(March 16, 2012 at 12:09 pm)NoMoreFaith Wrote: Pretty hard to defend your homophobia without religion. Even a statement like "its not natural" is subject to the obvious criticism, and more to the point, difficult to point towards any sort of moral rational reasoning for it, certainly in terms of causing harm.
Probably why atheist homophobes are more likely to be closet homophobes. It may not be the realization that its impolitic, as I speculated, but to compartmentalize in their own minds.
Atheism is no guarantee of rationality. It's just a rejection of one form of irrationality. It still takes effort to get rid of all the rationalizations and inconsistencies in one's own thinking.
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
