(August 13, 2014 at 5:05 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: Off Topic: I hate the term "homophobia". It's not like arachnophobia or claustrophobia, which are actual *fears*.
Carry on
I agree, homophobia by itself isn't a fear, but hate, we should try to find another word with an etymology that fits the anti-gay attitude. I've actually met a homophobe, a person who is irrationally afraid of gays, seriously, he said he couldn't control it, if he saw a gay parade he'd panic, but he didn't hate gays
To answer the thread, as someone pointed out it's in the bible, torah and Quran/sharia, b sides people probably started seeing homosexuality as unnatural from a very soon era since science wasn't good enough at the time to show us there's nothing wrong about being gay. This idea is promoted by anti-gay groups, they say being gay is a choice, that AIDS is a gay disease, that gay is a mental illness and can be cured with conversion therapy.
A curiosity - The Catholic church over the last years (I talk about the Catholic church because it's predominant where I live) hasn't pronounced itself about homosexuality being a choice or not, they simply say that while homosexual tendencies might be impossible to avoid (and thoughts, desires), good Christians who are gay should abstain from gay behaviour. In other words, if people are gay, they cannot avoid it, they are not sinning, as long as they don't have sex/relationships with anyone they'll go to heaven. This may seem extreme, but I'm sure some churches out there think you'll go to hell simply because you are gay, even if you avoid gay thoughts and conducts.
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you
