PRJ,
I haven't reviewed the entire thread, but I believe I am the only theist that has commented on it, and stated it. Does it bother you that I want to be sensitive to cultural issues in society or want to learn more about thinkgs that I have no perspective or information on?
I simply don't believe that gender is more than bimodal, and that in common practice with the overwhelming majority typically assumed as binary. People claim that gender is non-binary and I can see where they might have a definition of male/female that doesn't match mine. That doesn't rise to the effect to need societal restructuring to accomidate outliers, IMO.
The only thing I'm pushing is:
a. people being more understanding of someone else's opinion.
b. learning more about things you don't understand
c. a better plurality of opinions by protecting rights of people, regardless of their personal definitions of their gender identity.
If you're looking for a gotcha, sorry I'm all out. If you have anything to add that would convince me it's not the way I perceive it then please extrapolate.
I haven't reviewed the entire thread, but I believe I am the only theist that has commented on it, and stated it. Does it bother you that I want to be sensitive to cultural issues in society or want to learn more about thinkgs that I have no perspective or information on?
I simply don't believe that gender is more than bimodal, and that in common practice with the overwhelming majority typically assumed as binary. People claim that gender is non-binary and I can see where they might have a definition of male/female that doesn't match mine. That doesn't rise to the effect to need societal restructuring to accomidate outliers, IMO.
The only thing I'm pushing is:
a. people being more understanding of someone else's opinion.
b. learning more about things you don't understand
c. a better plurality of opinions by protecting rights of people, regardless of their personal definitions of their gender identity.
If you're looking for a gotcha, sorry I'm all out. If you have anything to add that would convince me it's not the way I perceive it then please extrapolate.
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari