Jenos Ridan wrote:
However, it seems only Jay is being labeled a homophobe. Isn't being called such just as hateful as the supposed hate he has for homosexuals? How dare any of the stone-throwers here call him hateful when you're going most of the hating. So he thinks it is a sin. If you trully believe the there is no God, then why do you care what he thinks? Honestly, why? It shouldn't matter to you so much.
I dont necesarily disagree with what you have said. However, as luns would put it, (and probably correctly again) jay and others who hold the view that homosexuality is a sin, and is therefore apart from what they concieve to be right morality, take some of the flack for other people who many have expeirenced throughout their life expeirences. For what its worth, i dont know how jay would act in the presents of a gay person. But i can comment a little bit about why such stances are possibly homophobic, and why believe that homosexuality is a sin should be seen as problematic.
We simply dont live in our own neat cookie cutter worlds. Chances are at somepoint those with anti-gay views are going to come into contact with people who are gay. Now its hard to believe that over a long enough period of time, that certain people would not act inappropriately and harass they people they disagreed with. Now this may be right within their own belief system, as if it is possible some groups will try to convert the sinner, but its becoming increasingly less ok in the general society. And as views evolve in society, those with views seen as retroactive (as i believe those who dont believe homosexuality is a sin, would see people that do as) then they must be prepared for some kind of backlash. something perhaps of the notion for each action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Is this type of mentality best for human interaction...no of course it isnt. One would hope that anyone (christian or not) could learn a bit from the notion of turning the other cheek. However both sides of the issue can at times take some fairly personally invested stances that are hurtful. Perhaps the bits of backlash jay and others get is simply teh general group trying to return to some bit of balance. and most likely this is what occurs in the general society at large. Anti-gay views arent popular right now, and those who have them should probably expect to find that others feel their views must be counteracted, and counteracted strongly. At least thats what i would assume is often going to be the case.
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