Magical Realist
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He's living a lie in an attempt to appear "normal". Only that isn't normal for him. It's normal for others.
Crazy things famous Christians say
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He's living a lie in an attempt to appear "normal". Only that isn't normal for him. It's normal for others.
They can be taught about religion more objectively then decide for themselves when they are mature enough. Proper teaching or picking something up from parents is not brainwashing. Teaching children to believe in fantasy before they are old enough to decide is brainwashing. Not teaching them such & not telling them they deserve to suffer for eternity unless they believe is not brainwashing.
StrangerInAStrangeLa,
Decide what?
You can't teach belief. Didn't you know that?
What do you think Mickey Mouse is? Real?
What do you think the tale of Robin Hood is?
And the bogus theory of evolution? Puh!
Yeah! Because every single religion teaches that. Right?
jan.
Decide what?
You can't teach belief. Didn't you know that?
What do you think Mickey Mouse is? Real?
What do you think the tale of Robin Hood is?
And the bogus theory of evolution? Puh!
Yeah! Because every single religion teaches that. Right?
jan.
The impulse that drives you to have sex with certain people.
You're asking if i've outgrown the impulsive urges to have sex with ''certain people''?
Yes.
jan.
Magical Realist
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Because it's against his nature. Like being attracted to men isn't normal for you. Or maybe not?
How is his nature any different to any heterosexual man?
Surely heterosexuality is to be considered normal, because every male [or almost) have no problem having sex with females.
jan.
Magical Realist
Valued Senior Member
Because he is sexually oriented towards men.
Not true. At least 5% of males are not sexually attracted to females. We call them "gay".
Should we say that because the majority of people in the US are white, that it is normal to be white in the US and abnormal to be non-white? No. Normalcy depends upon what is normal for YOU.
Ah, so you have become asexual. Good for you.
Magical Realist,
Why is it his nature as opposed to his choice?
Is personal choice to be regarded as orientation?
So if you're not sexually attracted to a type, is that to be attributed to nature, or personal taste.
Again, does it become an orientation.
How do you determine that one is naturally not attractive to the opposite sex.
Not being normal doesn't automatically render you abnormal, especially in the example you giv, it simply means minority. However, if people started popping up with two heads...
jan.
Why is it his nature as opposed to his choice?
Is personal choice to be regarded as orientation?
So if you're not sexually attracted to a type, is that to be attributed to nature, or personal taste.
Again, does it become an orientation.
How do you determine that one is naturally not attractive to the opposite sex.
Not being normal doesn't automatically render you abnormal, especially in the example you giv, it simply means minority. However, if people started popping up with two heads...
jan.
Attracted, you mean.jan said:
One way is by MRI brain scans. Another way is by using variants of the methods researchers use to determine pedophilia in unreliable subjects (and most are) - blood flow in the genitals is not under voluntary control, as it turns out.
There are all kinds of approaches and threads of evidence one can employ, if actually interested - and they have been employed, and they all agree: a normal human population will include a certain percentage range of homosexually oriented adults, and this will be true regardless of culture or upbringing or any other factor amenable to conscious choice and manipulation. Interestingly enough, the percentage is about in the range of lefthandedness - a similarly stubborn, similarly despised and frequently persecuted minority, with similarly inexplicable origins and similarly universal distribution.
Magical Realist
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Because it's his orientation. Noone chooses what gender they are sexually oriented to.
Nope. Sexual orientation is a matter of what gender you are attracted to, not what "type".
You ask the person they're not attractive to. Duh..
Same with being gay. You are not abnormal, simply in the minority.
Never heard of that happening. Why do you mention it?
Decide what to believe or not believe about godfantasy, obviously.
People have been doing it for thousands of years.
I did not say or imply that.
No. Abnormal means not normal. It is not a bad word or an insult. There is nothing wrong with being abnormal. The ab prefix means the same as the a in atheist. If I recall correctly, the ab prefix came from Latin & the a came from Greek. Speaking of atheists, we are abnormal too.
Magical Realist,
1 That doesn't answer the question. What makes it his orientation?
2 Not according to Cynthia Nixon. Apart from that, why do you think you can't choose whic gender you are oriented to, assuming we are using the definition of orientation:
Orientation - a person's basic attitude, beliefs, or feelings in relation to a particular subject or issue.
Okay.
Because that would be seen as abnormal by today's standards.
jan.
1 That doesn't answer the question. What makes it his orientation?
2 Not according to Cynthia Nixon. Apart from that, why do you think you can't choose whic gender you are oriented to, assuming we are using the definition of orientation:
Orientation - a person's basic attitude, beliefs, or feelings in relation to a particular subject or issue.
Okay.
Because that would be seen as abnormal by today's standards.
jan.
Enmos
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"Not normal" has a bad connotation as well. Perhaps "abnormal" is best 'translated' as "out of the ordinary," "uncommon," or something like "not of the majority" or "not the norm."
By the way, being an atheist is pretty much the norm where I live.