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[Hide] (15.5KB, 400x452) Firstly out of the way, I am an atheist. Without change. You're free to have your own beliefs, and I have mine.
With that out of the way, on to my question.
These days, on the internet and in real life, I've seen so many people using Christianity, and religion in general, as a crutch to espouse hateful viewpoints.
Granted, I've also seen and interacted with plenty of really nice religious folk who well and truly "love thy neighbor".
My question is, what are this board's thoughts on tying religion to hateful viewpoints, i.e. "God hates f*gs" and similar things? Is it acceptable in the eyes of God, as many of these things are considered sin, or should people learn to "love the sinner, not the sin"?
Personally, my dad is a Christian and he's been very accepting of my lifestyle as a queer atheist (forgot to mention the LGBT part up till now, oh well :) ), which I'm very happy about.
My dad stopped attending church years ago, however, as in his experiences, so many of the churches he went to were hateful and/or judgemental, which isn't to say that there aren't any good churches (obviously there's plenty of awesome churches who really do good in the world).
What do you all think of this whole rambling tangent, and overall what do you think about using religion as a crutch for hate speech? Personally it saddens me, and I'm not even religious. I feel like it just gives the religions a bad look and increases the overall negativity in the world.
Gimme your thoughts below.