Originally posted by Robtard
Unless I'm mistaken, pretty sure Lestov is pointing out that people will condemn (and rightfully so, imo) Islam for it's barbaric views towards homosexuality/homosexuals, yet not bat an eyelash towards Judaism and Islam, when they have those same barbaric views. ie Homosexuality = death penaltyWhen we should all be condemning the practice and calling it barbarism, regardless of which book it's written in.
Yes, you ARE mistaken. When this started out, he didn't condemn Islam for it's barbaric beliefs at all, all he did was try to draw a parallel between Catholicism and Islam (and then relating them to be causal to tragedies like this) through a huge leap of logic, he essentially used this vile act to spout his hate (Catholicism, btw, has made major strides throughout the years/decades/centuries regarding being tolerant, even inclusive towards the LBGT community). And FYI, homosexuality = death penalty isn't simply a "religion" issue, it is more a socio-political issue. For as far I as I know there are actually actually countries that are dominated by Abrahamic religions that DO NOT practice the death penalty on gays, mine included.
And ppl are allowed to condemn whatever they want, I don't care as long as it doesn't unjustly include things that are important to me. And I'm not (at this moment) inclined to chime in or defend anything that I don't really care about. That is my right. As I have the right to defend my own beliefs if some immature hypocrite starts dissing it for no reason, especially when it is completely not even remotely involved in this tragedy or the topic at hand.
You're trying to repackage what he did/say to make it seem less vile, but you are grossly inaccurate in your assessment.
And FYI, views and actions are 2 different things. Ppl are allowed their "views" for as long as they do not act on it to hurt/harm/oppress others. As thoughts =/= actions. The difference becomes important as we should condemn those who act on their views/beliefs/thoughts to hurt/harm/oppress/etc (such as the shooter here) but be tolerant of others' beliefs even when we do not agree with it.