Religion and LGBT people

[snoopydog]

Fortunately people aren't always as hateful as their religion.

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Oh and I forgot. Welcome Snoopydog

Thank you for the welcome.

Individuals can be understanding, accepting, perhaps even encouraging, but people are sheep and will follow the herd; and if the lead sheep is a hatefilled bigotted moron without 2 brain cells to rub together to create a coherent, original thought, then the rest of the sheep will follow the leader over a cliff.

Yeah, I might be a pessimistic ass, but the more I know about people, the more I love my cat.

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I just want to point out that I see all mainstream religions have 2 things in common.

1. They are very uncomfortable with the idea that gay people exist (this is as polite as I can be without using the words eradicate, remove, etc.).

2. They all have the same core message:
'Do as I do, say what I say, and some omnipotent superbeing will be pleased, otherwise you're going to end up in a very bad place.

I think what you believe about "all" mainstream religions could use some adjustment.



And note that only a portion of the unaffiliated are not religious. According to a recent Pew Research survey, "The religiously unaffiliated include atheists, agnostics and people who do not identify with any particular religion in surveys. However, many of the religiously unaffiliated have some religious beliefs. For example, belief in God or a higher power is shared by 7% of Chinese unaffiliated adults, 30% of French unaffiliated adults and 68% of unaffiliated U.S. adults. Some of the unaffiliated also engage in certain kinds of religious practices. For example, 7% of unaffiliated adults in France and 27% of those in the United States say they attend religious services at least once a year. And in China, 44% of unaffiliated adults say they have worshiped at a graveside or tomb in the past year."
(Pew Research: The Global Religious Landscape, 2010)

Thank you. This is why I spoke of my experience, and not of the experiences of others. Those that have a more worldly view than I do may, of course, have a different opinion.