Nope. If there is no logical reason to ban something, and it's all just from some 2 to 5 thousand year old rules, then you don't deserve to ban shit. Religion should have no practical power in our world.
I don't have the edgelord smug disdain for people of faith that you often see. But I do believe religion should be kept out of politics and policy.
Mostly because it's bullshit. Religious beliefs can be whatever people say they are, so it opens the door for them to be "against" any and everything. It's not even a slippery slope, but a lube-coated slide into the abyss.
Separation of Chruch and State should be a default world wide.This
I.e., even if we found someone who actually abides by all of the prohibitions in Leviticus, that person would not thereby gain any moral standing to inflict that nonsense on the rest of us.
I don't know. If there was one or even some who had that discipline, I'd argue they would see the wisdom in not using religion for power.That's not the way I'd bet. Anyone that would put themselves through all that misery would almost certainly want everyone else to be just as miserable.
At least I'd hope so.
I don't know. If you asked a person why they oppose say murder or rape for example, does anyone ever just opposes those cause the Bible does ?
It should also be mentioned that those who think their religious beliefs should be respected and adhered to are the ones least likely to respect the beliefs of others. It's just thinly-veiled elitism.
Of course not.
And while its true that nearly all of these bigoted GOP moral busybodies are hypocrites, calling out their hypocrisy is just an entertainment, not a real argument.
So their hypocrisy is pure entertainment. Keep those stories coming of the anti-gay megachurch pastors snorting coke off the abs (or asses) of rent boys.
And I feel if one professes to be attempting a ban for the good of God and kids everywhere, one would be willing to deal with an inconvenience to do so. Basically the political/adult equivalent of a kid doing extra chores for money beyond their usual allowance VS just getting what he/she/they want by demanding/begging/asking.
association proving their concern is insincere.
Fuck religion having such power over people.i'm tired, most people are tired, in body and mind
Think for yourselves guys.
There's a basic fallacy here. An anti-gay bigot is not entitled to inflict their views on other people no matter how they do on their own purity test.
There's a basic fallacy here. An anti-gay bigot is not entitled to inflict their views on other people no matter how they do on their own purity test. It's entertaining as hell in the 99.999+% of the time that they fail their purity test, but some bigot who actually passes the purity test is still just a bigot, and still doesn't get to tell me how to live.
I think that everyone should be free to believe in any religion, or none at all. I don't have the edgelord smug disdain for people of faith that you often see.
I think that everyone should be free to believe in any religion, or none at all. I don't have the edgelord smug disdain for people of faith that you often see.
Even if we remove all religious based laws, it's not like there aren't layers of laws and regulations that have nothing to do with religion that I don't like, or might find inconvenient, or even harmful to society.
There is no precedent in history where banning religion ever turned out well. But yeah, go for it lol. See how that turns out.
Separation of church and state isnt banning religion. But you knew that.
Thats also neither the point nor the thread.
There is no precedent in history where banning religion ever turned out well. But yeah, go for it lol. See how that turns out.Spare us the persecution complex. People not wanting you to rule over them in a religious dictatorship is not "banning your religion".
Reminder that against my religious beliefs is just against my opinion wearing a bulletproof vest.
You've made fundamentally this same topic multiple times now. Yes, religious people are often more strict about some parts of their religions than others. What are you hoping to get out of it that you haven't yet?
@TenlaarHere's the thing. All of the arguments made by anti-gay bigots are axiomatically dishonest and made in bad faith. It's best to dismiss them as such immediately, rather than engaging with them.
Just a simple answer as to why LGBTQ+ relationships should be banned/restricted cause of religion when those who make such demands are fine with picking and choosing themselves..
I mean if you can justify bending rules for your own benefit, bending them for other people should be a lot easier..
Especially given the lack of proof that say gay marriage will ruin civilization.
Here's the thing. All of the arguments made by anti-gay bigots are axiomatically dishonest and made in bad faith. It's best to dismiss them as such immediately, rather than engaging with them.
There is no precedent in history where banning religion ever turned out well. But yeah, go for it lol. See how that turns out.
The first amendment states we cant make laws for or against religion soo no
banning abortion for one religion is against the first amendment
Of course not. In the US its unconstitutional and against the advice of nearly every founding father. And need I remind any fundamentalists that the original American settlers came here to flee the oppression of the Church of EnglandIn some (but not all) cases, that oppression amounted to the English authorities not allowing Puritans to burn witches at the stake. Unreasonable religious zealots have always been a problem, both for the colonies and later on for the US.