10-30-2006, 06:36 PM
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Junkie
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Originally Posted by willravel
You say it's a bad argument......then you don't argue with it. Does that mean your argument is even weaker than you suggest mine is?
As I've stated before, it's the Abrahamic religons: Judism, Chsitianity, and Islam. That's where the idea of homosexuality being bad comes from in our society (that, and maybe from the evolution of stoic ethics in late Rome, but stoic ethics were obviously effected and formed greatly by the spread of Chsitainity...).
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I lied. Couldnt resist this softball.
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Among Buddhists there is a wide diversity of opinion about homosexuality, although on the whole Buddhism does not condemn homosexuality to the same extent as the Abrahamic religions traditionally do. Buddhist teachings are usually disdainful towards sexuality and distrustful of sensual enjoyment and desire in general.....The third (or sometimes fourth) of the Five Precepts of Buddhism states that one is to refrain from sexual misconduct. This precept has been interpreted variously, sometimes to include any sex that involves the mouth, hands or anus, effectively proscribing most homosexual sex acts and many heterosexual ones too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_and_Buddhism
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Hindu
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Though homosexuality was considered a part of sexual practices, it was not always well accepted. There were punishments prescribed for homosexual behaviour. For instance, if a mature woman was found having sexual relations with a young woman (virgin), her "head should be shaved immediately or two of her fingers should be cut off, and she should be made to ride on a donkey."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_India
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African religions dont take to homosexuality to kindly either.
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Originally Posted by Lady Sage
Homosexuals have been around for thousands of years. Only the Puritanesque seem to have a problem with it.
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Look up for a response
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Last edited by NCB; 10-30-2006 at 06:37 PM..
Reason: Automerged Doublepost
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