Do you believe if texts about homosexuality were never written into religious books the world today would be a bit more tolerant and less bigoted?

[Anonymous]

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more tolerant and less bigoted towards homosexuals

[ohsheeT]

Understand we are not all the same person every single one of us sees and feels things different me I don't care what a religious book says about anything because I have my own beliefs in my God

Don't care what it says about homosexuality... I know who I am and what I believe in what other people believe in and who they are that should be up to them that should be their choice and everybody else should stay out of it everybody in this world should be able to live their life happy nobody should be putting other people down nobody should be causing drama and other people's lives because when they do that they're holding not only themselves back but they're holding and trying to change somebody who made their own choice leave them alone

[Kaneki05]

I believe it would have some impact today for sure and some in the past too.
There would of still been a lot of it as the intolerance was already there, but without the excuse of religion it is one less reason for people to commit onto the idea in future generations.

[jennifer_bloom]

I believe God created a bible that has multiple layers and styles of interpretation, some obvious, and some hidden, some correct and some faulty, because the bible is not created just to teach guidelines, it’s also designed to test your motives. This life is a test and not just a responsibility.

[RebelinSteel]

possibly, as in Celtic culture it was allowed, however Roman law (and Christian) made it illegal (ish), the law was Lex Scantinia. As Rome moved from a pagan empire to a Christian empire, life and laws changed. With the Christian faith taking elements from the old testement, Torah. If the early religions did not take a huge negative to it, then it would not have likely been mentioned in the Christian laws. This is sort of the case for lesbian sex, it’s never really been illegal or rather as illegal and punished as male homosexuality.

[normalice]

No. Adults only subscribe to religion for the unimpeachable moral authority and the adoption of a persecution fantasy. If gay men were removed from the list of people they were given permission to bully because they were persecuted, they would still have a list - they would have no interest in religion without one.

[virtualwasp]

Books can't help you understand something you don't feel. It doesn't mean I don't tolerate or am bigoted if I don't experience homosexually the same way I wouldn't expect a homosexual to experience heterosexuality.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

It really seems impossible to me to imagine a world where religions didn't shape the historical landscape, roots are deep and consequences so many. In any case, I do like the question itself

[strateguy632]

Sounds like you equate "oppose" with bigot so people who oppose religion are also bigots?

[NamerOfStars]

Other way around. Rules generally don't get challenged until they get codified.

[slatyb]

No, the intolerance is the reason it's taboo in some religious texts.

[DrPepper12]

Yes. Christianity and colonization destroyed any tolerance for gayness. The classical era was much more enlightened

[gorydetails]

Maybe start investigating why it's written in all the religious texts.

[strateguy632]

Correct it is one of the few things shared by many opposing religions including ancient budhist tradition.
The rare item they all agree!

[Anonymous]

Yes. Less bigoted against beastiality too.

[jahaims]

I've never met a homophobe who wasn't religious

[strateguy632]

That is called anecdotal.
You didn't really check.

[jahaims]

I literally only provided anecdotal evidence, obviously. You aren't the brightest...

[Anonymous]

Nope, people love to hate on others.

[Anonymous]

Yeah.