Gabriel Syme Wrote:It still happens now - the rejection of truth. The Church Christ founded makes pronouncements on (eg) homosexuality, because secular society says its harmless. Yet, 20% of USA gay men have HIV-AIDs (50% in Frisco).
Does society say "Hey, look at these figures, you might be right"? No, they put they fingers in their ears and scream "bigot".
This is off topic, but I felt the need to respond to this. Though you might think people are putting their fingers in their ears and screaming "bigot," what they are actually saying is that much of the adverse and risky behavior can most likely be sourced to the marginalization and denigration they have suffered at the hands of religious zealots that insist they are abominations. I would be willing to bet a lot of money that if homosexuals were accepted just as straight people, that many of the adverse effects that people like you claim are the result of homosexuality would actually disappear.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
