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Is homosexuality a moral problem?

שו”תCategory: HalachaIs homosexuality a moral problem?
asked 7 years ago

The rabbi explained (where? I’ll admit it, given the location) that homosexuality is not a moral problem, but a halachic one (despite the obscene language).
But the remembrance of the dead is part of the seven commandments that were commanded to the children of Noah. And all the commandments that were commanded are moral and intellectual commandments (such as robbery and murder). And so the Maimonides wrote.
How does this work out?


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מיכי Staff answered 7 years ago
First, Maimonides may have thought so, but that doesn’t mean it’s true. At the time, many thought it was a moral abomination. Second, this brings us back to column 154 about aesthetic values ​​being dependent on social norms. It used to be obscene, but it’s not now. Where did I write this? I don’t remember. Search the site. I think there are several places (maybe search for “He is lost in it”).

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א.ב replied 7 years ago

More precisely: Today it is obscene in the eyes of many and not obscene in the eyes of many. It also depends a lot on where. In most of the world it is obscene. In the Western world there are large parts that do not see it as wrong (alongside many who do).

מיכי Staff replied 7 years ago

Sure. I just meant to say that it's no longer categorically obscene.

אסף replied 7 years ago

And this only shows that our understandings of the world in its aesthetic sense are subjective. The same is true of moral values.
A change in insights over time, some changing to be in favor of the phenomenon and some changing to be against the phenomenon shows this to the Hadith. I am surprised that the Rabbi still holds such archaic views.
And neuroscience will prove it.

מיכי Staff replied 7 years ago

No, it doesn't show. Our understanding of physics also changes over time. So here too, does neuroscience prove that it is subjective? By the way, our understanding of neuroscience also changes, and there it is not monotonically either.
And in general, neuroscience proves nothing in this regard. I am surprised that you hold such archaic views. But perhaps your mind has biased you. I suggest you ignore it, and use your mind.

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