It occurs to me that when morality is being discussed, the very fact that homosexuality is even mentioned is indicative of a problem with our definition of morality.
When morality and sex between two consenting adults have anything to do with each other, it's time for us to take a step back and re-examine what morality means to us.
The point is, homophobia is a far greater evil than homosexuality, your thoughts?
2007-12-14 04:49:07 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Homophobia is an invented word. And it was invented by Homosexuals. So, to homosexuals then, homophobia is worse then homosexuality.
Btw, isn't it homosexuals who continually bring attention to themselves? Most Christians don't care much what they do, but only point out that it is a sin.
Funny though even those that accept homosexuality, take great offense if someone calls them one. What's up wit tat?
2007-12-14 04:54:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 9⤋
It depends on whether you are defining morality in purely human terms, or whether you believe there is an outside force, higher power, or God, who makes the rules.
If there is such a being then the morals are those which that being communicates to us. If you say you accept the teachings of a particular holy book as being the divinely inspired words of that being, then the moral laws and guidelines laid out in that book are the ones to live by. If those guidelines state that homosexuality is wrong, then for believers of that religion, it is wrong. However, they should apply the rules for "how to treat other people" equally.
If you don't believe in any particular God or higher power, then morality is a lot more flexible and you can set it as you choose.
I think a lot of the problem that religious people have with homosexuality stem from the minority of very politically-active gay rights campaigners who have forced a very explicit awareness of the issue into the media, and even schools. Perhaps militant homophilia (if there is such a word) is an equal evil with homophobia!
2007-12-14 05:00:33 · answer #2 · answered by Cathy T 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Excuse me, but it may be the WORDS YOU ARE USING to 'question the morality' of homosexuality here. I have answered MANY QUESTIONS about the 'morality' of homosexuality, and about the 'religious implications' of being a homosexual. Try looking at the questions YOU ASK and see if you can't figure out why the questions are being deleted, because MANY QUESTIONS do get put on here to be answered ... so the 'fault' is yours, not Yahoo's.
2016-04-09 02:59:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What most people have a hard time doing is separating the individual from the lifestyle. It is not the individual but the lifestyle that most of the time causes the conflict.
When you mention morality you immediately invoke societys standard of what is considered normal behavior. If your definition of morality is acceptable then choice is the determing factor on what we consider moral. Therefore, if a group of us agree that killing the president of the United States is in the best interest of the nation then we are morally obligated to do so.
2007-12-14 05:05:50 · answer #4 · answered by that_was_easy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you hate people just because of their actions? If you had a friend who shoplifted an iPod or something, would you become a thiefaphobe and hate him?
There is a difference between hating someone for who they are/what they do and not approving of someone's actions. Just because I don't approve of the act of homosexuality doesn't make me a homophobe. I don't hate (or am afraid of) anyone just because they are homosexual. But I certainly don't like the sin they are committing either. Otherwise you have to call me a murderaphobe, an adulteraphobe and a sinaphobe, which would mean I hate myself, because I sin too. I have a good friend who had an affair when she was married. I don't condone what she did, but she's still one of my best friends.
2007-12-14 08:16:49 · answer #5 · answered by kaz716 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe that discussing morality of homosexuality makes someone homophobic. I don't necessarily agree with homosexuality, but I also do not place people in categories according to sexuality. Sexuality is only a small aspect of the whole person. Heterosexual people also do things that are sexually immoral. What is it that you are saying? We should never mention homosexuality? That's when it becomes a problem. On the contrary, by not mentioning or disscussing homosexuality, that is what creates homophobia...People fear what they do not understand.
2007-12-14 05:02:05 · answer #6 · answered by Dynamic H 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The trouble is the Bible says nothing about a loving committed relationship between members of the same sex. It only condemns male temple prostitution. Unfortunately, people tend to point out things they don't understand and call it immoral. Remember, at one point in our history, slavery was considered moral, and the Bible was used to justify it.
2007-12-14 05:12:04 · answer #7 · answered by Tim A 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you are exactly right,sex between consenting adults is no ones business.if the world was mostly gay,they would say being straight was an abomination.those that aren't like them are wrong is there way of thinking.they use the bible to justify prejudice.minorities are persecuted unfortunately.killing is immoral or the prejudice you speak .theres this holier than thou attitude by many
2007-12-14 04:59:12 · answer #8 · answered by woodsonhannon53 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'm really sickened by the hatred and intolerance I see some extreme Christians fling at gay people. I do think there is only a point to be made about the person's lifestyle, gay or not. If the person is engaging in sexual activity that puts other people at risk, whether they are gay or not, then I find that to be immoral on their part.
2007-12-14 04:54:43 · answer #9 · answered by An Independent 6 · 7⤊ 1⤋
I agree wholeheartedly. I just think that it is terrible that our nation's perception of a moral person is basically someone who is an uptight, self-righteous busybody, when the focus of morality should simply doing what is best for others, for no benefits of your own. Abstaining from what you view as wrong is your right, but yelling about how wrong you feel it is...well...that is not the image of what morality should be, to me.
2007-12-14 04:55:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
you gotta remember, most morals arise in a society out of the need to strengthen the society or keep it safe/string. In the bible, adultery is a sin because the jealousy it caseud lead to broken families, murder, etc.
eating raw pork get to trigonosis (sp) so they outlawed pork.
homos and casual sex led to vd and stds (death) so when they noticed the causal effect, they made it a moral. i'm sure the moral came before it was put into the bible as gods law.
that said, i think homo is wired in the brain at birth and so it
not evil in and of itself. i dont think people, given the choice would choose to be in a group that had to fight against predjudice their whole lives,
2007-12-14 04:58:39 · answer #11 · answered by Johnny U 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋