gemmaem
10mo ago
Many Christians, including some of the more conservative ones, do not believe that every single word of the Bible is the literal word of God. On the contrary, the letters of Paul (for example) are the word of Paul — some of which Paul himself believes to have come from God, and some of which is explicitly given as “I didn’t get this from God but it seems like common sense.”
gemmaem
10mo ago
I nevertheless appreciated the quote from an activist saying they thought it was stupid, tried to shout over it, and don’t want it to represent the movement. That’s a much more sensible response.
gemmaem
10mo ago
My usual phrasing is ‘I am preferentially (as opposed to apathetically) cisgender.’ Which means, yeah, I’m cisgender and happy about it. Happy to say so anytime :)
gemmaem
11mo ago
I see that Team "My outgroup is cartoonishly stupid/evil and has no useful motivations or genuine concerns that I might need to take into account" continues to be very popular around here.
gemmaem
11mo ago
What prompts this entire rigamarole in the first place? Why can't you just go to jail for repeat shoplifting?
Does this not come under "better identify and track repeat offenders and facilitate stronger prosecutions"? It looks to me like you're complaining about what could be just a stronger both/and approach. Treating jail as part of the solution but not the whole solution makes perfect sense to me.
Probably! I still appreciated the question, though. Even with religion, sometimes you can have an interesting conversation with someone who is willing to take these questions seriously.
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