religion...
Interesting comments from the gay marriage thing. One recurring theme has to do with religion and the supposition that because an individual accepts the dogma as truth, it therefore universally applies to everyone else, regardless of the age, gender, experiences, ethnicity, or even sanity of each other individual.
I'll take the comment by Anonymous as an example:
Gay people just need help. And for them to be able to change and get back to the right path, gay marriages are never ever to be allowed! God created Adam(male), then He created Eve(female) to be his partner. Therefore, a man is to be with a female to be normal. if gay marriages are to be approved, what would the future look like? would u want your own children to ask u why is that man married to another man? would u tell your own children that it is normal?
From experience, this sort of assumption is quite common amongst the religiously oriented. This is given my experience and contact with people from the "Religions of the Book", namely Christians, Muslims, and Jews. Although they understand that the world does not necessarily agree with their views, at least for the most part, they also very often fail to convince people of the clarity and necessity of their arguments. More often than not, it's "because the Bible/Koran/Torah/Book of Totally Conflicting Statements says so."
Yes, yes, yes. It also says a lot of things, which you conviniently ignore too. Take in context of Anon's comment. Here, Anon states that "God" created "Adam" and "Eve". Fair and good, I will accept that statement as the basis of argument, since there really isn't anything else to go by. Anon goes on to say that for a man to be normal, he has to find a woman. The flaws in these arguments are already apparent: monks and nuns, both subscribing to a similar, if not the same, ideology are already relegated to "abnormal". Single people are also "abnormal", as are children, who for the most part are unmarried. In fact, the only normal people are the married ones.
While this is only one example, it serves to illustrate my increasing distrust of religion and the dogma attache. The above type debate is common to the layman, but it just disturbs me that the clergy are increasingly relying on circular logic to perpetrate "truths", and the condimentary religious rites and rituals. Plenty of things symbolize a hell lot of other things, which unfortunately means nothing since half the congregation understands zilch about it anyway.
Especially since religious people have no practical concept of the thing called faith.
Ultimately, I have noticed a pattern:
Religion is the ultimate pyramid scheme. Get people to give you money for some intangible and unlikely reward, and the penalty for discontinuing your frequent flyer card is hell.
And to take a note from Anon, don't we all need a little help anyway?
