"There is little to know about homosexuality except that people with hair that spirals in one direction (i forget which) and left handed people have a higher chance to be gay with statistical significance. So it might be biological.. And? They're still gay and people will just say stuff like it's an illness or a biological mental problem (which I personally believe it is). But I think some homosexuals are just confused." - Link.
Basically, I've had enough of homophobia. We live in the 21st century, an age where each year more countries giving rights to the LGBT community, yet some people insist on living in the Dark Ages. So now I plan on dissecting this argument piece by piece. "There is little to know about homosexuality except that people with hair that spirals in one direction (i forget which) and left handed people have a higher chance to be gay with statistical significance" Obvious ridiculousness aside for a moment, lets think about this. Considering the brand new advances in hair styling you can have one hair style one day, and a different style the next. Thus it is now unlikely that a straight person will be 'gay for a day' and straight the next. It's not a choice. Secondly, writing with your left hand, shows your propensity to write using your left hand, rather than your affection for someone of the same sex. Concerning the 'statistics', I would very much like to see these statistics, and if they are true, what Fundamentalist Christian/any other religious fundamentalist society backed it I wonder?
"They're still gay and people will just say stuff like it's an illness or a biological mental problem (which I personally believe it is)" Lack of objectivity aside, having an attraction to someone cannot be a mental illnes, otherwise homosexuals and heterosexuals would all be thrown into the rubber room together. In Ancient Greece soldiers were encouraged to have relationships with other men, seeing as they were fighting alongside men for a long time, homosexuality was not frowned upon but encouraged for a close bond with their fellow soldiers. So thus we see, homosexuality is not seen as something to frown upon but something good.
Suddenly, somewhere in the timeline of world history, something changes and then homophobia only seems to encroach upon society. Coincidentally when modern monotheistic religion becomes a main part of society.
Having had this argument many times, it seems that when religion comes into play, people stop thinking for themselves, and let a book of questionable origin do the thinking for them. It seem that once someone says "well the reason I'm against gays is my religion" it seems perfectly ok to stop arguing and give them the benefit of the doubt. STOP THIS. If you honestly can't read a book saying hateful things about a group of people who will not affect you and realise it's lying then there's no point having an argument. This person clearly has no skills when it comes to discussions otherwise they wouldn't hide behind a book. A book that was written by men thousands of years ago.
Another thing that has baffled me over the years, is the constant idea which seems quite prominent in all religions, which to love each other as you love yourself. However, at the first sight of someone a little bit different, that person then becomes exempt from this rule, and becomes the target of religious persecution for having a belief different to their own. Remember folks, no one expects the Spanish Inquisition.
Religion should never be used as a basis for someones views on other people. Athough I may go as far as to say, I wouldn't want anyone to live thier life following the rules of a book of questionable origin. Not everyone follows the same religion so, for someone to say "I don't like homosexuals because my God tell me to" may interfere with someone elses view on homosexuals. So for laws to be passed banning same sex marriages based on a religon is undermining other peopled religons, sort of saying one is better than another. This will only cause friction.
"Illness or a biological mental problem" The idea that homosexuality is a mental illness has been widely discouraged and it has since then been discovered that homosexuality is biological. Not psychological. Not to mention that the medical community does not hold with this view one bit, this claim is little more than an unfounded and badly thought out jibe. - Link.
"But I think some homosexuals are just confused." I will of course, ignore this persons inability to end an argument. I see this argument a lot. When faced with a different lifestyle to them, people say ''ah well you're just confused''. Wrong. It takes a confused person to say ''I am unsure of my sexuality'', but someone who tells you what sexuality they are, are clearly not confused. It is not nice of course that when you state your sexuality, the person you are talking to says ''that's not a sexuality, it's confusion''. There is no confusion! Apart from of course wondering why you bothered to have this conversation with said person who is obviously too small minded to cope with such a revelation.
In my opinion, homophobia does not have a place in todays society (if any societies at all) because all it does is deny humans their basic and fundamental right of being able to love one another. Isn't that what all religions try to set about? We are all human beings, governed by our own free will, which is what most religions like talking about. If we really had free will we'd be able to love who ever we want free of persecution and stigma.
Basically, I've had enough of homophobia. We live in the 21st century, an age where each year more countries giving rights to the LGBT community, yet some people insist on living in the Dark Ages. So now I plan on dissecting this argument piece by piece. "There is little to know about homosexuality except that people with hair that spirals in one direction (i forget which) and left handed people have a higher chance to be gay with statistical significance" Obvious ridiculousness aside for a moment, lets think about this. Considering the brand new advances in hair styling you can have one hair style one day, and a different style the next. Thus it is now unlikely that a straight person will be 'gay for a day' and straight the next. It's not a choice. Secondly, writing with your left hand, shows your propensity to write using your left hand, rather than your affection for someone of the same sex. Concerning the 'statistics', I would very much like to see these statistics, and if they are true, what Fundamentalist Christian/any other religious fundamentalist society backed it I wonder?
"They're still gay and people will just say stuff like it's an illness or a biological mental problem (which I personally believe it is)" Lack of objectivity aside, having an attraction to someone cannot be a mental illnes, otherwise homosexuals and heterosexuals would all be thrown into the rubber room together. In Ancient Greece soldiers were encouraged to have relationships with other men, seeing as they were fighting alongside men for a long time, homosexuality was not frowned upon but encouraged for a close bond with their fellow soldiers. So thus we see, homosexuality is not seen as something to frown upon but something good.
Suddenly, somewhere in the timeline of world history, something changes and then homophobia only seems to encroach upon society. Coincidentally when modern monotheistic religion becomes a main part of society.
Having had this argument many times, it seems that when religion comes into play, people stop thinking for themselves, and let a book of questionable origin do the thinking for them. It seem that once someone says "well the reason I'm against gays is my religion" it seems perfectly ok to stop arguing and give them the benefit of the doubt. STOP THIS. If you honestly can't read a book saying hateful things about a group of people who will not affect you and realise it's lying then there's no point having an argument. This person clearly has no skills when it comes to discussions otherwise they wouldn't hide behind a book. A book that was written by men thousands of years ago.
Another thing that has baffled me over the years, is the constant idea which seems quite prominent in all religions, which to love each other as you love yourself. However, at the first sight of someone a little bit different, that person then becomes exempt from this rule, and becomes the target of religious persecution for having a belief different to their own. Remember folks, no one expects the Spanish Inquisition.
Religion should never be used as a basis for someones views on other people. Athough I may go as far as to say, I wouldn't want anyone to live thier life following the rules of a book of questionable origin. Not everyone follows the same religion so, for someone to say "I don't like homosexuals because my God tell me to" may interfere with someone elses view on homosexuals. So for laws to be passed banning same sex marriages based on a religon is undermining other peopled religons, sort of saying one is better than another. This will only cause friction.
"Illness or a biological mental problem" The idea that homosexuality is a mental illness has been widely discouraged and it has since then been discovered that homosexuality is biological. Not psychological. Not to mention that the medical community does not hold with this view one bit, this claim is little more than an unfounded and badly thought out jibe. - Link.
"But I think some homosexuals are just confused." I will of course, ignore this persons inability to end an argument. I see this argument a lot. When faced with a different lifestyle to them, people say ''ah well you're just confused''. Wrong. It takes a confused person to say ''I am unsure of my sexuality'', but someone who tells you what sexuality they are, are clearly not confused. It is not nice of course that when you state your sexuality, the person you are talking to says ''that's not a sexuality, it's confusion''. There is no confusion! Apart from of course wondering why you bothered to have this conversation with said person who is obviously too small minded to cope with such a revelation.
In my opinion, homophobia does not have a place in todays society (if any societies at all) because all it does is deny humans their basic and fundamental right of being able to love one another. Isn't that what all religions try to set about? We are all human beings, governed by our own free will, which is what most religions like talking about. If we really had free will we'd be able to love who ever we want free of persecution and stigma.
When did you get so smart and gain essay ninja skills? <3
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