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Old 03-03-2008, 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by bugalugs View Post
So, those laws are archaic when it comes to slavery - yet there are plenty of Christians who will quote laws from the same source as their proof that homosexuality is wrong.
Ditto for Muslims & the Koran, I imagine. At least it seems to be true that homosexuality is considered very bad by Muslims to the extent that some countries have and do execute homosexuals.

There are also many many (probably more) Christians & Jews who do not feel that way about homosexuality. I really try to judge a religion by what its adherents are doing today. Had I been around during the Inquisition or the Crusades I would have despised Christians I am sure.

Finally, there will be prejudices around forever, whether for gays, women, blacks, whites, Chinamen, left-handed people, Jews, dwarves, fat people.... you name it... somebody hates them. Every prejudice has its justifications. Hitler had a huge number of justifications for hating Jews. The fact that these justifications had little or no basis in fact did not deter him for one second from his plan. No one believes that he or she is a bigot. They all just think they dislike a certain type of people for good reason(s).
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