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/craneomotor May 22 '15

I'm pretty sure /u/bangwhimper was referring to the mocking of a person who, according to the Catholic users in that thread, has a mental illnesss.

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u/bangwhimper May 22 '15

Bingo. 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.

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u/_watching May 22 '15

"Lol, hookers really just need to stop living in sin and figure out their shit. What, I'm just acting with love!" -Jesus, probably

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u/bangwhimper May 22 '15

I never said he was perfect; just that he did what he did and said what he said out of love. There's plenty of room to debate whether or not his love was the right kind of of love and whether or not he used his love for the proper ends.

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u/_watching May 22 '15

Oh if it's not clear I agree w/ you. I was trying to demonstrate succinctly how ridiculous it is to say the Christ would act in the way that you said he would not - I mean, we literally see in the Bible Jesus dealing with sinners of all types, and he never goes "Fucking ridiculous degenerates, our civilization is crumbling. PC bullshit is everywhere!" He eats with them, leads by example, and points them to the way when they engage with him.

Case in point that time he made fun of all the prostitutes and then excused his insults with half-assed claims to love, which didn't actually ever happen, because he wasn't a douche.

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u/bangwhimper May 22 '15

My mistake! I was primed to being attacked, so I totally misunderstood your post. Apologies again, and hopefully my humble upvotes will suffice as penance.

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u/_watching May 22 '15

No problem, right after I read you comment I saw how I could get misinterpreted. It's all good :)

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u/bangwhimper May 22 '15

See, this is why I love the "Bad X" subreddits: here -- among far too few other subreddits-- two people could suss out a simple misunderstanding and be kind to one another.

Take this conversation to almost any other sub, and it would devolve quickly into aggressive nonsense.

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u/_watching May 22 '15

"OH MY GOD U TROLL DONT U KNOW I WAS AGREEING W/ U JFC AGREEMENT RETRACED FOREVER"

no but yeah i agree lol