RE: Reasoning showing homosexuality is evil.
October 22, 2017 at 8:25 am
(This post was last modified: October 22, 2017 at 8:29 am by Edwardo Piet.)
I don't think that calling homosexuality a mental illness is anywhere near as bad as calling it evil.
Bipolar is a mental illness . . . and saying Bipolar was "evil" would be a lot worse.
And not just because Bipolar actually is a mental illness. Imagine someone who thought all mental illnesses were "evil" that would be a lot worse.
Again . . . that's not just because the reality is actual mental illness are actually mental illness. Imagine if someone thought wearing top hats was a mental illness. It's obviously not. But that's not as bad as thinking anyone who wears top hats are evil and should be punished.
The fact Atlas thinks homosexuality is an illness makes him ignorant and it means he has prejudiced and bigoted views... but I don't think it's as bad as someone like MK who says it's "evil".
It's still bad to think it's a mental illness because that's to say that homosexuality needs curing or fixing when it's just as healthy as heterosexuality. It's definitely bad and harmful for Atlas to have that view . . . and it discriminates against homosexuals. But I do think that believing such a thing is a lesser evil than thinking homosexuals are evil. Perhaps Atlas's heart is in the right place and he really does believe homosexuality is unnatural and unhealthy. That's a harmful view but you can't say someone who thinks homosexuality is evil has their heart in the right place. The difference is that saying homosexuality is "evil" is to demonize homosexuals and treat them as subhuman.
And at least viewing homosexuality as an illness is a view more likely to be corrected by scientific indicates otherwise and demonstrates that homosexuality is completely healthy. But it's hard to make a logical argument or provide scientific evidence against anyone who says something is "evil" because their premise is often just their own aversion rather than being ignorant of the facts. You can correct any facts they like and they'll just assert that it's evil because magic book or whatever.
It's still a very immoral, bigoted and prejudiced view of course. But I wouldn't argue that it's as bad.
Bipolar is a mental illness . . . and saying Bipolar was "evil" would be a lot worse.
And not just because Bipolar actually is a mental illness. Imagine someone who thought all mental illnesses were "evil" that would be a lot worse.
Again . . . that's not just because the reality is actual mental illness are actually mental illness. Imagine if someone thought wearing top hats was a mental illness. It's obviously not. But that's not as bad as thinking anyone who wears top hats are evil and should be punished.
The fact Atlas thinks homosexuality is an illness makes him ignorant and it means he has prejudiced and bigoted views... but I don't think it's as bad as someone like MK who says it's "evil".
It's still bad to think it's a mental illness because that's to say that homosexuality needs curing or fixing when it's just as healthy as heterosexuality. It's definitely bad and harmful for Atlas to have that view . . . and it discriminates against homosexuals. But I do think that believing such a thing is a lesser evil than thinking homosexuals are evil. Perhaps Atlas's heart is in the right place and he really does believe homosexuality is unnatural and unhealthy. That's a harmful view but you can't say someone who thinks homosexuality is evil has their heart in the right place. The difference is that saying homosexuality is "evil" is to demonize homosexuals and treat them as subhuman.
And at least viewing homosexuality as an illness is a view more likely to be corrected by scientific indicates otherwise and demonstrates that homosexuality is completely healthy. But it's hard to make a logical argument or provide scientific evidence against anyone who says something is "evil" because their premise is often just their own aversion rather than being ignorant of the facts. You can correct any facts they like and they'll just assert that it's evil because magic book or whatever.
It's still a very immoral, bigoted and prejudiced view of course. But I wouldn't argue that it's as bad.
