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Originally Posted by Bownesian
A legitimate argument is that we were given instructions on what is right and what is wrong by a perfect divine creator and just as we were instructed not to murder, we were told that homosexuality is wrong.
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That's a legitimate argument for an individual about themselves for homosexuality, but that isn't a legitimate argument for someone to limit someone else's rights. If it was then people should be arguing to make every biblical standard law, but there's no one suggesting that divorce should be illegal.
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Originally Posted by Bownesian
That you don't share that belief does not make it an illegitimate argument and de-legitimizing that belief (and mocking religious belief in general) is bigoted because you are belittling the thing that many people hold most dear.
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Mocking what someone believes may be rude or insensitive, but it is not bigoted.. because what they think is something they choose and can change.
Or are you suggesting that all of the back and forth between fans of different teams is bigotry? After all if you tell someone the oilers suck you are belittling something they hold most dear.
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Originally Posted by Bownesian
Put another way, people who mock religious people for defending their most personal beliefs are showing intolerance for a group of people whose beliefs are different from their own, the very definition of bigotry.
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Usually people get mocked for failing to or refusing to defend their beliefs, not for defending them. If someone makes a well thought out post here they usually get a well thought out response and a good discussion..
But let me ask you this, if someone was trying to defend the practice of slavery based on their religious beliefs, and all rational arguments of why slavery is bad had failed with that person, can you see why they might be mocked? Not that I think mocking is the best option, but I also don't see it as bigotry.