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Originally Posted by lagtight
Thank you for this definition. Now I know "homophobia" doesn't mean "fear of", even though "fear of" is literally contained in the word itself. The person or people who invented this word should have been more careful.
The word should have been homoprejudice or homohate or ???
Nonsense. The meaning of words evolves over time with culture. You can not care about culture appropriateness, but you do yourself a disservice to not bother being aware of the cultural meaning of words. So now you know. When you call gay people sodomites you are being homophobic, and no that doesn't mean you literally fear them.
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Originally Posted by lagtight
My goal is to speak the truth as I understand it, not to placate those who engage in practices that the Bible refers to as an abomination. I fully expect some people to be offended by what the Bible says about a lot of things. My loyalty is to my God, not to the PC crowd.
A false dichotomy. I am not objecting to the content of your beliefs being offensive. Don't get me wrong, they are - the bible's passages on homosexuals are disgusting and a stain on the religion. But it is not unreasonable for a YEC pastor to espouse these disgusting beliefs, and this kind of religion forum should expect and embrace that. That is, I'm not pushing back at what you think is "true". I'm pushing back at your choice of presentation, whether you choose to present your homophobic beliefs with archaic homophobic language.
You might consider this a point just about strategy. You have a choice to additionally layer on offense when you speak, but this is unlikely to help you be persuasive at spreading whatever message it is you wish to spread.
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Originally Posted by lagtight
My loyalty is to my God, not to the PC crowd.
You've said "PC" a few times. You are confused. Not calling gay people sodomites is standard across US culture. This isn't like a a PC debate over whether "African-American" or "black" is appropriate that conservatives will dismiss as being PC. It is like how the n-word is agreed to be unused by whites across the culture.