Thursday, 31 August 2023

Why Banning Books for Containing Gays or Witches is Illogical

Everyone can agree that murder is wrong yet books aren’t banned because they depict a killing. (If this were the case, would there be any books left?) So why should any film or book be banned for containing something with which one disagrees?

 

[Just a quick note: the vast majority of homophobes/transphobes etc I know are atheists so this isn’t a dig at religion. This is a dig at discrimination and the faulty arguments that come with it.]

 

Also the witch thing is a misunderstanding because witchcraft/paganism (not one in the same) has nothing to do with Satan or Satanism. Paganism worships nature and Satanism isn’t that way inclined. Witches believe everything has power, from themselves to animals, gems and plants, so they have no need to deal with the Devil. So for Christians to ban witchcraft because of its association with Satanism is illogical.

 

Banning a book because it contains something you disagree with is an odd concept. How come you disagreeing with it take precedence over other people who agree or feel neutral about it? Why is your opinion more important than everyone else’s? If you don’t want to read it, don’t read it. Restricting other people’s choices seems hardly necessary. 

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