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It’s defensible.Yeah anyone can say whatever they want.
But is it defensible in the context of American Politics?
Or is this just a pointless nonsense exercise?
How do we know what humans value? Seriously?How do you determine what those values are?
Like boys are boy, girls are girls, and masks don’t work?
See? This is exactly what I meant by asserting without justifying.My is the revealed word of God in scripture. I don’t avoid the questions.
This guy no doubt still thinks that sex is the same thing as gender, despite been falsified already.I'm curious, in your opinion, how does "facts and science" determine a girl or a boy?
This guy no doubt still thinks that sex is the same thing as gender, despite been falsified already.
It seems that you are saying that what humans value determines what’s good.How do we know what humans value? Seriously?
Well, ok. We can observe them. And we can read and hear what they tell us. Do we see them seeking comfort and liberty? Or do they like misery and slavery?
Is that honestly a serious question?I'm curious, in your opinion, how does "facts and science" determine a girl or a boy?
What would count as justification in your worldview?See? This is exactly what I meant by asserting without justifying.
Is that honestly a serious question?
The "good" is what satisfies our enduring values.It seems that you are saying that what humans value determines what’s good.
A member sent this to me. “This is a time when the USA needs to be striving for unity, not divisiveness.”
Biden has called for unity. What are we to unify around, and why?
The Bible does.Why wouldn't it be? I already explained the issue, that science does not provide a simple explanation of what makes one male and what makes on female.
How do you define enduring values?The "good" is what satisfies our enduring values.
Obviously we have fleeting transient values which sometime conflict with the enduring ones. Wisdom is knowing the difference.
The ones we observe humans to have which dont vary among time, place, culture.How do you define enduring values?
Justification has nothing to do with one's worldview.What would count as justification in your worldview?
Like not killing the unborn?The ones we observe humans to have which dont vary among time, place, culture.
The issue that I take with this line of reasoning is that you are letting perfection be the enemy of good when it comes the definitions of "boy" and "girl". If the definition covers say 99.9% cases then I would say that is a solid useful definition. When it comes to outliers it needs it own scientific theory to explain the outliers.I'm not even wanting to go that far yet. My point is, it is very hard to create a single, concise definition of what makes a boy and what makes a girl.
If you go by "sex organs", then what about a hermaphrodite? Do you say if the organs resemble male more than female (51% male) then the person is a boy? Yes, there are few "true hermaphrodites" where it is that close a call, but they do exist. Additionally, if you solely use this definition, doesn't that mean, with surgery, someone should be able to change gender.
Of course, then you get "it isn't that simple" argument -- and they start to go to internal sexual organs. And, granted, this can be helpful when determining what to do with a child that doesn't have clearly defined outer sex characteristics. For example, I know a girl who was born with no vagina, though she does have ovaries and a (misshapen) uterus, so she has a surgically created vagina today (just like a transsexual) -- which if for no other reason was needed for menstruation. But, if you use this definition, does that mean that people who have hysterectomies or other types of (accidental or intentional) castration no longer have a sex? Or, again, what about children born without working sex organs (no working ovary or testicles) -- or in cases where both seem to exist (either functional or non-functional). Also, does the brain count as a sexual organ (since there are noted differences between brains of the average male and female)?
And, of course, most will claim that "science" would claim sex is what DNA states that it is. The issue here, we then have (from birth) people who have XY chromosomes and female sex organs, or people with XX chromosomes that have male sex organs. And that doesn't get into X0 (only one sex chromosome), XY, XXY, XYY, XXYY, etc.
My point is that "male" and "female" is not as easy as most people try to claim it is, particularly if you are going to claim "science."
Justification has nothing to do with one's worldview.
What would you consider to be justifying?See? This is exactly what I meant by asserting without justifying.
You are clearly behaving in bad faith, by arguing semantics here.What would you consider to be justifying?
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