Isaac
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@Isaac, I don't disagree with you on much of what you said, but I think that there ARE folks of the Trans communities who DO feel that they have been born in the wrong body and that a transitional surgery is the only way they will feel right. I've met some of them while working as a musician on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. If EVER there were candidates for "wiring/plumbing" mismatches, Trans folks fall into that group.
I'm not saying there are more genders. (Discounting the "trisexuals" - who will try anything once...) Either you like men or you like women. By romantic roles, I think that's it. I'm saying that the traditional method of male or female assignment and identification may be wrong or at least somewhat incomplete. I.e. you cannot judge the book by its cover.
The brain is the most powerful sex organ. If it says "GO" then you get all hot and bothered over whatever was your brain's point of focus. If your brain says "NO" then you might as well get into a political discussion with Thales750. At least THAT might get you excited about SOMETHING, even if not a fun thing.
To stretch the analogy a bit more, it is analogous to being chastised because you liked Donald Trump more than you liked Joe Biden in the most recent election. Whose fault is that? You like what you like. Sometimes your reasons are logical and simple. Sometimes they are more visceral and emotional. But in the end, you like what you like. And to be chastised because of a private, personal preference is insensitive.
Yeah, I agree. The huge million dollar question (that we already know we don't agree on so I'm not trying to bring it up for debate, really) - is the 'how', i.e. how does it get like that. I still like my Family Tree example, but there I go, bringing it up LOL, I'll stop now.
I'll go a bit further, in an effort to demonstrate just HOW much I DO agree with you (in that there is nothing inherently wrong with your brain's bent toward sexual stimulation when/if you had nothing to do with the making of it) - pedophiles. Let's just clear the air on one thing now. Well ok, 2 things, so I don't get lynched, because you ALWAYS have to say something like this to avoid a lynching. That will be #1. The controversial thing will be #2.
#1. Sex with children is totally and 100% wrong under all circumstances and must never be tolerated by society, etc. etc. etc. etc. We must do our best, within reason, to prevent and protect.
#2. It is irrational and immoral to "hate", abuse, hunt, harass, (etc) - Pedophiles - meaning people who merely have their brain bent in that direction. Why? Because they didn't cause it, in fact it's extremely likely that it was caused by someone doing something to them when little - but regardless of that, they obviously don't wake up in the morning thinking "I'd like to be attracted to children today". They wake up with the thing in their brain that they cannot disabuse themselves of.
It's wrong for them to Act upon it, obviously, but it makes no sense when people, for example, beat up or kill someone because they thought they were a pedophile. Being attracted to someone or something is not in itself a moral wrong, for you have no choice in the matter. Culpability has always been, and will always be (I hope), necessarily linked to CHOICE.
In fact I feel really sorry for those people, having something in their brain which obviously if brought to fruition is terrible and then does deserve punishment. They are not responsible whatsoever for the mere presence of the yearning. They are only responsible for what they do.
I bring all that up since parts of my previous posts alluded to this fact already: There is a big difference between what your brain wants and what you decide to do about it. That difference is why Christians actually CAN say things like "love the sinner, hate the sin".