Reply #50: But, See That's The Problem

[iamjoy]

For almost 2 thousand years official Catholic's largely accepted that Jews killed Jesus, used to justify heinous acts. It wasn't until the early 1960's that the belief officially changed.

Now whether this means the Catholics had decided long ago the Jews weren't to blame and just waited to make this announcement or whether they really taught the Jews were responsible until 40 some years ago, the result is the same.

I don't believe Catholics really believed in the geo-centric universe until this century, but they did persecute the first people to dispute that theory, even though there was solid evidence that the religious beliefs were not true.

But it is not just Catholics, it is many religions that seem to want to ignore any science that contradicts their dogma or faith (at least at first) and only come around many years later. People of many religions dispute natural selection, and even want to teach "intelligent design" (a savvier sounding Creationism) in public schools.

So, how can we help them realize that homosexuality is not the choice they believe it is based on their faith? How can we get them to see that condemning any kind of civil rights for homosexuals is the same sort of rigid thinking that led to the persecution of so many people hundreds of years ago? Note I said the same *kind* of thinking, I am not by any means saying denying two men the right to marry is the equivalent to burning people at the stake for heresy.