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I think that biology is more complicated than just "male" and "female" - while most people fit nicely into one of those two boxes, not everyone does. There's also some level of disconnect between biological sex (i.e. the parts you're born with) and gender (how you perceive yourself).
Ultimately, everything that happens within our bodies boils down to biology (or biochemistry) on some level. Your physical characteristics, your thoughts, your feelings, they're all determined by some combination of genetics and biochemical reactions - that's just a property of being a living creature.You'd say biology is instrumental in determining "what" you are and how you "feel" about yourself?
How do you think the spirit is attached to "the body" ?? if at all??Ultimately, everything that happens within our bodies boils down to biology (or biochemistry) on some level. Your physical characteristics, your thoughts, your feelings, they're all determined by some combination of genetics and biochemical reactions - that's just a property of being a living creature.
Not a clue. It's not something measurable - it just "is".How do you think the spirit is attached to "the body" ?? if at all??
Do you think there is a male / masculine spirit and a female / feminine one that god assigns us??Not a clue. It's not something measurable - it just "is".
Possibly - like I said, "spirit" isn't something that can be measured.Do you think there is a male / masculine spirit and a female / feminine one that god assigns us??
Im not sure if anyone is currently able to hit the nail on the head in explaining this stuff.Possibly - like I said, "spirit" isn't something that can be measured.
How do you think the spirit is attached to "the body" ?? if at all??
Not my fault.Cute aside, that does not speak to my question.
haUsually orally, then it is broken down by the liver.
Have I. You be the judge.
Likewise here.Okie dokie. I think we have all expressed our views and no need to keep beating the horse. It is is dead for me.
As I've pointed out there are no studies that prove that. You are guessing at something they have not been able to show as true. It's a delusion to think you are the opposite sex when reality and biology say different.It's only a delusion if, in fact, brains are not affected by sex development. If brains are so affected (and every indication is that they are), then it's not a delusion that it's possible for brain and body to not match. So the issue is not that they're "struggling with reality," so much as that their reality is more complex than yours or mine.
I'm mainly concerned about teens. And by the way studies show that transitioning as an adult don't help much either. That's because they still struggle with who they are. That realize the medical treatments didn't fix the problems.I was speaking of the people I care for in real life. None of whom are teenagers, and none of whom transitioned as teenagers. The average age of medical transition, for the record, is in one's thirties.
No it's not. There is no standard on this. Here's an article of undercover work done to show what's happening.Oh, and while we're on the subject of what's really going on, the average time involved in transition is nearly five years. None of this 20-minute consultation and then you're in the operating theatre. It takes literally nearly five years to work through all of this, if that's even what the patient chooses to do.
"Subjective" is basically when whatever is being described is influenced by our based on feelings, opinions, tastes, etc. "Objective" is when whatever is being described is not based on those things, but instead based on something (generally something independently observable/confirmable) that does not change according to feelings, opinions, tastes, etc. A basic example of something subjective would be the taste of food -- for some people, 'fancy' French food is the greatest cuisine in the world, while for others it's disgusting and overhyped. There is no objective criteria by which a particular cuisine can be shown to be 'better' or 'worse' than another. An example of something objective would be the Pythagorean Theorem, which is used to describe the relationship between the three sides of a right triangle. The theorem works the same regardless of where you are in the world, how you feel about triangles, whether or not you care for math as a subject, etc.You know what - I have always - and still do have trouble between "objective" and "subjective".
I understand and believe that there is an objective reality (absolute truth) - I just am never satisfied I am understanding it correctly.
In fact - my whole studylife and drive for growth assumes that my grasp on the "objective" (absolute truth) is incomplete.
I guess I would have always said I am male and I also feel like something inside is a "man". So I guess I'd describe myself as having a gender identity - but I guess some people think there is no gender identity?? You are either male or female and there is nothing on the "inside" that is manly or womanly. So you are only your biology?? Which means once you lose your body, you're not a man anymore??? I had always assumed even after I lost my body I'd still know I'm a "man" because something in me has the "spiritual frequency" (I made that term up haha) of masculine / male / manly ??
I would have thought that there is something happening within a person that they know they are manly or womanly - perhaps a spiritual person might find that easier to believe???
It's not immediately controvercial to me for someone to say they feel something on the inside isn't harmonising with their biology.
By this point - I'm lost.
I have no idea how stuff works haha
I don't think anyone is really hitting the nail on the head in this subject - not yet.
They are certainly trying to conserve something that was common in the past - that's why they are called conservatives.The extreme Christian/traditional/conservative positions held by some now, would be unrecognisable to mainstream Christians of times past
You have constantly said that this is not real. That it's just a delusion,. And that there's only two genders so they are living some fantasy. Your arguments along those lines are everywhere in threads like this. Where can we find an example of this? Oh, look. Actually in this post where in regard to an almost identical situation with depression you say:First of all no one is suggesting that we tell them to get real, it's all in their head so snap out of it. Where on earth did you get that idea?
It's not 'unreal'. Plus just a few posts upstream you said this:But treatment does come with therapy which includes therapy helping them cope with the unreality of their delusions.
Quite right. No point in you posting links to organisations such as the ones you have presented. They only weaken your position. Good idea. But you still seem determined to scrape any barrel to dig up anyone who comes close to supporting your position. See next post...I'm happy to provide resources to others. I won't bother with you anymore. There's no point.
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