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@Thrembs
Society was mostly homophobic back then, with the exception of Ancient Greece. Even Romans looked down upon the Greeks for liking pederasty. You can't reproduce children to ensure the survival of your family with male-to-male intercourse, so it was at best getting the 'don't ask, don't tell' treatment, and at worst became the scapegoat when things got bad (that could also be the Jews, heretics, or heathens, among other groups).
I'd argue that homophobia is one of the few justified kinds of social pressure for group identity, for reason I stated above. The deaths are unfortunate, but they brought it upon themselves for not repenting and overall being a burden to their society. Homosexuality cannot be universalized as a principle because if everyone was homosexual then humanity would go extinct in one or two generations. Or, if you use the scientific in vitro or whatever, then the sperms/ovaries would be less than ideal, compared to natural conceptions, resulting in weaker babies. Even if you do have babies (either from swinging or adopting), you've essentially robbed your children of the possibility to have normal heterosexual family, or perhaps, even heterosexual relationships.
Only selfish, mentally ill people would want any of that, just to fulfill their silly fetishes, and you called St. Paul crazy?
Society was mostly homophobic back then, with the exception of Ancient Greece. Even Romans looked down upon the Greeks for liking pederasty. You can't reproduce children to ensure the survival of your family with male-to-male intercourse, so it was at best getting the 'don't ask, don't tell' treatment, and at worst became the scapegoat when things got bad (that could also be the Jews, heretics, or heathens, among other groups).
I'd argue that homophobia is one of the few justified kinds of social pressure for group identity, for reason I stated above. The deaths are unfortunate, but they brought it upon themselves for not repenting and overall being a burden to their society. Homosexuality cannot be universalized as a principle because if everyone was homosexual then humanity would go extinct in one or two generations. Or, if you use the scientific in vitro or whatever, then the sperms/ovaries would be less than ideal, compared to natural conceptions, resulting in weaker babies. Even if you do have babies (either from swinging or adopting), you've essentially robbed your children of the possibility to have normal heterosexual family, or perhaps, even heterosexual relationships.
Only selfish, mentally ill people would want any of that, just to fulfill their silly fetishes, and you called St. Paul crazy?