You know why Christians think being gay is wrong? They have a framework. Men and women are meant to reflect a symbolic structure of responsibility and union, as seen in the church and god's relationship to man. Procreation is very important. Gay relationships are a perversion 1/
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of the good order of things. Christians believe in this framework, complete with terms and concepts that make no actual sense if you pay really close attention but are culturally discussed like real actual things, so much that it feels like an obvious, default way of life. 2/
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Guess what other group is developing a big symbolic framework with a bunch of terms and concepts that feel obvious (that they expect you to educate yourself to the 'correct' way) and default (that it's intensively normalized in the culture)? 3/
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The parallels between my cultish, evangelical homeschooled upbringing and the discourse I'm seeing going on in public mediums right now is chillingly similar. I am freaked the absolute fuck out. We're descending right back into the judgmental, intolerant shithole we came from. 4/
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And guess what - judgmental, intolerant shitholes *do not feel like that from the inside*. They feel good and virtuous. If you think 'no, this isn't a descent into a judgmental ignorant shithole because it's good and virtuous' then this only INCREASES HOW FREAKED OUT I FEEL
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If you really think about it, having views on anything whatsoever is just like religion.
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No, it's not, unless you define religion very broadly. I view religion as a self-sustaining cultural 'creature' with strong boundaries. It has to have a big distinction between them/us, it has to have a reproduction method (evangelizing, reproducing), and other things.
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Polarization isn't a new thing, neither is trying to convince people of your views.
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