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I've always felt that most, if not all, discussions boil down to definitions. In a discussion involving a religious based position, the games that get played with definitions can be interesting, hard to follow, and unfair. In another thread I recently stated that Christians judging a non-christian for being homosexual (or partaking in homosexual acts) is on par with a follower of Islam judging me for eating pork (I don't follow Islam).
I argue that if someone attempts to apply a religious standard of some kind to a non-religious person (or person of a different religion) that the position is inherently flawed due to a lack of logic and premise supporting the conclusion and the burden of proof lies on the religious party to support their position without the use of faith or scripture as accepted truth which can stand on its own unsupported by any logic or facts.
Is it wrong to apply religious standards to non-religious people (or people of a different religion)? I'm genuinely interested in hearing why you think so. This is also an opportunity to debate your religious position from stable ground to solid conclusion, if you can. Homosexuality is a place to start but feel free to try your hand at anything else that qualifies. Murder is universally accepted (almost anyway) as morally wrong, so it wouldn't qualify. Abortion, contraceptives, and premarital sex would qualify since debates are usually drawn along religious lines.
I argue that if someone attempts to apply a religious standard of some kind to a non-religious person (or person of a different religion) that the position is inherently flawed due to a lack of logic and premise supporting the conclusion and the burden of proof lies on the religious party to support their position without the use of faith or scripture as accepted truth which can stand on its own unsupported by any logic or facts.
Is it wrong to apply religious standards to non-religious people (or people of a different religion)? I'm genuinely interested in hearing why you think so. This is also an opportunity to debate your religious position from stable ground to solid conclusion, if you can. Homosexuality is a place to start but feel free to try your hand at anything else that qualifies. Murder is universally accepted (almost anyway) as morally wrong, so it wouldn't qualify. Abortion, contraceptives, and premarital sex would qualify since debates are usually drawn along religious lines.