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I choose to be a Republican, Conservative Patriot despite leftists thinking tolerance applies to all humans on Earth other than American Conservatives.
I choose to be a Republican, Conservative Patriot despite leftists thinking tolerance applies to all humans on Earth other than American Conservatives.
Hi Bronto. How tolerant were you of the million Iraqis you killed to get to Saddam Hussein?
How tolerant have you been toward Mexican immigrants? Because I hear seven children have died already this year as a result of being kept in cages, separated from their families, and starved.
In fact, now I come to think about it, how tolerant are you of "leftists"?
Not very, I would wager, given that you have DEDICATED YOUR ENTIRE SPINELESS EXISTENCE to proliferating neo-Nazi propaganda aimed at attacking them, which you spam this site with 24 hours a day, seven days a week, on your 200 or so puppet accounts, like the crazy little Nazi bastard every rational person recognises you to be.
Gender and sex are different things. Sex is what you are born as. It's what your chromosomes dictate and it's what we would find in your pants. Gender is a social construct about what it means to be a man or woman and how society believes you should act. Getting a mani/pedi is a "womanly" thing to do and driving a big pickup truck offroad is a "manly" thing to do.
Just because you were born with XX chromosomes and have a vagina doesn't mean you can't do manly things. You're entitled to do whatever you want to do and live your life however you want to live it.
First off, sex and gender are not the same thing. Sex is your genetic makeup and what genitals you have, gender is how you behave in society.
Second, as much as it is true that your SEX is decided at conception, even sex can be somewhat variable. There is such a thing as hermaphroditism where someone is born with genitals that are actually indeterminate, not quite a penis but not quite a vagina. Many of these people are raised as one gender so as to not confuse them as children. There are even people born with XY chromosomes (should be male) but appear anatomically female because of a lack of certain genes on the Y chromosome that dictate production of male genitalia. So it's really not as simple as just "god decides" unfortunately.
Yes they are. I am so tired, of social justice warriors, supporting, immoral, and delusional people. Anyone, who does not know what gender they are, needs, to be in a mental hospital.
It's funny you say that you think they should belong in a mental hospital, because I think that religious nut-jobs who think that everyone else should live their lives according to their religious beliefs should be locked up in a psych ward. Why does it affect you so much if someone else identifies as trans? Why do you care? They're not telling you to change your life, they're just trying to live.
Learn to read... I never specifically mentioned Christians. I said the religious right. That can refer to ANY religion. I would feel the same toward any religious person telling other people how to live their lives.
At Creation, God created man in His image and female like him (man). God mentions nowhere that He created "another" gender, or that he created a hybrid.
Further into the Bible, you see God condemning the very act of trying to switch genders, which he does numerous times. Anything besides straight male and female is wrong and a sin in God's eyes (so, a sin in my book too). I think the world has really taken a big low to start thinking that this is somehow okay and supported. Also, God NEVER intended two people of the same gender to get married. Reproduction doesn't work that way, our hormones don't work that way, responsibility over the family doesn't work that way, nothing works that way. It is a completely anti-human act and God knew that. I hope our nation and world decide to change their ways soon or we will be going for destruction.
Thanks so much for your kind questions. I really appreciate when people actually debate properly, respectfully questioning the other's opinion! Thanks! So, to your questions:
1) The first thing to point out is that a lot of the words that we associate with this movement (gay, trans, homosexual, etc.) weren't created until the 19th century and after. So, we won't see specific references to those words, but more to the act itself.
We would expect to see the majority of these references in the beginning of the Bible as that is when God created how the world would work. In Genesis 2:24, God, Himself, says, "For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh." We cannot confuse the term "wife." I know some would say he could be referring to a male "wife," but that is preposterous as nowhere in the Bible does anyone but a female be called a wife, and no one but a male called a husband. Also, a really good text is Romans 1:26-27, where Paul speaks about the horridly fallen Romans. I would advise reading the whole chapter for context, but here are the pertinent verses. "Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error."
For the question of two genders, In Genesis 5:2, the Bible says, "He created them male and female, and blessed them and called them Mankind in the day they were created." This is direct language to the point of only two types of humans, Male and Female, which make up all mankind.
For your question of hermaphrodites, there is only one good explanation. God designed this world perfect, however, the first humans had free will and chose to sin. This is separated us from God and from perfection. Because of this choice the Bible says, "all creation groans", meaning that everything was impacted by this sin. That means even birth defects. This article was written by an obstetrician who does a fantastic job at explaining this. I would advise you read it if you are interested.
Remember, God did not intend for these things to be the case, but humans sinned in their free will and brought this upon them. Do we love these rare cases as we would love all other children? Absolutely! But the defect, NOT the person, is a result of sin.
2) I am a Christian and, as such, all my decisions, thoughts, and beliefs spring from the Bible, what I believe to be the one and only source of absolute Truth. therefore, I DO base these beliefs on these matters off of my "religion." Your view on life totally depends on the lens through which you look at it, your "worldview". The lens through which I view the world is the Bible and my Faith (which is based on the Bible as Truth). Imagine you were looking through a red glass. Everything would appear red, right? But that green tree is not red, it is green. Be careful which lens you use to view the world. You may choose a tainted lens and not see things as they really are. The best way to choose the right lens is to look to what we know to be true and what is proven fairly well. Then, see which explanation fits that evidence best. I think my Faith, the Bible, and God fits this evidence perfectly, and that, along with the grace of God, is why I chose it (and He chose me!). So, in summery, mostly, the only grounds I have for my beliefs is my religion. Other than that, it just takes looking at the human body. we are (mostly, of course) all born with either one organ or another. Our whole bodies as they grow reflect a totally different person than the other gender. We are so different , in fact, that it is impossible to fully "switch over". It doesn't work and it's obvious when a person is "pretending." You can do surgery, change our voice, etc. but will never be able to change who you are. The choice to do so is a conscious decision that often results from wanting to be like the rest of the world. There really is no reason to switch, just be your own, beautiful self! The world will work a lot more properly that way and people will learn to admire themselves for who they are!
Thanks again for your curiosity and considering the other person's opinion! I really appreciate that! I hope I helped you understand better where I'm coming from. God Bless!
Thanks so much for your kind questions. I really appreciate when people actually debate properly, respectfully questioning the other's opinion!
Translation: I really appreciate it when people, for their own personal and/or political reasons, do not call me out on my ludicrous, demented, seventh century bullshit.
The fact that you highlight my kind words toward the person and then demote them only proves to make you look ridiculous, not promote your ideas. If we are going to demote goodness, kindness, and respect in society, then I'm not interested in being a part of it.
And, it's a whole lot more than seventh century. Unluckily for you it is today and will be forever, until it takes over the entire world. (but, not by force, by truth)
Kind is not the correct adjective. Disingenuous is the correct adjective. When you are kind only to the people who do not call you out on your demented seventh century bullshit then that is called being disingenuous. Look it up. I'm sure you can find a definition in the Bible, along with what Jesus thought about disingenuous people.
And, it's a whole lot more than seventh century.
It is ridiculous, superstitious nonsense which is only one step up from worshipping the sun.
I can't believe you're falling into the same mess I just warned the other guy about. Also, my comment was very sincere and I know what Jesus thought of it and he wouldn't be upset with me, I wasn't being so. You are entitled to your opinion I guess. (also, do you really have no better words than having to use someone else's critical remark?)
Translation: I really appreciate it when people, for their own personal and/or political reasons, do not call me out on my ludicrous, demented, seventh century bullshit.
I thought Islamaphobia was a hate crime in the UK.
I thought Islamaphobia was a hate crime in the UK.
I thought I was talking to a Christian, not a Muslim. The fact is that you try to twist everything into an attack against Muslims because that's the bigoted little fascist bastard that you are. You hate everything with a different skin colour, different religion or different politics.
You hate everything with a different skin colour, different religion or different politics.
Nice try Nom. I love people of all skin colors and faiths that vote Republican. I dislike Communists or those who help Communists regardless of skin color or religion. Trust me, your whiteness scores you no points with the right.
I thought I was talking to a Christian, not a Muslim
I heard seventh century bullshit and assumed you meant Islam and were being Islamaphobic. Just wanted to make sure you weren't being a bigot towards those poor religious people.
I think the religious right should be offered therapy... no actually mandated therapy. Jesus taught us to LOVE our neighbor. He dined with sinners and prostitutes. You are practicing the opposite of his teachings.
I think the religious right should be offered therapy... no actually mandated therapy. Jesus taught us to LOVE our neighbor. He dined with sinners and prostitutes. You are practicing the opposite of his teachings.
Lol. I completely agree with you. They are insane on a level which is only achievable through hard work and determination.
Loving thy neighbor, does not mean tolerating sin. It is a sin, to try to change, what God created, and the government, has no right, to force people of faith, to violate their religious beliefs. I also notice, that you never attack Muslims, but you hate Christians, and lie about us, why is that?
Loving thy neighbor, does not mean tolerating sin. It is a sin, to try to change, what God created, and the government, has no right, to force people of faith, to violate their religious beliefs. I also notice, that you never attack Muslims, but you hate Christians, and lie about us, why is that?
But everything you ever say is the precise opposite of true, Bronto. You literally think debate is the process of telling the biggest lies that you possibly can, and then trying to stop other people from proving it.