Theory of Evolution, Atheism, and Homophobia.

[Mister Agenda]

The theory of evolution is descriptive, not prescriptive. It describes the process of genetic variation under a regime of differential reproductive success determined by environmental fitness. It can't be used as a justification for behaving a certain way, good or bad. It would be an example of the naturalistic fallacy: it does not follow from something being natural, that it is good or right.

I hope you're not having to deal with a lot of homophobia in your personal life.

[FatAndFaithless]

The theory of evolution is descriptive, not prescriptive. It describes the process of genetic variation under a regime of differential reproductive success determined by environmental fitness. It can't be used as a justification for behaving a certain way, good or bad. It would be an example of the naturalistic fallacy: it does not follow from something being natural, that it is good or right.

I hope you're not having to deal with a lot of homophobia in your personal life.

Yeah. That's like saying the theory of gravity proves it's immoral to fly in planes.

[drfuzzy]

The homophobia of the Bible is extremely easy to understand.  Small warring tribes need people.  They need more people than the neighboring small warring tribe.  Therefore babies are needed.  Lots of babies.  So you have stories of a tribal war demon god who kills Onan for masturbating.  He's not making babies for the tribe.

[Losty]

Homophobia would definitely exist even if religion didn't. People will always fear what they can't understand.

[Catholic_Lady]

People have an inherent tendency to be afraid of those who are different. Unfortunately fear of gay people (homophobia) and people of other races, other cultures, etc, is always going to exist.

As for the Church's teaching on sexual morality, yes, we believe that sex should be kept as a sacred bond between husband and wife. But that doesnt justify being afraid of or prejudice against sexually active folks who don't fall under that category.

[downbeatplumb]

People have an inherent tendency to be afraid of those who are different. Unfortunately fear of gay people (homophobia) and people of other races, other cultures, etc, is always going to exist.

As for the Church's teaching on sexual morality, yes, we believe that sex should be kept as a sacred bond between husband and wife. But that doesnt justify being afraid of or prejudice against sexually active folks who don't fall under that category.

As woody Allen said, "sex without love is a shallow meaningless act, but as shallow meaningless acts go, its one of the best"

[Cyberman]

I actually don't like the word 'homophobia'. It's sloppy almost to the point of meaninglessness. Phobias are unreasoned, instinctive fears, nothing to do with prejudice and hatred. As a card-carrying arachnophobe and acrophobe, I speak from experience. Even if it was a genuine phobia, the prefix 'homo-' denotes humans, not homosexuality. It's the equivalent of calling a television a magic picture box; descriptive, but almost completely inaccurate and definitely misapplied.

[ignoramus]

Yeah, I have natural homophobia...
Problem is I just never know who's gay around me!
So to be extra careful and not put myself in a vulnerable position, I've become an agoraphobic as well...!

Now I have natural nested phobias!

I'm homoagoraphobic! Very rare!.....
I feel so special...

But I'm also extremely introverted so everything nullifies itself out again...
Now I feel extra special for having that gift! DOOH!

[I_am_not_mafia]

When I was in high school in the late '60s "a homosexual can be identified by the fact he wears pink and green together."

That's the kind of logic they use.

Isn't that just an excuse to lynch anyone who wears pink and green together?

[Aoi Magi]

As I said before, I don't have that much of a good knowledge regarding the theory of Evolution. However, I did learn some of the headlines you might say during Introduction to Psychology class. The professor said that according to the theory, our primary purpose is to reproduce, they went (gender neutral pronoun) as far as to claim that nature tricks us into thinking we're in love, but the primary purpose is just to reproduce.
 
From that point of view, and as a gay man myself, could the theory of Evolution based on that interpretation be used to justify homophobia? After all, this is basically what the Roman Catholic Church says about marriage and sex.
 
What do you think? And while we're on the subject of homophobia, do you think homophobia would still exist even religion didn't? What about China, Soviet Russia, and also Estonia which is predominantly irreligious but LGBTQ people have had tough times.

evolution and natural selection has no "purpose", neither do we as individuals except for what we make for ourselves. We can choose to be immortal cyborgs and evolution would still continue despite the lack of natural reproduction.

Humans are afraid of anything they don't understand, and homophobia is rooted in this fear.