There's more to Gender Dysphoria than just a simple Disorder, it's more so a birth defect and allot of the reasoning behind gender identity … more'issues' lies within biology, here are some links to scientific studies on Trans-sexuality:
BBC News
Oxford Academic
Oxford Academic #2
NCBI
NeuroImage PDF
There's allot more out there, feel free to continue your research before making your final verdict.
Also, where and from how many scientific studies have you got your percentages for those suicide rates and would you care to give us some insight on the causes found by those scientific studies? It's interesting that your hypothesis is that suicide due to their mental instability and you don't believe it's the more likely factor of Trans and Homophobia - as even today people are beaten to death for their uncontrolled affections towards the same gender or present any other factors in general.
The reason that I used a religious basis for my argument, is because I truly believe that God created human beings.
I'm not a believer in evolution, because Evolution teaches that the only thing that matters is survival, and therefore right and wrong does not exist, but rather culture simply makes it up as it goes.
If you harm child, a crippled, or an elderly person, as human beings we automatically feel that you're the worst person in the world, and that you deserve to be punished for it.
Yet those three categories that I just mentioned are the same categories that animals have on their menu when they go hunting. The young because they're inexperienced, the old because they no longer have the same stamina that they used to have and therefore make easy targets, and its the same with the ones that a crippled.
So therefore, if human beings were just another form of animal, we wouldn't feel the moral outrage that we do when someone does harm a child, a cripple, or an elderly person.
And I do realize that many in the atheist community are offended by any mention of God, or the idea of a God. That's why many of them want the words "In God We Trust", taking off our currency.
And respectfully, I have to say that I don't understand that, and the reason why is because since atheist to not even believe God is real, then how can He possibly offend them?
I ask you, respectfully, which is more irrational, to believe in God that you don't see, or to be offended by God that you don't even believe in?
And please don't get me wrong, I do try to respect everyone's point of view, even if I don't understand it.
And answer your other question, no I don't have a problem with what people do in their personal lives, but I also don't think it's fair that they should try to shove it down the throats of everyone else, especially those who either simply do not understand it, or don't agree with it.
Tolerance is a two way street. If you want people to be tolerant of you, and your beliefs, then you need to be tolerant of them and their beliefs, even if you don't agree with what they believe in.
The idea behind classic Liberalism is this: You can believe what you want to believe, and live the way you want, and I will not condemn you for it, but I don't but I don't have to accept your lifestyle, or your company.
I know, but you're using RELIGION to back up your stance in a LOGICAL argument. I'm simply pointing out that your argument is illogical and … moreinvalid, and doesn't add to the thread at all. This thread is, in a nutshell, a logical debate on whether transgenders should be allowed to compete in their transitioned gender's sport, not a place where we discuss what we can and can't do because some archaic and outdated book said to.
Also, I'm just so curious as to why you care about how other people express themselves. Does it really affect you?
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I hope this helps (sorry about the abortion part as I can't do anything about it but it's still interesting nevertheless)
The reason that I used a religious basis for my argument, is because I truly believe that God created human beings.
I'm not a believer in evolution, because Evolution teaches that the only thing that matters is survival, and therefore right and wrong does not exist, but rather culture simply makes it up as it goes.
If you harm child, a crippled, or an elderly person, as human beings we automatically feel that you're the worst person in the world, and that you deserve to be punished for it.
Yet those three categories that I just mentioned are the same categories that animals have on their menu when they go hunting. The young because they're inexperienced, the old because they no longer have the same stamina that they used to have and therefore make easy targets, and its the same with the ones that a crippled.
So therefore, if human beings were just another form of animal, we wouldn't feel the moral outrage that we do when someone does harm a child, a cripple, or an elderly person.
And I do realize that many in the atheist community are offended by any mention of God, or the idea of a God. That's why many of them want the words "In God We Trust", taking off our currency.
And respectfully, I have to say that I don't understand that, and the reason why is because since atheist to not even believe God is real, then how can He possibly offend them?
I ask you, respectfully, which is more irrational, to believe in God that you don't see, or to be offended by God that you don't even believe in?
And please don't get me wrong, I do try to respect everyone's point of view, even if I don't understand it.
And answer your other question, no I don't have a problem with what people do in their personal lives, but I also don't think it's fair that they should try to shove it down the throats of everyone else, especially those who either simply do not understand it, or don't agree with it.
Tolerance is a two way street. If you want people to be tolerant of you, and your beliefs, then you need to be tolerant of them and their beliefs, even if you don't agree with what they believe in.
The idea behind classic Liberalism is this: You can believe what you want to believe, and live the way you want, and I will not condemn you for it, but I don't but I don't have to accept your lifestyle, or your company.
Is this a serious question?