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LuvNewcastle

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12. I had to deal with that while growing up.

Sat Mar 16, 2019, 07:31 AM

Mar 2019

Countless times I heard people in church say that gay people were going to hell. When you're taught that the Bible is the word of God and when you hear often enough that gay people are evil and God hates them, you start to believe it. Then, when you grow up and finally realize that all those people who said those things were ignorant and didn't know what they were talking about, you have some antipathy toward people who believe those things. I realize that we have freedom of religion, and I believe in freedom of religion, but it seems wrong to me to allow people to teach such things to children. If there is a God(s) and if (s)he or it is fundamentally good, it seems to me that he wouldn't approve of telling gay children that they're evil and going to hell. Telling children such things is what it evil.

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So, 31% of All Americans Are Unsupportive of LGBTQ People's Rights [View all] MineralMan Mar 2019 OP

What a strange finding, huh? trotsky Mar 2019 #1

I know. It's a shocking result from those surveys. MineralMan Mar 2019 #3

It helps that atheists don't have a book that recommends stoning homosexuals marylandblue Mar 2019 #10

To be fair Mariana Mar 2019 #14

Command is a metaphor. My kid doesn't take my commands literally either. marylandblue Mar 2019 #16

The comfy pillows? Iggo Mar 2019 #17

Yes the comfy pillows! Monty Python skits are really documentaries. marylandblue Mar 2019 #21

We are also constantly reminded of how theists are so tolerant Major Nikon Mar 2019 #8

All trumpsters I am guessing. AJT Mar 2019 #2

Well, I try not to judge, see, without specific data... MineralMan Mar 2019 #4

Trump's base redstateblues Mar 2019 #5

That could well be. And most of Trump's base is religious, too. MineralMan Mar 2019 #6

And in other news: guillaumeb Mar 2019 #7

Yeah, whatabout China? Major Nikon Mar 2019 #9

I honestly don't think anyone in this group is familiar enough with China or polling practices there marylandblue Mar 2019 #11

Given that some here regularly give their opinons about theists everywhere, guillaumeb Mar 2019 #18

Well this is the religion group, not the China group or the Communist group. marylandblue Mar 2019 #19

Talking with the atheists here might give me insight into those particular atheists. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #20

But you seem to think Chinese politics gives you insight marylandblue Mar 2019 #22

When humans in every country behave in the same way, guillaumeb Mar 2019 #24

Humans behavior is astonishingly diverse. marylandblue Mar 2019 #25

The diversity is superficial. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #27

"You ignore all distinctions as superficial, then make an even more superficial statement, like marylandblue Mar 2019 #28

Humans are capable, as individuals, of a wide range MineralMan Mar 2019 #29

However, guillaumeb Mar 2019 #30

That does not have anything to do with my statement. MineralMan Mar 2019 #31

"we are all humans and we react as humans" trotsky Mar 2019 #33

#Whataboutism trotsky Mar 2019 #32

But, those are inconvenient numbers, see. MineralMan Mar 2019 #34

I had to deal with that while growing up. LuvNewcastle Mar 2019 #12

Is God fundamentally good? That really is the big question. Mariana Mar 2019 #13

The Bible is a mess. LuvNewcastle Mar 2019 #15

If there's only one god, there's no reason whatsoever Mariana Mar 2019 #23

Whatever society thinks is not the point...being LGBTQ has nothing to do with being accepted or ... SWBTATTReg Mar 2019 #26