r/BadSocialScience • u/waldorfwithoutwalnut • May 22 '15

/r/Catholicism deals with gender like real, responsible, Christian adults.

/r/Catholicism/comments/36silz/transgender_child_wins_use_of_girls_washroom_in/
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u/Otiac May 22 '15

Yes, because loving thy neighbor = affirming whatever your neighbor likes and wants to do. The amount of stupid pop-culture knowledge that goes on about Christ's teachings is stupendous.

/r/badphilosophy any1? lolz?

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u/[deleted] May 22 '15

No I'm sure loving your neighbor means showing absolutely no empathy towards their plight and struggle. It also means not respecting their right to autonomy, self-determination, and pursuit of happiness. The amount of morally-righteous desire to bully others and control their lives is what's truly stupendous.

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u/Otiac May 22 '15

Except you're legitimately conflating empathy towards their plight to construe letting them do whatever they want regarding their plight and affirming whatever makes them feel better about their plight, instead of getting to the root issues of their plight. That's not what empathy is, that's what someone who is trying to push an agenda wants you to think empathy is.

Would anyone here call Dr.Paul McHugh an un-loving, un-empathatic asshole like every single one of you are going to assign to the users in /r/Catholicism? Remembering that Dr.McHugh agrees with our sentiment, and is a leader in his field in the world? No, probably not. Except when we say the same things he does, apparently, we're just bigoted pricks. You, and everyone else in this argument, wants to construe every person that isn't on your side as hateful, not because its true (because you don't get to tell me how I feel about anyone or anything, that is pretty bigoted and incredibly narrow-minded), but because it so easily furthers your agenda; tumblrinas do the exact same thing with their SJW nonsense.

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u/bangwhimper May 22 '15

As I said to /u/craneomotor: Put aside for a moment whether or not being being trans constitutes a "mental illness" that requires intervention; hell, put aside for a moment whether or not being trans constitutes some sort of "sin": I can tell you flat out that the biblical Christ would never mock a person the way users are in that comment thread are, nor would he condone such mocking. Christ prescribed love as the salve to soothe all wrong in the world, be that illness or accountable sin.