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There's plenty of non-religious homophobia in Europe. Besides, the Bible doesn't talk about homosexuality nearly as much as other things that many Christians ig
by daxfohl 5y ago
There's plenty of non-religious homophobia in Europe. Besides, the Bible doesn't talk about homosexuality nearly as much as other things that many Christians ignore (or so I've heard). It's all tribalism at the core. Trump could be out doing abortions on Times Square and not lose any votes.
- jcranmer 5y agoReligious texts tend not to contain a lot of the bigoted mores usually ascribed to them--be it the Torah, the Bible, the Quran, what have you. Instead, a lot of this tends to originate from non-scriptual sources, such as the opinions of religious experts over the centuries interpreting these texts and imposing their own beliefs as ironclad scriptual law. (There's a particular irony when this happens in Christianity, as one of the main themes of Jesus' teaching is that strictly following religious law doesn't inherently make you a good person; the main villains of the New Testament are holier-than-thou religious types.)
- Ensorceled 5y ago> Besides, the Bible doesn't talk about homosexuality nearly as much as other things that many Christians ignore I am talking about organized Christian religions and their affect of increasing tribalism among their members. I gave up trying to convince Christians that they were wrong using their bible quite a while ago; most don't really care.
- daxfohl 5y agoFair enough, I think I basically agree.