- Judaism, the oldest(?) major faith in existance today, also isn't fond of homosexuality as a rule, and for the same reasons as Christianity. So if age is all that matters, you're still pretty much trumped. - Not that this will mean much for athiests, but any person of faith will believe that God existed long before marriage, so you're DEFINITELY trumped. - Control of anything can be passed from one group to another, willingly or otherwise. People of European ancestry are now, for the most part, in firm control of all the Americas. No one argues that they should pull out. China slowly expanded to its present size over thousands of years, overrunning other tribes; no one claims they should be pushed back to the coast. Etc. - Regardless, you're assuming older is better. There are a lot of things that pre-date Christianity that I wouldn't want re-implemented with pre-Christian ideals. (For instance, the idea that people outside your own nation or in-group should be treated as equals started with Christ's call to reach both Jews and Gentiles. This was downright revolutionary then; outsiders were considered less than human at the time.)
But you'll note that I didn't make any of those points in my own argument anyway. I never said I agreed with that particular piece of Tailsteak's stance -- I just thought I'd point out the stance itself since its conclusion resembled my own.
A good point...
- Judaism, the oldest(?) major faith in existance today, also isn't fond of homosexuality as a rule, and for the same reasons as Christianity. So if age is all that matters, you're still pretty much trumped.
- Not that this will mean much for athiests, but any person of faith will believe that God existed long before marriage, so you're DEFINITELY trumped.
- Control of anything can be passed from one group to another, willingly or otherwise. People of European ancestry are now, for the most part, in firm control of all the Americas. No one argues that they should pull out. China slowly expanded to its present size over thousands of years, overrunning other tribes; no one claims they should be pushed back to the coast. Etc.
- Regardless, you're assuming older is better. There are a lot of things that pre-date Christianity that I wouldn't want re-implemented with pre-Christian ideals. (For instance, the idea that people outside your own nation or in-group should be treated as equals started with Christ's call to reach both Jews and Gentiles. This was downright revolutionary then; outsiders were considered less than human at the time.)
But you'll note that I didn't make any of those points in my own argument anyway. I never said I agreed with that particular piece of Tailsteak's stance -- I just thought I'd point out the stance itself since its conclusion resembled my own.