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Originally Posted by cellophanedeity
On the otherhand, I think it's ridiculous to hate gays, and not allow homosexual unions for no more than the bible saying it's wrong. That people are against abortion because the bible says its wrong. That the president of the United States claims that god is on his side.
Any time one enters into philosophic or political discourse, one must have more defence than "cawz the gewd lawrd sayid sao."
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very good point. almost everyone I know uses the bible or their prefered religious belief as a defense in this manner without ever thinking for themselves as to WHY they think that way.
the whole topic kind of reminds me of the book 1984 in how people are limited in their thoughts and emotions by what they are told is the truth and anything outside that is instantly wrong and false. Because everything is spelt out for them they never question why something is this way, or if they do it is in a very limited box set up by their beliefs. by trying to discuss their beliefs without using scripture to back them up it forces them to actually think of why they think/feel that way about a topic rather then just believing in it because they are told to.