Supernatural and Atheism

[Ahriman]

Irrationality, to all questions.

We already have the word irrationality for that.  Why do you use a separate word for the same thing?

Do synonyms offend you?

[Angrboda]

They're not specific to females, the other dude is bullshitting.

What is the difference between male and female genders then?

Just out of curiosity, what is your theory about how cisgendered individuals determine that they are cisgendered? Obviously, not all people of a biological sex do identify their birth sex as correlating with their gender. How do the others, the normies, come to their conclusion about their gender?

[The Grand Nudger]

He doesn't have one, it's all a pretense for insisting that other people are somehow sexualizing kids, despite the fact that it's him and his nutball groomer buddies that made it a thing. Fucking disgusting, if you ask me.

[arewethereyet]

When society starts identifying people by their preferred gender it causes harm to others, such as the situation with the college swimmer and the military draft. It also grates when people start call to abolish terms such as mother and father.  I'm also with someone who wishes to believe they're a different gender, but they are not the authorities for redefining wours for society- not on their own. Don't use transgenderism as an excuse to,introduce sexual matters to first graders. Just be who and what you are.

I am amazed that all you science-minded people so easily abandon your principles that you use to beat me over the head. You can't even come up with one characteristic that separates the genders. I  am a theist by definition because I believe in God. I can't not believe in God and be an theist because I personally define theism that way. What happened to science and logic?

Who is doing this?  Do you think that trans people are recruiting first graders?

[Jehanne]

When society starts identifying people by their preferred gender it causes harm to others, such as the situation with the college swimmer and the military draft. It also grates when people start call to abolish terms such as mother and father.  I'm also with someone who wishes to believe they're a different gender, but they are not the authorities for redefining wours for society- not on their own. Don't use transgenderism as an excuse to,introduce sexual matters to first graders. Just be who and what you are.

I am amazed that all you science-minded people so easily abandon your principles that you use to beat me over the head. You can't even come up with one characteristic that separates the genders. I  am a theist by definition because I believe in God. I can't not believe in God and be an theist because I personally define theism that way. What happened to science and logic?

Who is doing this?  Do you think that trans people are recruiting first graders?

I have lived in the same city (Cedar Rapids) now for 30 years. I am always amused when I go for a walk in a different neighborhood and three or four squad cars show-up. The police never say anything to me, just some staring, even gawking. Hasn't happened in awhile, in part because I have been walking more.

[arewethereyet]

Who is doing this?  Do you think that trans people are recruiting first graders?

I have lived in the same city (Cedar Rapids) now for 30 years.  I am always amused when I go for a walk in a different neighborhood and three or four squad cars show-up.  The police never say anything to me, just some staring, even gawking.  Hasn't happened in awhile, in part because I have been walking more.

You aren't exactly in the land of the open-minded.  My brother, the retired corrections officer, lived there many years and is as MAGA as they come.  He is busy expanding his McMansion on Lake Delhi.  Being a corrections officer made him even more close-minded.  How he got to be so superior is a mystery to me seeing as he is a big dork and always has been.

[Angrboda]

We already have the word irrationality for that.  Why do you use a separate word for the same thing?

Do synonyms offend you?

Did I say that I was offended?

[Thumpalumpacus]

See: no true Scotsman.

Not sure if you’re being sarcastic or not but, in case not, there are probably thousands of threads on here from atheists that believe in all sorts of silly stuff.

Ok then what's the point of being an atheist if you believe in all sorts of silly stuff? Wouldn't believing in gods just be one more silly thing? Why make an exception for that one thing?

Probably has to do with the fact that the word "atheism" refers specifically to the idea of gods being extant.

As a young atheist, I was someone who did not believe in gods but believed in stuff like psychic powers etc. That's because being atheist is no guarantee of being rational.

The unspoken premise of your point here is that all atheism arises from the application of rationality by the atheist to all aspects of his or her life. It's not correct.

[Ahriman]

Ok then what's the point of being an atheist if you believe in all sorts of silly stuff? Wouldn't believing in gods just be one more silly thing? Why make an exception for that one thing?

Probably has to do with the fact that the word "atheism" refers specifically to the idea of gods being extant.

As a young atheist, I was someone who did not believe in gods but believed in stuff like psychic powers etc. That's because being atheist is no guarantee of being rational.

The unspoken premise of your point here is that all atheism arises from the application of rationality by the atheist to all aspects of his or her life. It's not correct.

That's how most atheists see themselves, as paragons of rational thinking and intellectual excellence. It's not correct.

[Lek]

What is the difference between male and female genders then?

Just out of curiosity, what is your theory about how cisgendered individuals determine that they are cisgendered? Obviously, not all people of a biological sex do identify their birth sex as correlating with their gender. How do the others, the normies, come to their conclusion about their gender?

I looked in the mirror. I never had any desires or thoughts about questioning my gender. By the way, I used a stereotypical image of a typical male earlier in the thread. I never watch football or any other sports on TV. I'm also prone to feel bittersweet about past events.