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> way fewer Christian parents (of whatever denomination) see a gay child as a sin than whenever it was that you grew up. Maybe, but I'd need to see numbers - a
by empyrrhicist 3y ago
> way fewer Christian parents (of whatever denomination) see a gay child as a sin than whenever it was that you grew up.
Maybe, but I'd need to see numbers - and certainly the hateful are very vocal. Anecdotally I've watched the moderate Lutheran church of my parents undergo the same schism between progressives and regressives we see everywhere else over the last 20 years.
> Honestly, it might look like a society in which people go back to church.
Perhaps, but that's simply not an option for many. After losing my religion and continuing to learn about the universe as seen scientifically, the idea of joining an organization with a supernatural doctrine is just impossible to imagine. The idea of people pretending to know such wildly specific things about the nature of reality without evidence is viscerally offensive to my sensibilities.
- svachalek 3y agoYes. I haven't been to church much lately but in more conservative denominations (Catholic, Lutheran) I've seen direct politics in the pulpit, go vote for this or that Republican or support "our" party. Having grown up with "separation of church and state" seeming to be something everyone could agree on, it gives me chills.
- empyrrhicist 3y agoYeah voting instructions from the pulpit is horrifying. That should result in immediate revocation of tax exempt status. Render unto Caesar and all that.