Reply #55: Very interesting observations

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As others have responded, those who wrote the original stories that became what we call the Bible didn't seem to consider homosexuality a very important issue one way or the other. It's the folks who came later - the ones trying to boss everybody else around - who took it on as such a supposedly "moral" issue. In fact, Jesus's teachings on morality are plain. Love your enemies as yourself. When somebody hits you in the face, turn and let them hit you again on the other side. That was Jesus's message.

My personal belief is that capitalism, and the consequent need to entice millions of people into living approximately the same way and therefore wanting to buy exactly the same things, is what led to the hatred against homosexuality. Keep people constrained in their suburban homes and you can make them buy the same cars, lawn movers, and gas grills that keep the economy humming.

Allow people to love - really love! - with the freedom of their hearts and minds, and pretty soon you've got people starting to think for themselves, and then who knows what might happen?

That's my opinion. I think that homophobia is a tool of capitalism.