One act I could never in a million years understand is the act of judging another human being for behavior that has absolutely no impact on the person or persons doing the judging.
The first obvious is example is homosexuality. Because you churchgoers believe in a book that allegedly says homosexuality is a sin, you look down your nose at those who are naturally attracted to members of the same sex, despite the fact that their homosexuality has no impact on you.
And don't give me that, "If kids see a gay couple, they immediately start asking questions and I shouldn't be forced to explain the birds and the bees before he or she is emotionally ready for such a talk."
Here's how a married man would answer his kids questions about homosexuality if the little tike were to see a gay couple and become curious: "They're a couple like your mommy and I are a couple."
That's easily understandable and sex doesn't enter the picture. After all, if your kids are isolated from homosexual couples and ask why everyone has a mommy and daddy, you'd say something like, "people often meet someone with whom they want to spend the rest of their life and so they get married." You wouldn't say, "A woman marries a man because she enjoys the feel of that particular man's private area entering her private area more than any other man's private area."
So explaining the nature of couple-hood doesn't need to include details about sex. A simple, "Fred enjoys Hank's company above all others, just as I enjoy your mother's company above all others," will suffice.
But rationally explaining the situation to children doesn't allow you to judge others. It doesn't allow you to try and push your beliefs on others. It doesn't allow you to claim homosexuals shouldn't have the right to marry each other or adopt children. It doesn't allow you to be a huge wanker.
And I'm not one of these people who believe everyone should be able to do whatever they wish with absolutely no consequences. If your behavior negatively affects others, you should stop.
But judging others for their own personal choices when those choices don't impact anyone else is simply reprehensible and reveals that your depravity has no end.
What if my sacred book told me that heterosexual sex is a horrible sin!? And don't tell me that procreation is natural and humankind would cease to exist without it, because maybe humankind should cease to exist. Have you seen the way humankind treats each other!? Shucks, organized religion has been trying to wipe out humankind for centuries.
So you can't say that replenishing the earth is natural when your people have killed off scores of individuals who don't agree with your specific beliefs.
Of course you say I'm being ridiculous, because a book declaring homosexual sex to be a sin is perfectly reasonable while a book declaring heterosexual sex to be a sin is asinine. But to those of us who think the Bible is largely fictional, the comparison is not far-fetched.
And why don't you compare your act of judging with homosexuality. They're having relations with people they find attractive. You're judging people for having relations with people they find attractive. Trouble is - you're also having relations with people you find attractive (or are at least desperately begging to do so.)
But, according to you, they should sacrifice their happiness because your sacred book, in which millions of people don't believe, tells you that their behavior a sin.
But I suppose, when all is said and done, you need to constantly judge, because when you're judging others you're not concentrating on self improvement, and you're probably not keen on being reminded of the staggering amount of self-betterment you require.
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