army1987 comments on Holden's Objection 1: Friendliness is dangerous - LessWrong
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There's a chicken and egg issue here. Were pre-existing anti-homosexuality values co-opted into early Judaism? Or did the Judeo-Chiristian ideology spread the values beyond their "natural" spread? The only empirical evidence for this question I can think of is non-Judeo-Christian attitudes. What are the historical attitudes towards homosexuality among East Asians and South Asians?
More broadly, people's attitudes towards women and nerds are just as much expressions of values, not long-ranged utilitarian calculations.
IIRC, in pre-Christian Rome/Greece, homosexuality was considered OK only if the receiving partner was young enough.