We need more theistic activity

[The Valkyrie]

More theist activity?

I'm thinking some sort of theist olympics.

Nun wrestling.
500 metre dash for priests to outrun their victims.
Islamists having to quickly remove a suicude vest on a timer.
Moral volleyball where conservatives have to push the blame for their actions onto someone else (I suspect evangelicals would win the gold).

Other suggestions welcome.

[Neo-Scholastic]

Regarding pronouns, there’s a huge difference between a transgendered person asking others to use the one their brain is wired as, and the belittling people like you engage in…Not everything is equal, and giving a transgendered woman the dignity of the pronouns ‘she’ and ‘her’ is a completely different scenario than … ‘His Majesty’.”

There are general differences between the brains of men and women with respect to the structure, operation, and behavioral dispositions. These scientific observations are based on statistical averages; there is no objective measure by which to determine if any individual brain belongs to a man or a woman. Moreover, it is generally acknowledged that sex is a biological fact; whereas, gender is a social construction, i.e. a set of normative beliefs about sexuality. Beliefs are not hard-wired into the brain. And your beliefs are not supported by, and are actually contrary, to science.

I am more than willing to afford someone the courtesy of using their preferred pronoun or title in daily civil interactions. I will not do so when it ceases to be a request and takes the form of a demand. And I will most certainly not be compelled to do so by force of law to promote political agendas. No one has the right to tell me what I can and cannot say.

I mean, shit, you keep bringing up Tiffany with scare quotes and calling her a man.

Hammy reintroduced the Tiffany thread into the conversation, not me. He considers it hateful to call a man a man. As I mentioned earlier, Tiffany is a man, cosmetically altered to look like a woman, unfairly competing against women.

And I find it utterly laughable that you bring up ‘military readiness’ as a justification for your stance. There was a time when people thought allowing blacks and other minorities into the military would weaken…out military. Same for women. Same for gays and lesbians.

There is no comparison. You are making false equivalencies. Race and sex are not medical conditions; gender dysphoria is. And many of the treatments for gender dysphoria must be sustained over time. Maintaining supply lines for food and ammunition are difficult enough without worrying about individual medical supplies to maintain personal health conditions. The military is not an employment agency or means for social engineering. Its job is to break things and kill people. Physically fit and uniformly healthy troops are essential to that mission.

Now, I’m sure you’re going to question my motives. You’re going to spew talking points about how I’m virtue-signaling, or that I’m playing at being a SJW, or something else similarly asinine. And we both know it’s because you have absolutely zero logic for your position on this. But, here’s the thing: I’m not writing this to show how cool I am. I’m not writing this for kudos. I truly believe that you are wrong. That you are a bigot. And if you’re offended by that, well, toughen the fuck up, snowflake.

The opinions I have expressed on this topic are supported by science, whereas and as I have shown above, your stance flies in the face of reality and you have resorted to name-calling.

And live with the knowledge that people like you have always been on the wrong side of history, and that this is no different.

Now that IS virtue-signaling. There is no right or wrong side of history. History is constantly changing, alternating between periods of enlightenment and liberty to periods of ignorance and tyranny. And exactly what do you mean by “people like me?”

[Brian37]

More theist activity?

I'm thinking some sort of theist olympics.

Nun wrestling.
500 metre dash for priests to outrun their victims.
Islamists having to quickly remove a suicude vest on a timer.
Moral volleyball where conservatives have to push the blame for their actions onto someone else (I suspect evangelicals would win the gold).

Other suggestions welcome.

Don't leave the atheists out. We need a "Nathans Barbecue Kitten eating contest" Most barbecued kittens eaten in 10 minutes.

[The Valkyrie]

More theist activity?

I'm thinking some sort of theist olympics.

Nun wrestling.
500 metre dash for priests to outrun their victims.
Islamists having to quickly remove a suicude vest on a timer.
Moral volleyball where conservatives have to push the blame for their actions onto someone else (I suspect evangelicals would win the gold).

Other suggestions welcome.

Don't leave the atheists out. We need a "Nathans Barbecue Kitten eating contest" Most barbecued kittens eaten in 10 minutes.

I'd agree if it was puppies or babies.

[Brian37]

Don't leave the atheists out. We need a "Nathans Barbecue Kitten eating contest" Most barbecued kittens eaten in 10 minutes.

I'd agree if it was puppies or babies.

God I hate fake atheists. 

[Crossless2.0]

Don't leave the atheists out. We need a "Nathans Barbecue Kitten eating contest" Most barbecued kittens eaten in 10 minutes.

I'd agree if it was puppies or babies.

Leave the puppies out of it! 

[The Valkyrie]

I'd agree if it was puppies or babies.

God I hate fake atheists. 

Atheists eat babies!

Every REAL atheist knows that!

Don't create a schism!

[GrandizerII]

Regarding pronouns, there’s a huge difference between a transgendered person asking others to use the one their brain is wired as, and the belittling people like you engage in…Not everything is equal, and giving a transgendered woman the dignity of the pronouns ‘she’ and ‘her’ is a completely different scenario than … ‘His Majesty’.”

There are general differences between the brains of men and women with respect to the structure, operation, and behavioral dispositions. These scientific observations are based on statistical averages; there is no objective measure by which to determine if any individual brain belongs to a man or a woman.

Differences that may be mostly shaped by social/environmental factors.

Moreover, it is generally acknowledged that sex is a biological fact; whereas, gender is a social construction, i.e. a set of normative beliefs about sexuality. Beliefs are not hard-wired into the brain. And your beliefs are not supported by, and are actually contrary, to science.

What exactly is hard-wired into the brain (by your definition of "hard-wired"? Heard of neuroplasticity? That's science.

Hammy reintroduced the Tiffany thread into the conversation, not me. He considers it hateful to call a man a man. As I mentioned earlier, Tiffany is a man, cosmetically altered to look like a woman, unfairly competing against women.

Except I have conclusively shown the competition isn't so unfair as to warrant her exclusion from women's volleyball. I was the last one standing there in that thread, having fully addressed basically every point there made against her inclusion. Where were you?

[brewer]

Twin studies are only one types of "born that way" studies. You need to educate yourself. Here is a start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biology_an...rientation

Been there, done that. As it says:

"Nonetheless, it is possible to conclude that, given the difference in sexuality in so many sets of identical twins, sexual orientation cannot be attributed solely to genetic factors."

Did you read that there is more "born that way" evidence than monozygotic twin evidence? Or are you just being a dick?

[The Valkyrie]

I'd agree if it was puppies or babies.

Leave the puppies out of it! 

If people suggest kittens, it's also open season on puppies.