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Hypothetically, from a "secular POV" - let's say evidence indicates that AIDs exists in greater frequency among homosexuals
If executing 1,000 homosexuals therefore saves 10,000 people of dying from AIDs, would you oppose this, and why?
From a "religious" POV, one could say homosexuality is a sin, or even that they deserve the death penalty, but not an argument for outright extermination without trial, a la Hitler and his secular regime.
So it seems to me, that the "secular" arguments here are potentially harsher than the "religious" ones, and that one couldn't object to the secular arguments to begin with without invoking "faith" in something, such as human rights, civil liberties, Judeo-Christian values like "thou shalt not murder", and so forth.
If executing 1,000 homosexuals therefore saves 10,000 people of dying from AIDs, would you oppose this, and why?
From a "religious" POV, one could say homosexuality is a sin, or even that they deserve the death penalty, but not an argument for outright extermination without trial, a la Hitler and his secular regime.
So it seems to me, that the "secular" arguments here are potentially harsher than the "religious" ones, and that one couldn't object to the secular arguments to begin with without invoking "faith" in something, such as human rights, civil liberties, Judeo-Christian values like "thou shalt not murder", and so forth.