The deception of Thor.
I am going to use an analogy to describe what I think about homosexuality. I don’t know that much about norse myth, but if I remember correctly Thor had his hammer stolen by the trolls, then to get it back he had to dress as a potential bride for the troll king. Once his disguise got him near enough to his hammer to grab it, he then turned on the trolls in a furious rage and killed them. Thor being Thor he obviously hated the whole part where he had to dress as a woman and was mocked for it and felt ashamed, it was after all an assault on his masculinity.
What I draw from this is that being gay is a deception, it is not the right way for men [or women, not that I mind lols] to live and neither is it ‘normal’. I don’t think it is right for it to be taught as if it is normal and I think gays should be informed that they are being deceived and lead into perversion. On the other hand I don’t think it is the worst of crimes so it doesn’t warrant punishment, it is a thing of societal education to be resolved thusly.
If we don’t draw the line there, then I fear what happens is that the line gets drawn further towards the given extreme. People who commit worse crimes e.g. with teenage boys or worse still with children, then feel they are in a category not so different from the sphere of acceptability, so for me it’s a matter of getting standards right before anything else [even before one may debate if homosexuality is right or wrong, we have to think of said standards and implications of moving the line towards further perversion].
Most wont agree but once people go to far extremes then extreme punishment should be given out, in my religion [druidry] and in ancient times, such terrible acts were met with the awe inspiring prospect of being burned alive in the wicker-man. This was not just to make people think twice about doing such things, but served the duel purpose of ‘teaching’ the soul of the offender what kind of things it may expect if it acts so in its next incarnation [we believe in reincarnation]. Obviously such things cannot occur in a modern civilised society, but still I think the death penalty should be there for the very worst offenders especially if they show no remorse.
In ancient german society they were even more harsh, and it is said that they placed homosexuals in a wooden cage and sunk them into the swamps. [more harsh as it was a punishment for homosexuality itself, not further perversions].
So what is your philosophy on such matters?
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