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eomer

(3,845 posts)
14. I disagree with your post #5.
Sun Dec 30, 2012, 07:04 PM
Dec 2012
cbayer (115,218 posts)

5. Honestly, your response is little better than what she got on Reddit.


Silent3 in post #4 merely expressed his own point of view:

I think that "the sacredness of this body - it is a gift that has been given to us by the Divine Being and, must keep it intact as a submission to the divine will" is an absurd idea...


I think that both should feel equally entitled to their opinion and to express it publicly.

The minister at the time I joined our UU congregation was Rev. Drew, who has been undergoing transgender procedures. Balpreet Kaur seems to be saying that Rev. Drew is going against the divine will of the Divine Being - which sounds just as strong a statement as the opposing position that such a view is absurd. Why don't both viewpoints have equal validity to be expressed?

And a second stockingful of coal-- okasha Dec 2012 #1
That was a really ugly episode, wasn't it. cbayer Dec 2012 #2
One gutsy lady. okasha Dec 2012 #3
Responding kindly to a rude "Redditor" is admirable but hardly... Silent3 Dec 2012 #4
Honestly, your response is little better than what she got on Reddit. cbayer Dec 2012 #5
So it's not enough that I respect that she has the right... Silent3 Dec 2012 #6
So magnanimous of you to respect her the right to look how she wants. cbayer Dec 2012 #7
I didn't suggest that she should do so. Silent3 Dec 2012 #8
Again, I think your attitude towards her is representative cbayer Dec 2012 #10
Who do I have to be to surmise that Republican trickle-down economics is flimsy? Silent3 Dec 2012 #16
We aren't talking about people who wear tin foil hats, though. cbayer Dec 2012 #17
What do "large" or "longstanding" have to do with it? Silent3 Dec 2012 #27
So did Balpreet Kaur insult others who choose not to keep intact their gift from the Divine? eomer Dec 2012 #9
Absolutely not. She does not say that others should follow the path she does. cbayer Dec 2012 #11
Nor did Silent3 in #4. eomer Dec 2012 #12
I have no idea what you are getting at here. Are we talking about the article or cbayer Dec 2012 #13
I disagree with your post #5. eomer Dec 2012 #14
Just as I was disagreeing with his. No problem. cbayer Dec 2012 #15
In a way I agree with you, Sikhs do have a more universal approach to salvation. eomer Dec 2012 #21
I am truly curious about your take on how atheists are treated here. cbayer Dec 2012 #22
So apparently you don't think it's condemnation of other theists... trotsky Dec 2012 #24
My impression is that some defenders here of theists are very quick to tell atheists eomer Dec 2012 #26
As you stated quite well in another post here, you maintain the right to challenge cbayer Dec 2012 #29
Re: "I have never told anyone here..." - I think you did in your post #5 above. eomer Dec 2012 #30
I was talking about this site and this group in particular. cbayer Dec 2012 #31
And how does your wish that Richard Dawkins skepticscott Dec 2012 #28
Perhaps we ought to consider cleft lips, disfiguring conditions easily corrected dimbear Dec 2012 #18
She is not being honored for having facial hair, cbayer Dec 2012 #19
Just as apples and oranges are both fruit, so are facial hair and cleft lips both appearances dimbear Dec 2012 #20
Actually, I just did some research on the cleft palate issue. cbayer Dec 2012 #23
We can hardly go further without a tip of the hat to Ste. Wilgefortis, pioneer in this area. dimbear Dec 2012 #25
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