Opinions

I try to look at everything from as many aspects as I can, so I can fully understand what I am looking at or trying to understand.

This doesn't always happen. Sometimes I miss things. Humans are erroneous. 

I formulate opinions of my own, and don't easily change them, although I am always willing to. 

I know that every human has their own opinion, and I understand their point of view. 

But usually what I try to do in debates/arguments is to get them to understand my point of view, and ensure that I fully understand their point of view.

Why am I going on and on about this? Because of the amount of religious people I have been arguing with lately. 

Usually about LGBTQ things. Sometimes about abortion. 

I commented something on a Transgender Marriage video on youtube saying "I don't understand why people think this is wrong". 

Some guy responds saying that "Just imagine that all mankind we were gay, would total extermination of life, nothing more. In this life and the next, Stay in the light."

Okay. Seriously? Really? You are going to do this? I responded to him briefly, but youtube comments only have so much room.

First off,  let me respond to "Just imagine that all mankind we were gay". First off, this argument relies on the opinion that being gay is bad. So its kind of like circular reasoning here. If I imagine that all mankind was gay, I don't see it as a bad thing at all. Straight people might be unhappy if they had to be gay, if they weren't. Just like how some gay people in today's society are unhappy with having to fake being straight.  But if everyone was wholesomely gay, it obviously would even be considered a bad thing anymore. So basically, just saying, that this point relies on the belief that being gay is bad.

"total extermination of life, nothing more." Okay, again, this is easy to defend my point of view. Even if every woman was gay and every man was gay, if society understood how reproduction works, men could easily donate sperm to women to reproduce. You don't have to have sex to get pregnant. We know this in our society. 

Now I look at this guy's point of view; he probably lives a sheltered life in which he doesn't get exposed to the positives and "lights" of the ideas he sees as negative. In his point of view, obviously what I see that has no problem, he sees problems. Because of his religion, the way he was brought up or just general life experiences of his own, he has these views.  

I just wish that people like him could open up their minds a little more to at least understand my point of view. I just find people that say homophobic comments, or anti LGBTQ comments, tend to not look at both points of view in the discussion. I am looking at your POV, now please, at least read mine. At least attempt to understand it.

You can keep your opinion, I am not trying to change it. If I do, great! But if I don't, at least understand where I am coming from and understand why I think the way I do, and I will do the same to your opinion.

Let's all co-exist.