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Edited by Mrph1 on Dec 1st 2023 at 6:52:14 PM
One thing to remember, Starship, is science is not a hive-mind. It's a ferociously competitive industry. If they have a chance to prove another scientist wrong, they will. It's a cutthroat field.
edited 2nd Feb '13 10:16:22 AM by DrTentacles
I'm talking about the facts stating that things happen in the womb that affect orientation. (Actually the studies suggest it, but to my reading, the suggestion is srong enough to be a fact for the purposes of this discussion). People then say, "....and therefore it can't be controlled."
And I'm like "Yeah, are we so sure?"
Did you just call me Seven of Nine???
edited 2nd Feb '13 10:24:44 AM by TheStarshipMaxima
It was an honorThe biggest shake up of such a "What if" scenario for me would be the fact that it makes massive global conspiracies a very real possibility. After all, if the medical community could run such a conspiracy that there is suddenly legitimate grounds to reconsider every other far out conspiracy theory. From the moon landing being a hox to there being a secret one world government. Though admittedly that's less a reaction to a "what if there was a global conspiracy to hide homosexuality being a mental illness" and more reaction to any "what if [insert massive global conspiracy theory here] was true"
Edit: as I have no idea what "Seven of Nine" means I can't answer that.
edited 2nd Feb '13 10:29:10 AM by Silasw
"And the Bunny nails it!" ~ Gabrael "If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we." ~ Cyran
There was a very good video about moon landing conspiracy theories posted over on the Aviation thread in Yack Fest.
Schild und Schwert der Partei@Silsaw: A Star Trek character.
METAL GEAR!?It can't be controlled by the affected party. They're only a baby at the time, and lack the doctorate in genetics you would need to manipulate the environment to produce a desired outcome.
I knew that never watching Star Trek would one day catch up with me.
"And the Bunny nails it!" ~ Gabrael "If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we." ~ CyranSeven of Nine was the hot Borg drone who Janeway freed. Initially, she was all like "No! I want to go back to the hive!" but eventually she became staunchly loyal to the crew, willing to die for them.
She never fully agreed with the Starfleet/Federation way of life, but she displayed some serious angst and anger toward the Borg for the things they did and that she helped them do.
The more I think of it, the more I can see parallels to my own journey from quasi-fundamentalist to gay rights supporter who's frequently mistaken for quasi-fundamentalist.
It was an honorFirst of all, I'd like to say I hope Albor comes back. Starship has gotten far too agreeable for my tastes Still, there's stuff I can work with here...
Okay, so what do you mean by "can't be controlled" Starship? Do you mean they have no physical control over whom they have sex with? Cause I don't know of any studies that suggest that. Do you mean: Have no control over whom they are attracted to? Cause I have some strong anecdotal and observed evidence that I have absolutely zero control over to whom I'm attracted, and neither do most people.
If you do mean the former (as I suspect you must), then we can agree with that and ask if the latter is true. Then the question becomes: Is it healthy to deny your sex drive and try to quash it?
Sorry buddy, I don't care who you are (unless you're secretly a woman), Seven of Nine is hotter than you.
EDIT: Fixed
edited 2nd Feb '13 10:37:23 AM by Vericrat
Much to my BFF's wife's chagrin, No Pants 2013 became No Pants 2010's at his house.@'Crat and Elf - I meant "control over who you are attracted to". I fully acknowledge that many inclinations don't change; however, many do. Many have been changed consciously. I know science is still working on which is which, and that's the reason I say perhaps we shouldn't be too hasty to say we "know" it can't be changed.
Also: Even if I was a woman, Seven is hotter than me by a light-year. She second to Uhura (both versions) as fictional characters I'd do on the spot.
It was an honorThe overall point I'm trying to make is that "logic" may seem to support certain leftist ideas because the left is largely in a position to dictate what our currant definition of logic is.
Medical authorities faced pressure to stop labelling a large portion of the population as mentally ill. I wonder why. If you have evidence directly linking that pressure to the decision to make the change, I'd like to see it.
No one authority, even 'the left', dictates what logic is. That is the job of a dictionary.
I'm going to make a vast concession simply for the sake of argument. If we assume that, contrary to the scientific consensus, homosexuality is an artificial trait and can be controlled, why should it be controlled, and why should gay people be treated any differently than others when it comes to the law?
edited 2nd Feb '13 10:50:24 AM by Snipehamster
Starship, please share with me this awesome secret of how to change whom you are attracted to. I have a lot of (what I currently consider) unattractive women and men that I'd love to want to bone. My default setting would be "everyone" and then I'd knock anyone out who's an asshole.
EDIT: Oh, wait, when you said "many have been changed consciously" you mean inclinations, not necessarily attractions. Damn.
edited 2nd Feb '13 10:47:07 AM by Vericrat
Much to my BFF's wife's chagrin, No Pants 2013 became No Pants 2010's at his house.
"But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death." James 1:14-15
edited 2nd Feb '13 10:47:07 AM by Achaemenid
Schild und Schwert der ParteiHey, Starship, can you take a look at my question on the last page? I think you missed it because of the page break.
For the reason you just stated, I'd be doubtful. But, additionally, the Bible tells you to be genuinely worried if anybody claims divine inspiration. The words were specifically placed so you could seek God's counsel on your own, without worry of some mere mortal clouding the intepretation.
I haven't seen any sufficient research that tells me the KJV and the other attendant versions spun from it are functionally false. It's not a case of prefering the King James version over whatever Catholic Version there is.
It was an honorHave you read any of the other versions? What about other religious texts?
Personally, if I were looking for my own interpretation of the divine, I'd want as broad a reading list as I could muster.
edited 2nd Feb '13 12:07:15 PM by Elfive
Careful, that leads to atheism.
"I don't know how I do it. I'm like the Mr. Bean of sex." -DrunkscriblerianConspiracy is not some fictitious concept, it actually happens. And yes, the fact that the APA WAS under intense activist pressure to remove homosexuality from it's list is on it's own enough to call the organization's decision into serious question.
homosexual activists have often resorted to mob tactics to get what they want. It has effectively used these tactics to frighten their opponents into silence. Looking at some of the incidents discussed in the article above and others from the period, it's not hard to imagine that the folks in the APA back then were afraid that there could have been some real violence.
You're funny. No, really. Look, as I said before, science is a cutthroat field. If a scientist screws up, other people will jump on them, to advance their own career. My mother's a scientist, as is my brother. I know this shit.
Poverty used to be considered a mental illness.
Edit: Also, if you have a basic high-school education, and weren't asleep-or went to college, you can look at the studies, and see that the fundamentals are sound.
edited 2nd Feb '13 12:16:04 PM by DrTentacles
So they engaged in public acts to get something changed? How terrible! And so what? Do their actions prove that they were in the wrong? Civil rights activists used these so-called "mob tactics" in the 50s and 60s and they got things changed. What's the point of the article? That the AMA, APA, BMA and every other medical, psychiatric and sexual studies organization from 1973 on changed their positions solely out of fear? Seriously?
What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly.Based on the research I've seen, it's not a mental illness. With that said, was there or was there not external pressure on the APA?
It was an honorFurthermore, do you even know what a mental illness is, or are you just slinging it around because it sounds "scary."
From NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illnesses)
"A mental illness is a medical condition that disrupts a person's thinking, feeling, mood, ability to relate to others and daily functioning. Just as diabetes is a disorder of the pancreas, mental illnesses are medical conditions that often result in a diminished capacity for coping with the ordinary demands of life."
Do any of those sounds like they apply? To be considered a mental illness, a condition has to significantly impair a person's ability to function in society.
Doctor, thanks for sharing that. Of course it does make me think perhaps we need to reconsider the very concept of mental illness overall.
It was an honorAt this point, I genuinely can't tell if this is supposed to be a serious argument or someone's just taking the piss out of conservatives.
edited 2nd Feb '13 12:27:47 PM by HilarityEnsues
After my first post I was rearly just arguing with Starship for defending Albor, he seems to have a thing for trying to make crazy arguments seem sane and reasonable. I'd guss it's something to do with seeing the best in people that makes Starship act that way, that and leftover feelings of comradely from when he was one of the people making crazy assign arguments.
edited 2nd Feb '13 10:15:59 AM by Silasw
"And the Bunny nails it!" ~ Gabrael "If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we." ~ Cyran