User blog comment:Bocaj910/Purpose/@comment-1228137-20101028223041

People are frightened by what they don't understand, which probably accounts for some of the Athiest-Religious hate towards one another. Most of the Athiests I have met have been uppity, highly opinionated jerks. But, I know they aren't all that way. I'm a very loose Christian, meaning that I don't go to church, and I don't follow all things set forth in the Bible. I do, however, strongly believe in a higher power.

As for homosexuality and homophobia...I believe that everyone has some sort of homosexual feeling at some point in their life, even if they're straight. It's most likely spawned out of curiousity, I think.

I'm from the South, and I'm proud of my Southern heritage. When I was younger, I was very homophobic, and anti-gay, because that was the atmosphere I was raised in. Basically, I copied my parents, as small children do. As I became older, and began thinking for myself, I dropped my former ways.

But, I will say this. I still am slightly homophobic, around gay males. I don't hate them, or shun them, and I can be friends with them, but I do feel a certain nervousness. I don't believe anyone is entirely un-homophobic, or un-sexist, or un-racist. I think that, no matter how small those feelings are, they're there in everyone. I don't mean everyone hates a certain race, or sexuality, or gender, just that people generally feel more comfortable with their own kind.