tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572095228809360173.post5098080326966906504..comments2023-03-25T21:30:11.712+08:00Comments on My Black Bikini: Down the Rabbit HoleMaureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10978319002478511193noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572095228809360173.post-67561020741273055832011-09-20T13:58:59.949+08:002011-09-20T13:58:59.949+08:00Thanks Dan :) That is a great quote from Alexandro...Thanks Dan :) That is a great quote from Alexandro there. I will be re-using it. <br />xoMaureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10978319002478511193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572095228809360173.post-43830917230090584122011-09-15T00:21:28.021+08:002011-09-15T00:21:28.021+08:00I just love this post so much. I feel very strongl...I just love this post so much. I feel very strongly about drug addiction, but not for/against, rather that the majority of addicts are genuinely at the intersection of shitty circumstances and the opportunity to abuse drugs to (mentally, in most cases, and financially for those few who take up dealing). In the majority of cases harm could be interpreted as any damage they may inflict on others through their own use, or in the few cases of those who turn to stealing or dealing to fund their addiction, the harm that those activities inflict.<br />In which case, given the history required to produce an addict, surely any loving god would beseech us to extend help in a spirit of compassion and feel love for their creations given that they put those persons into a life in which they would face the circumstances leading to addiction.<br /><br />As for the argument around love being sin or not, this is the profoundest thought I've heard expressed in recent times:<br />"Some people say homosexuality is a sin. It’s not. God is perfectly cool with it. God feels the exact same way about homosexuality that God feels about heterosexuality. Now you might say, ‘Whoa, slow down. You move too fast. How could you have the audacity, the temerity, to speak on behalf of God?’ Exactly, that’s an excellent point and I pray that you remember it."<br />— Ted AlexandroDan Meowhttp://lemonwackyhello.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572095228809360173.post-22701415533749472752011-09-12T12:33:40.907+08:002011-09-12T12:33:40.907+08:00I've sent them a link Kath, thanks to your sug...I've sent them a link Kath, thanks to your suggestion. Let the fun begin (again) ;)<br /><br />I LOVE this Carolyn - "in this day and age of information being readily available, it is the responsibility of everyone who claims the right to having a strong opinion that they educate themselves." <br /><br />Again and again we see religious 'pacifists' sticking their heads in the sand and saying "we love everyone, don't insult and offend us, we are peaceful" .... if peaceful means wilfully ignorant then I'd agree BUT as you say, the info is out there, so anyone with a strong opinion, especially like the Mormon one of gay people = sinners, then they CANNOT just say they believe this bcos the prophet says so! That kind of stupidity should be ridiculed and called out!Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10978319002478511193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572095228809360173.post-33064404880204903412011-09-10T19:34:31.802+08:002011-09-10T19:34:31.802+08:00And that should read "a female body, with a f...And that should read "a female body, with a female brain that is attracted to males." I don't actually have two brains and no body....although sometimes I think it would be useful if I did! ;0)Carolynhttp://carolyn-mychange.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572095228809360173.post-89378795978694842712011-09-10T19:31:37.054+08:002011-09-10T19:31:37.054+08:00My argument to religious people who are anti anyth...My argument to religious people who are anti anything other than heterosexuality is how do they reconcile their version of god, with a child who is born with XY chromosomes (male) but has a uterus (female) and one small gonad (a gonad is a testicle in males, an ovary in females) that is in the position and appears as an ovary, and one that appears like an undescended testicle, with ambiguous genitalia (appearance of a small but empty scrotum with a division down the middle making it look a bit like labia, and something that is a cross between a very enlarged clitoris and a very small penis)? How would they classify this baby? Male because of the XY chromosome, undescended teste, malformed scrotum and undersized penis? Or female because of the uterus, ovary, malformed labia and oversized clitoris? <br />And then, who would this person say this child was "allowed" to have sex with when they grew up?<br />If your version of "god" can allow this sort of thing to happen (and he/she/it does all the time), then how can you believe that things are so neatly divided into two sexes with them only allowed to be attracted to the opposite sex? Intersex is a massive problem for so many people who feel incredibly marginalised. What of the "females" who appear to be 100% female until they fail to start to menstruate, and it is then discovered their chromosomes are XY, they have a "blind" vagina (meaning it doesn't end with a cervix and uterus), and undescended testes? These are technically males who either were not exposed to testosterone in utero, or whose receptors failed to respond to the testosterone and therefore present as the biological default gender - female. So they are actually, technically male...except for the lack of testosterone. The main way in which they differ from someone born male who has had gender reassignment surgery is that one of them had nature do it to them before birth, and the other had a surgeon do it to them after birth.<br />It is not as simplistic as some people like to make out. Some people will go through life blissfully unaware that there is anything outside their understanding of Male = penis, Female = vagina. But in this day and age of information being readily available, it is the responsibility of everyone who claims the right to having a strong opinion that they educate themselves.<br />I am grateful that I have a female brain, with a female brain that is attracted to males. But I recognise that others are not so lucky, and I have compassion for them. <br />Isn't that what most religions teach?Carolynhttp://carolyn-mychange.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3572095228809360173.post-27989068590151718842011-09-10T18:02:04.341+08:002011-09-10T18:02:04.341+08:00I probably would disagree on the drug addict part,...I probably would disagree on the drug addict part, but the rest of it is spot on. You should send your evangelist a link to this blog. ;)Kathnoreply@blogger.com