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Originally Posted by Flashpoint
But people justify their intolerance by their faith. Members of this board in the past have said "I have no personal problem with homosexuality, but the bible mandates it's a sin".
That's a belief that harms others. Lots of other examples exist where faith ######s equality in our society - women can't be priests, sex education is wrong, atheists are immoral, etc.
If people believe intolerant things but excuse them under the guise of "faith" - and society at large lets it pass - then we have a serious disconnect.
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Everyone is intolerant to some degree about something, doesn't matter if your religious or not. In regards to homosexuality the fact that it is such a hot topic just screams to me that we all need to learn more. It's even an issue in the church as some organizations feel homosexuality isn't an issue. In science is it really not fair to say that humans and most other species exist in this world for the purpose of reproducing? Seems like a cold statement.
For your examples there are women who are church leaders, sex education consists of teaching abstinence until marriage versus make sure you wrap it before you ram it. And immorality exists on a broad spectrum, it really depends on how you define immoral.