It's a scientific fact. There's no arguing with science. Period. End of conversation. But you know who you can argue with? Yeah, I dunno either because we all know you cannot argue with organized religion.
Why? Because of faith. What is faith? It's believing in something no matter what. It's taking your life out of your hands and giving it to a supernatural entity.
Fate. Before I even knew I was going to write this it has been in the works. Seeping, slithering into the light that is reality. This venomous mistress not only seduces you, but also manipulates you at everyturn. She has life planned out and will do anything to get us to follow her plan.
God. To believe in something in order to explain things that we cannot comprehend, is okay. To sacrifice your life, murder innocent people, chastise and demean those around you because 'God' said so... That is not. Fanatacism in any part of your life is an ill omen.
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It is hard to reason with those that hold that "human = fallible"/"God = infallible". The whole premise of your last argument, that to kill/disenfranchise/suppress the rights of others due to a religious conviction hinges on the belief that humans have inalienable rights that supersedes the (interpreted) wishes of God no? Or somehow granted beyond God's authority? :p
Obviously, the counter argument is that God's Will™ supersedes any law or concept created by humans because God is superior-in-every-way (like Mary Poppins, but able to cause floods instead of just making musical numbers in order to teach lessons.) And sadly, there is no argument against that--to say one is agnostic or atheistic and therefore the dogmatic rules of any given religion do not apply is countered with "well, whether or not you believe in God, God exists and watches over you and controls the universe and will still judge you regardless of your belief system."
I quite honestly think that is why the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender/TV community came up with that lame "oh I was born this way/God made me this way" argument--to have an irrefutable argument as the "well the Bible prohibits gay/lesbian relationships so no matter what law is made, it is an unjust one in the eyes of God."
Because the concept of choice allows religious opponents the opportunity to associate choice-with-sin or worse choice-with-unnatural-fetishism, the GLBT had to come up with some equally-goofy and equally-irrefutable position that no choice was ever made. No preference ever developed, no like/dislike ever discovered, no "growing to like this type of thing"--it is all undeniably genetic and hardcoded and as integral as one's DNA.
I think what it comes down to is that people always want to be in the right, and it is far easier to see the world in black-and-white because having to think of exceptions and contradictions is just too hard. Easier to appeal to a higher irrefutable authority to justify one's actions (or inactions) than it is to consider why we do certain things as human beings.
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