UCC Ejector

one of the TV ads for the God Is Still Speaking campaign

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[focoboi]

Ah I love the UCC! :-) They should run these adds again.

[nicXXI]

Great add- God doesn't reject people... I did not perceive this as a slight toward any other denomination of Faith. I did see it as a slam against those who judge and exclude- that they know God wouldn't want certain people worshiping. jabjer56

[NixonisLord]

@sirach What does this mean-"culturally insensitive"? Does this mean a way of saying "wrong" but you think it's sounds better with pseudo-sociological talk added on to it? That all cultures are equal-even those that would beat this man to within an inch of his life? You're trying to judge without taking the trouble of thinking about what your saying and without trying to prove it. It's so vapid and simpering-and Western.

[sirach]

@NixonisLord I think it's culturally insensitive and close-minded to not recognise that many cultures had more than two genders in their conception of human categorisation.

[sirach]

@NixonisLord As I said, cultures such as Southeast Asia, to many First Nations tribes have always had alternative genders. 'Third gender' is this proof that biological sex does not determine a culture's idea of gender. if it doesn't harm you, than what business do you have with those who have gender dysphoric feelings? We as a people are already harrassed, raped, shut out from people, etc. for being ourselves with no harm towards anyone. I just deal with my own self and my friends.

[sirach]

@NixonisLord The difference is that circumcision is generally not chosen by the child, while transsexuality and its existence is something that affects many children in different cultures, from the hijras of India (for which documentation has been found for at least a thousand years), to the fa'afafine of the Pacific Islands. In any case, Canadian medicine has recognised transsexuality as a neurological condition that is inborn, and medical aid can help over suicides of transpeople.

[NixonisLord]

@sirach Transexuality is a harmless personal affectation, like being vegan.

[NixonisLord]

@sirach How do you know that your personal views are the right ones? You have no basis for this, except for your personal fantasy life based on mythological figures. At least I can bring thousands of years of history and genetics to prove that you can no more stop being a genetic male than you could stop being as many years old as you are. And what's the authority in "post modern"? How is this proof of anything or is this your attempt to say "More believe this now than before so it's true"?

[NixonisLord]

@sirach So when they chose which procedures to fund, they chose to help people to live out a fantasy that would be called "mutilation" in another context? Even something as relatively minor as circumcision is being referred to as mutilation by many; you mean it's more acceptable to cut it all off and it's good? And you can get others to pay for it?

[sirach]

@NixonisLord Actually, in Canada, the surgery is mostly covered by our Medical Care. ;)

[sirach]

@NixonisLord The reason why I choose to be open minded about religion is that it enriches my personal life, helps me see other perspectives and views, and causes me to think of the various ways of thinking. Religion is just a concept with many variables, nothing more. There is nothing wrong with being an atheist, inasmuch as there is nothing wrong with being a theist. What IS wrong is the persistance in one's personal views eclipsing the ideals of tolerance in a post-modern society.

[sirach]

@NixonisLord Obviously I will never become a fully-fledged female, but having a feminised body helps alleviate the stresses I do have in my neurological inclinations. And my hormone treatments are not that expensive, and I'm only looking at one surgery. Whatever occurs on this planet is due to my karma and what occured in my past life; God has nothing to do with it.

Transgenderism has been naturally accepted in many traditional societies, so I have no qualm with it.