What's your controversial opinion?

[ReservoirAngel]

I believe that the world would be a better place if everybody in it was just bisexual.

Before anyone complains that this is just the self-serving interest of a gay man who's had more than his lion's share of crushes on straight men, that's exactly what it started as.

But the more I thought of this scenario, the more it just... made sense. Nobody, not even the most staunch anti-gay obviously-Christian slack-jawed bible-thumping Palin-supporting dumbass can deny two things:

1) Homophobic bullying is a real fucking problem
2) Gay teenage suicides are always a tragedy and should be prevented whenever possible.

Hence, everybody being bisexual would eliminate a large chunk of bullying, and drastically lower teenage suicide rates. For one simple reason:

- Nobody is going to be a homophobic prick to someone, when everybody has the same orientation. And because of this, no kids will be bullied so badly over their sexuality that they're forced to take their own life.

So, everybody being bisexual is just a very good way to avert horrible, horrible events. As well as remove one of the main reasons people fucking despise the Christian religion, so there'd be less of this "Christians are evil and must be hated grrr!" kind of attitude towards religion that's just taking up pointless amounts of time and fucking energy.

Plus those Ugandan homos wouldn't be forced out of their homes, imprisoned or killed, and I think everyone can agree that this would be a good thing. Poor guys...

Also, it'd remove that whole fucking "does he like dudes?" song and fucking dance that seems to precede every man-on-man relationship in history. Cause trust me, that dog and pony show is a fucking pain in the hole. [sub]And not in the fun way.[/sub]

 

[JasonKaotic]

Spoiler: Anti-religious shizz. Lots of it.

Another one to add to the countless anti-religious replies.
Normal religious people I don't have a problem with. What I do have a problem with is religion itself, and religious people who try to impose their religion on others, or treat them differently because they're atheist or of another religion. The latter is obvious why, but I'll give some reasons why I'm against religion itself.
Like the OP said, as long as religion exists, certain advances will be halted. I'd just end up repeating his post if I went into why. But I'll just mention that religious people will refuse to acknowledge great discoveries that contradict what their religion says, and they are a big barrier in the way of our advancement.
I know not all religious people are like this, but a lot of them are, you can get some people that are so obsessed with their religion that they'll think little of certain groups of people, different religions, and/or atheists. In religious parts of America there tends to be a lot of discrimination towards people like homosexuals, and a lot of prejudice against atheists, that they have no morals and all that crap. And in extreme cases you have the people like the Westborough Baptist Church - without religion they wouldn't exist, and it's all fuelled by the Bible.
In some/a lot of places people have little choice but to accept religion - I was in one of these situations. My primary school stuffed christianity into my head while I was still naive, and I hate them for it. Religion should be a choice, not something you're forced into by parents or society or schools or whatever. Well, it shouldn't even exist at all, but you get me.
One of my main irks about religion is that it dictates the lives of the people gullible enough to believe it. People live their lives based on the words of a book in order to get an afterlife that doesn't exist, thinking a nonexistant man in the sky will make all their problems go away. Also, religious peoples' free speech is lessened, as they're not allowed to say certain things, or swear. Seriously, come on - what is so bad about swearing? It's just words. If I'm correctly informed, religion is why it's considered bad.
Like I said just now, they place all their problems in the omnipotent hands of God. They don't bother helping out in the world or helping themselves because they think that man in the sky will do it for them. By putting their hands together and talking to themselves, their problems will go away. But despite the fact that this never works they still insist it does, and use things they prayed for that were bound to happen anyway to prove themselves right.
My brain's dead from doing an exam earlier so I can't think of other reasons at the moment (I do have more) but I'll just end with this note - the Bible, face it, is ridiculous. It's constantly saying things then saying something that contradicts it later on. In the old testament it goes on about how you should kill homosexuals, kill people who don't like their parents, kill daughters of priests if they have sex, kill women who aren't virgins on their wedding night, kill people who work on the sabbath, argh, it's just stupid. Hell, here's a quote for you to look at that'll speak for itself. I'll put it in a spoiler, it's long.

Spoiler: Destroy your entire hometown if someone living there worships another God

Suppose you hear in one of the towns the LORD your God is giving you that some worthless rabble among you have led their fellow citizens astray by encouraging them to worship foreign gods. In such cases, you must examine the facts carefully. If you find it is true and can prove that such a detestable act has occurred among you, you must attack that town and completely destroy all its inhabitants, as well as all the livestock. Then you must pile all the plunder in the middle of the street and burn it. Put the entire town to the torch as a burnt offering to the LORD your God. That town must remain a ruin forever; it may never be rebuilt. Keep none of the plunder that has been set apart for destruction. Then the LORD will turn from his fierce anger and be merciful to you. He will have compassion on you and make you a great nation, just as he solemnly promised your ancestors. "The LORD your God will be merciful only if you obey him and keep all the commands I am giving you today, doing what is pleasing to him." (Deuteronomy 13:13-19 NLT)

Hell, in the Bible, God kills WAY more people than Satan does, nearly all of whom are innocents, yet God is supposed to be good, Satan is supposed to be evil.
Argh, I'll stop ranting now.

 

[Darth Caelum]

I believe that people should be able to do whatever the hell they want, as long as they don't fuck around with other people's choices in doing whatever the hell they want, or endangering their lives in any way or form. That seems about right.

Then again, this is subject to change in certain situations. Such as, say, war, where your opinions don't mean a fucking damn thing. Which is true, since your opinions are a potential subversive element in the war effort and need to be purged.

.....I swear, my mind is like a mix of a utopian democracy and a stalinist dictatorship sometimes.

 

[Just_A_Glitch]

I'm not a supporter of abortion. I realize that any opinion on the issue is controversial, but amongst my friends, I'm the odd one out.

 

[Nimcha]

It seems my opinion that weed should be illegal (and stay illegal where it already is) is highly controversial on this site (and on the internet as a whole, it seems).

 

[Byere]

I think twilight princess and mario sunshine are better than oot and mario 64.

My gawd man! How can you BE so controversial!?!?!

OT: I believe that the whole idea of total disarmament is a good thing. You might get world leaders to agree to melt down and destroy all weapons, but chances are that one or more won't do it and then attack the moment they think or see the rest of the world do so. I know all too well that humanity is full of corruption and greed, no matter where you look. I don't know if this whole rapture and saving of a small percentage of humans will ever happen, but if it does chances are that no-one, no matter how devout or holy they think they are, will be saved.
Also, I believe that religions are all BS... I have no problems with anyone believing whatever they want but I couldn't let some book whose origins we cannot confirm or word of some guy/woman who claims that some invisible person/s are talking to them, rule my way of life.

 

[Jakub324]

A baby isn't worth risking lives over until it's afraid of death and proved it might be useful in the future.

 

[flamingjimmy]

I believe sex is a special, meaningful act that you should share only with the person you are married to. I get some really weird looks from people when they first ask if I'm a virgin and I say yes, then they ask why and I give them that answer.

The problem with that outlook is that you can't possibly understand sex, having not engaged in it yet.

 

[loc978]

Religion is out-dated, traditions with no modern practical application are about as important as reality television, life isn't sacred, bloody revolution is often warranted, the "reason" for every action can be boiled down scientifically to cause and effect (in other words: there is no benevolent consciousness guiding the universe), and people need to get the fuck over themselves.

I have more, but you get the gist.

 

[Cheesus333]

If every human being died, it would only be a good thing. I include myself in that.

Please contest this opinion, as I would love to change it.

 

[flamingjimmy]

I think that the concept of 'human' rights should be extended to a select few other species, such as the other apes and cetaceans. I don't think we should be allowed to keep them locked up in cages, or destroy their habitats.

 

[Nimcha]

If every human being died, it would only be a good thing. I include myself in that.

Please contest this opinion, as I would love to change it.

Can I try?

If every human being died, there would be noone left to classify that as good.

 

[nbamaniac]

If every human being died, it would only be a good thing. I include myself in that.

Please contest this opinion, as I would love to change it.

I would really love to troll you but i couldn't argue with a truer statement.

And NO i am not emo.

 

[flamingjimmy]

If every human being died, it would only be a good thing. I include myself in that.

Please contest this opinion, as I would love to change it.

Define exactly what you mean by 'good' and I will contest it, probably.

 

[Blank Kold]

There's just as much truth in the Bible as there is in the theory of evolution.

How anyone chooses to interprate this is up to them.

Not to flame, but evolution has long been considered as fact due to decades of research. Whilst holy books can be most closely equated to mythology.

[OT] Morality (value of life, don't lie, cheat or steal, etc) is outdated and needs to be removed from human society.

 

[Griffstar]

I find fat people disgusting, lazy and not worth living.

Spoiler

People who just eat unhealthy, don't take care of themselves and above all are incredibly lazy. Not people with health conditions or that of the sort.