in this thread for people to discuss anything else. We're quickly moving to the point where it's time to move on.
Religion has been used throughout time to legitimize war, and everything else horrible we can probably imagine….The NHL should be the focus of our ire, not some insignificant player. Try to force the players to ALL wear them across the league. Let’s see how that plays out.
Sutter did a good job last year but this is the first i've heard of his struggles this year. Apparently he always starts off hot but teams just tune out his old school tactics
There has been homosexual behavior forever, but the modern notion of sexual orientation and lgbt identity are quite recent developments. It was certainly not an issue in biblical times. Current scholarship suggests that the authors intended to condemn pederasty, which is the sexual exploitation of younger boys by older men.
