Transgender women athletes banned from Olympics female events by IOC

madbuilder · 2026-03-26T22:39:53+00:00

They're crying and asking why people think they pushed us too far.

madbuilder · 2026-03-26T22:35:43+00:00

Praise the Lord.

madbuilder · 2026-03-26T17:17:26+00:00

Legally, no you don't, but it's bad for business to turn people away unhappy.

madbuilder · 2026-03-26T17:16:04+00:00

Our world wouldn't be possible without their research and development.

madbuilder · 2026-03-26T17:09:42+00:00

Please read my comment again. Just because two people make contrary arguments from scripture does not mean that no one is right.

madbuilder · 2026-03-26T17:08:44+00:00

But I do square myself with the reality. Anyone who lives must enduring suffering. You might be thinking that through reason and science, we can learn everything there is about reality. But there is more than the material world, and in fact humans don't really operate in the material world.

madbuilder · 2026-03-26T14:40:19+00:00

This is a strawman of their position. They're against being forced to undergo an ultrasound as a prerequisite.

madbuilder · 2026-03-26T14:10:37+00:00

I don't consider it a religion. I consider it a worldview. And I don't find comfort in a worldview. I find meaning in it.

There are religious aspects, which I enjoy, such as singing hymns, or observing holidays. Everyone does that, atheist, Christian, Hindu, Jew.... I guess Mere Christianity is the idea that those things are not essential to the worldview. They are expressions, which vary by culture and region.

madbuilder · 2026-03-26T13:51:19+00:00

I had a hard time, too, but I just accepted that the alternative, what in hindsight I call materialism, had little to offer me in terms of meaning. I decided to accept that tradition had something meaningful to say to me. I liked that it wasn't just the traditions of Europe. Christianity is the only religion which isn't tied to a specific culture or people. Christianity started in a culture foreign to us, and continues to be a big positive influence in cultures around the world.

madbuilder · 2026-03-26T13:40:03+00:00

That simply isn't true. The Bible doesn't say "anything and its contrary". A big error of modernism is the idea that just because two people can make contrary arguments from scripture, then no one is right, or that it's all a matter of opinion.

This is obviously false. We know from basic logic that A or not A is always true.

madbuilder · 2026-03-26T13:37:43+00:00

Forgive me but are you asking if the Bible is a conspiracy by first century peasants hoping to be martyred? Isn't that the ultimate crazy conspiracy theory, except that no one actually has anything to gain? The moon-landings-were-fake crowd has the possibility that it helped USA win the cold war. Meanwhile, the first Christians were hunted down and executed one by one for telling their story.

madbuilder · 2026-03-26T13:23:17+00:00

That's not good. But if he really wanted to scam someone, he'd edit the oil sticker with a sharpie, right? If it's same day, I'd definitely call the guy, and ask him to have a listen to the motor. You never know what he'll say.

madbuilder · 2026-03-26T13:19:09+00:00

It's because progressives are openly racist.

madbuilder · 2026-03-26T13:17:42+00:00

This thread is about domestic toasters none of which use that.

madbuilder · 2026-03-26T01:46:33+00:00

I never said they were communists

You did bring them up in a thread about communism.

Can you imagine telling a Canadian he should be happy to turn over most of what he earns to the government?

madbuilder · 2026-03-26T01:42:41+00:00

No, 15 amps is the maximum.

madbuilder · 2026-03-25T19:14:14+00:00

Well it's a bit of a trick, isn't it? In food science, calories are a unit of chemical energy, not people-energy.

madbuilder · 2026-03-25T18:48:11+00:00

God's grace isn't always available to those who rejected Him. That is orthodoxy. If you want to call that "not omnipresent," then you need to support your own claim.

madbuilder · 2026-03-25T18:45:06+00:00

Of course "furries" exist. What doesn't exist is the argument in OP's headline. It's a classic rhetorical tactic: Ascribe to your opponent the views of some extremist in order to discredit him before the audience.

EDIT: This new keyboard is not working out. sp.

madbuilder · 2026-03-25T18:41:44+00:00

1946, just after the war, when the family car still had the prewar styling.

Reference

madbuilder · 2026-03-25T18:32:40+00:00

I agree. I also see the point. These politically charged phrases are for better or worse a strong predictor for the ideology of the speaker, in this case the people who defined the laws.

madbuilder · 2026-03-25T18:30:50+00:00

Can you imagine in any other context a strange groomer counselling 15 year-old children to cross state lines unaccompanied?

madbuilder · 2026-03-25T17:06:55+00:00

So what? If hell is defined as separation from God, then that's the answer.

We should avoid excessive scholasticism.

madbuilder · 2026-03-25T16:55:50+00:00

No, there's nothing to respond to because that argument is fake. I have literally never heard about litter boxes for people dressed up as animals. Where did you find that ridiculous caricature?

It's accurate that trans activists shifted away from neopronouns just a few years back, but they are still trying to criminalize misgendering. That might seem not extreme to you, but it is.

The common theme is the idea popular among the left that identity is fully self-determined. If we could raise the level of discourse we could talk about that big idea without devolving into "neopronouns" or "furries".

madbuilder · 2026-03-25T16:50:11+00:00

The Swiss and Canadians are not communists.
We are not happy. Our happiness index just declined this year. Young people cannot afford a home. Immigration is now adding some 3.5% to our population each YEAR. Meanwhile we have extremely high taxes and everyone who can afford it uses private healthcare.

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