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Originally Posted by Marc v1.0
Well, if I wanted to be a bit of a dick, I'd point out that Religions aren't entities or creatures, but collections of intertwined beliefs and ideas and ultimatly the responsibility lies on the shoulders of those that take those ideas and "interpret" them.
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You could, yeah, but it would be silly semantics slicing which is generally just a dickish way of admitting you lost the argument. Also one I can't really argue against without bringing in theology, but anyone with even a passing understanding of Christian or Islamic texts would know what I'm getting at there.
Point is: No, religions with doctrines that demonize homophobia are not 100% blameless, therefore it is not stupid to assign blame to them. It's ignorant etc. to assign 100% of the blame to them, sure. Probably even to assign MOST of the blame, but it's not at all stupid to assign some blame to religion.
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If the Church of Bob of the Fifth Seal's holy writ said "Don't hate on the Gays, guys" and someone said "Oh, but that's not what it really means, cause you see if I just explain it this way so that it sounds like it's really saying "Stone them to death and Burn their corpses" it's not the fault of the Church of Bob of the Fifth Seal. It;s that stupid asshole there.
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Except the religions that are generally blamed for this ACTUALLY say things like "Stone them to death and burn the corpses" (seriously, I don't think for gays, but this punishment is actually in there for shit like telling off your parents) and it takes some creative reading to get to the viewpoints that AREN'T like that.
Sooooooooo, yeah.
And now I've officially gone too far, sooo I'm out.