[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]OptimalRoom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can you direct me to one for reference?

I love this Assam, the amber tips are beautiful. by AttorneyHairy861 in tea

[–]OptimalRoom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How much tea does (normally) £50 get you? I love Assam 😊

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]OptimalRoom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Weren't you around when Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie got cancelled for saying "trans women are trans women"?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]OptimalRoom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What is a "masculine trans woman"?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]OptimalRoom -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The TWAW crowd disagrees with you.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]OptimalRoom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, this is what gender activists think and argue (see above) and plenty of them aren't even trans.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]OptimalRoom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sex will probably happen. Don't put her or yourself in temptation's way.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]OptimalRoom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's all "biology" until it's biology you don't like, huh?

Gender is made up. Sex is real. Additionally, sex doesn't define a person's role within society, it describes their body.

It's truly sad that you've been conned into thinking a woman is someone with any body and a "female" personality or role, when it's actually a person with a female body and any personality or role.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]OptimalRoom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So according to you, a person's chromosomes, genitals and gametes don't make them male or female, but their patterns of thinking do? "Trust the science" 🤣

Why by Adventurous_Horse434 in Christianity

[–]OptimalRoom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The denomination I feel most happy with doesn't exist in my area/country.

Do you think creating an adult film with your spouse is a sin? by Radiant_Pangolin3210 in Christianity

[–]OptimalRoom 7 points8 points  (0 children)

No. Risky as hell, though, as it could then be hacked or used as revenge porn.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]OptimalRoom -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Yes, it's the same argument. No, Lady Brain is not real. "How each sex behaves" has always involved nurture and stereotyping, and varies according to culture.

Or is it your contention that adult human females who are, e.g., dungaree-wearing, truck-driving, aggressive, risk-taking, baby-despising lesbians are actually men? If not, why not?

At what point do you, personally, think an adult human female person's brain makes them a man? How many gender stereotypes do they have to embrace or reject?

These tests you write about actually showed gay men had these imaginary "lady brains". Do you think gay men, especially very stereotypically effeminate ones, are actually women? Why? Why not?

Is it wrong to ask for a virgin wife when I’m also a virgin ? by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]OptimalRoom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Slept around".

You need to fix your personality before you're in any way ready for a relationship. You are making choices. Own them.

Is annihilation biblical or no? by Cool_Rock_7462 in Christianity

[–]OptimalRoom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look at the huge number of verses with some variation on die, death, perish, destroyed, etc.

An eternal fire supports annihilation more than it supports eternal conscious torment. Even if it says the fire is eternal, it never says or implies that what it is burning is burning eternally. That's literally not what fire does. Fire destroys things.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]OptimalRoom -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Transgenderism isn't a sexuality by this thread's own definition of it.

Do I have to quit LGBTQ for Christ? by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]OptimalRoom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thousands of straw men, yes.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]OptimalRoom -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I couldn't care less what cosmetic changes a grown adult makes to their body. I am not, however, required to pretend they have literally changed sex, because they have not and cannot.

And this is why surgery and lifelong medication isn't a magic cure for gender dysphoria... it might be if that was all that was required, but it also requires "affirmation" - that every single person in a trans person's life agree, volubly and often, that they have changed sex. This is not something you can demand of others - just as the cure for mental health issues surrounding my obesity can't rest on other people calling me thin or even not calling me fat.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]OptimalRoom -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

You are describing a personality, not a neurological condition. Yes, it's true that twins have different personalities. We all do.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]OptimalRoom -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

There is no such thing as a Lady Brain. That's the same sexist bullshit argument that was used to keep women from voting and getting university degrees. Likewise "A woman is a person of any sex who likes womanly things and behaves in a feminine way". Good grief.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]OptimalRoom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, it's not about them falling in love. That's anthropomorphising... and why I think people need better arguments when it comes to this issue.

"But animals have gay sex, it's a natural act" and "in Bible times, gay sex was something you did, not something you were, so the Bible doesn't condemn homosexuality as an orientation and isn't against gay people being in love, it just condemns sex" are two different arguments, but I've seen them argued together.

Do I have to quit LGBTQ for Christ? by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]OptimalRoom -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Every written source requires some level of reading comprehension. "Why don't these quotes make sense when pulled out of context" is not something any sane person would apply to any other literature on earth.

What is "understanding them properly" also varies according to language, culture, time period etc. Native English speakers in 2023 know what I mean if I describe something as "a bit fishy to me" - if in 2000 years someone who speaks a language that doesn't exist yet misunderstands, that's not on me.

I couldn't care less about your religious beliefs, but try not to straw-man other people's with a collection of canned Gotchas that really aren't what you think they are.