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In reply to the discussion: Balpreet Kaur: Huffington Post Religion's Person Of The Year [View all]eomer
(3,845 posts)14. I disagree with your post #5.
cbayer (115,218 posts)
5. Honestly, your response is little better than what she got on Reddit.
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?
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Who do I have to be to surmise that Republican trickle-down economics is flimsy?
Silent3
Dec 2012
#16
So did Balpreet Kaur insult others who choose not to keep intact their gift from the Divine?
eomer
Dec 2012
#9
I have no idea what you are getting at here. Are we talking about the article or
cbayer
Dec 2012
#13
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
Perhaps we ought to consider cleft lips, disfiguring conditions easily corrected
dimbear
Dec 2012
#18