Religion's Need To Construct Enemies

[Hazumu]

by: Jerry Maneker
Sun Jan 13, 2008 at 21:36:37 PM EST

Pam' s House Blend


"They construct out-groups as "enemies" because to do so also serves to help make members of that in-group feel self-righteous, and appear to be more "moral," more "religious," more "superior" to the out-group they have constructed that is frequently depicted as being "diseased," "disordered," "evil," "destructive of the family, tradition, and all other institutions and values that all 'religious' and other 'good people' hold dear.""

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I think a very well-thought-out essay, though it uses 'gay' as the catchall for GLBT.  I find the reasoning applicable to explaining the John Aravosis's and Chris Crains in the G and L communities arguing the exclusion of the T community.

Karen