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5pacejunk

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Serious question here. Really not TRYING to antagonize, but...

if you have such faith in God, then... why are you all so afraid? Like... of everything.

Afraid of people using bathrooms, afraid of books, afraid of music or video games or movies... afraid of people having freedom and being able to think and choose for themselves?

Why do you not trust God? Isn't that, like, the whole point of this faith?

This doesn't come from nowhere, either. I had an experience recently that brought this to my mind and I thought that it would be best to bring it straight to the community for answers. If you're interested, I can tell the story, but if not, no biggie either.

And yes, I can already hear the frantic keyboard aggression, telling me that "we're not afraid" followed promptly by several Bible verses giving me the company line about living holy, garbage in-garbage out, not putting anything evil before my eyes, etc. Do better, will ya? I'm really trying to find answers and have a genuine discussion. If I wanted an AI response, I'd use Google and be done with it.

Okay, that last bit DID sound a bit antagonistic, but... whatever.
 
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Hey, Spacejunk.

I hope that my answers will not disappoint you, but you should at least respect the fact that they are my honest answers.

What do you mean by being afraid of people using bathrooms? Are you talking about the whole transgender issue? If you are, then it is not really fear related. Instead, it has to do with the safety of young girls and women (primarily), the indoctrinating of children, and things like that. If others seek to force things upon us as individuals, or upon society as a whole, which we deem to be evil, then do we not have the right to push back? It is my experience that the ones who preach "tolerance" are the ones who are the most intolerant of any belief or opinion which is contrary to their own.

Concerning things like books, music, video games, and movies, what of them? Personally, I like to meditate on the word "inspired." Basically, it means "spirit breathed." In other words, everything has an origin and an intent behind it. For me, as a Christian, I fully believe that there are two different spiritual kingdoms at war, and, whether we are consciously aware of it or not, we are all smack dab in the middle of it. In fact, I have personally had multiple encounters with both sides of the spiritual realm, so my belief or faith in such is not just some sort of "blind faith," or it is not solely based upon what I have read in the Bible. With such a stated belief system, ought I not to be concerned, for both myself and my fellow man, if I see the wrong types of spirits seeking to influence or control people? As someone who has been delivered from demonic powers myself in the past, I know, of a certainty, that this is not a game. Instead, as I already stated, it is a very real spiritual war that is constantly raging in this earth. If I were to see you in danger of being severely misled, would you want me to say something to you or not? How could I ever claim to truly love you as my neighbor if I just turned a blind eye to you and kept silent? My point is that it is not just some "fear factor," as you suppose, but it has much more to do with genuinely loving someone instead.

Do you honestly believe that you have the freedom to think and choose for yourself? I mean, to a limited degree, you do, but if you are not consciously aware of the fact that people are constantly seeking to brainwash you, then, quite frankly, you are rather naïve. For example, the so-called "news" is basically a global brainwashing, fear mongering, and social conditioning propagandistic device. If you don't think so, then just start speaking out against the same via some public platform, and you will be unceremoniously censored or cancelled. In other words, true freedom of speech is becoming more and more a thing of the past.

Anyhow, I would love to hear the story that you alluded to. No need to pull any punches with me. Just spit it out, and we will go from there.

Thanks.
 

DaveyDo

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We are human animals, and are fallible to the fears, needs, and drives which are integrated into our species. Separate from the other animals, we have the blessing- which is a two-edged sword- of cognitive understanding and free will.

There is a biological process which goes on with the stimulus/result which triggers anxiety, but unfortunately, I don't have the time to explain, having to get to a meeting.

If you're interested, @5pacejunk, I can go into detail about the process and methods of dealing with those feelings, but, if not, like you said, "no biggie".
 

Blain

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I would like to hear your story to better understand where you are coming from.
 

Magenta

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I heard on the radio coming home from work tonight that AI chat bots are implicated in a couple of suicides (they incited the deceased/egged the person on) and another person very recently doing some research for a school project got an AI chat bot telling them what a waste of space they were yada yada yada not deserving to live etc etc. Anyways, what's this about washrooms? Do you really want perverts with penises in the public washrooms with your juvenile daughters? Maybe you have no children.

What do you mean by being afraid of people using bathrooms?
Yeah, ditto, but then we have men demanding to be allowed into women's dressing rooms
right up to the top rankings in sports and it is allowed because people are being really stupid.
 

daisyseesthesun

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It's terrible for women's rights everywhere. If they want a bathroom, let's make one a safe space for them and leave ours alone.
 

Blain

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I heard on the radio coming home from work tonight that AI chat bots are implicated in a couple of suicides (they incited the deceased/egged the person on) and another person very recently doing some research for a school project got an AI chat bot telling them what a waste of space they were yada yada yada not deserving to live etc etc. Anyways, what's this about washrooms? Do you really want perverts with penises in the public washrooms with your juvenile daughters? Maybe you have no children.


Yeah, ditto, but then we have men demanding to be allowed into women's dressing rooms
right up to the top rankings in sports and it is allowed because people are being really stupid.
It is sad this generation just sad
 

daisyseesthesun

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Someone had to program the AI to do that. Ai can't make that kind of decisions, can they?
 

Magenta

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Someone had to program the AI to do that. Ai can't make that kind of decisions, can they?
Apparently the company (or companies, google is involved) are refusing to take any responsibility.
No surprises there! A chatbot told a 17-year-old that murdering his parents was a "reasonable
response" to them limiting his screen time, a lawsuit filed in a Texas court claims.
 

5pacejunk

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Point #1, yes I do mean the transgender issue. For one thing, most of the stuff about protecting young women has already been debunked by experts.Most of the people saying this stuff know they're lying, they just think we're too stupid to know they're lying. It's stupid culture war nonsense meant to keep us infighting rather than focusing on the important stuff. The stories we've all heard has been called out, rightfully, for being right-wing fearmongering. I honestly can't believe there are people who still believe it. I'm not trying to be a jerk about it, but the whole argument is absolute nonsense. These people are human beings and deserve the same rights and freedoms we want for ourselves. Do unto others, and all that. Nothing is gained from doing things that only serve to make other peoples' lives worse.

Point #2, about entertainment, I refer to verses like Titus 1:15, John 1:3, and Psalm 24:1-2. People really do worry too much. Books like "the ten-cent plague" really shaped my thinking. My whole life, I've heard about how evil everything is from this community, and all it's done is make me think that Christianity has got to be one of the most miserable groups ever. So afraid that everything is going to lead to hell, everything is so evil and wrong and in some cases, even leads to demonic possession. The fact is, that nothing exists without God's allowing it, and it seems absolutely ridiculous that we get so up in arms about everything and to never enjoy what God has put here. Now, if you, personally, think that something isn't good for you, then you are well within your rights to act accordingly (seek out your own salvation, and all that), but my primary concern is this idea that we need to be the police of the world, rather than love the people in it. Besides, it's not our world anyway.

Point #3, yes, all mainstream media is corporate-owned, so yes, it absolutely is brainwashing. Totally agree. It's all owned by corporations, which are all owned by billionaires with a vested interest in maintaining the status quo, keeping us all bickering with one another so that we never notice how we're being railroaded into the ground.

Point #4, I don't care one way or the other about A.I, to be honest. There are hundreds of sci-fi movies and books warning against letting technology grow out of control, but we never listen, do we? This tends to be a theme in human history: that we never learn. And since we're on the cusp of just about everything other imaginable apocalypse, let's go ahead and toss this one in, too, and see what happens. Again, we really are just terrified of everything, aren't we? What happened to trusting God? What happened to "be not afraid?" It's mentioned something like 365 times in the Bible, and yet, all we do is get up in arms about everything. This is exactly what I'm talking about.

I've heard every possible argument about my point of view over the years. I've been called everything in the book by this community. So, you're not gonna shock me by saying I'm lost, deceived, heretical, or whatever. The fact is this is on my heart, and I really think we've caused more harm in this world than any good we might have done, and I really do feel that it's time we change our approach. Maybe pick our battles. Maybe focus more on actual outreach than rallying being political and social movements that do nothing but turn others away from God in the first place. At some point, this community is going to have to reckon with all the harm we've caused, nitpicking over everything while ignoring the more important matters.

Sorry if I sound so grumpy, but I've been getting attacked for my views for a long time, and I'm quite frankly exhausted.
 

Lynx

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Serious question here. Really not TRYING to antagonize, but...

if you have such faith in God, then... why are you all so afraid? Like... of everything.

Afraid of people using bathrooms, afraid of books, afraid of music or video games or movies... afraid of people having freedom and being able to think and choose for themselves?

Why do you not trust God? Isn't that, like, the whole point of this faith?

This doesn't come from nowhere, either. I had an experience recently that brought this to my mind and I thought that it would be best to bring it straight to the community for answers. If you're interested, I can tell the story, but if not, no biggie either.

And yes, I can already hear the frantic keyboard aggression, telling me that "we're not afraid" followed promptly by several Bible verses giving me the company line about living holy, garbage in-garbage out, not putting anything evil before my eyes, etc. Do better, will ya? I'm really trying to find answers and have a genuine discussion. If I wanted an AI response, I'd use Google and be done with it.

Okay, that last bit DID sound a bit antagonistic, but... whatever.
When you see somebody doing something you know is a big mistake, something that will bring a lot of grief, you try to stop him. When you know that the problems his actions are going to cause will affect your life, you try harder.

This is not fear. This is just avoiding trouble. If you drive around a pothole, do you fear the pothole? Do you want the road crew to get the pothole patched because you are afraid of potholes?

This reminds me of something a Christian comedian once said about growing up in a Christian home. "Growing up in a Christian home is a lot like being acquainted with the antidote before you know what the poison is. You spend all your childhood thinking your parents are silly for doing some things and avoiding other things. Then you grow up and learn about the world, and more importantly you have kids and start thinking about what you want to put in their lives, and you're like... Ohhhh. Now I get it!"

If you want to know the effect the poison has, just look at some of the places where the things we try to avoid are prevalent. I have some friends living in some of those places. It's not good. Those places are not doing well at all.

We don't want our places to be like that. So please keep those things out of our places, okay? Thanks.
 
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Point #1, yes I do mean the transgender issue. For one thing, most of the stuff about protecting young women has already been debunked by experts. Most of the people saying this stuff know they're lying, they just think we're too stupid to know they're lying. It's stupid culture war nonsense meant to keep us infighting rather than focusing on the important stuff. The stories we've all heard has been called out, rightfully, for being right-wing fearmongering. I honestly can't believe there are people who still believe it. I'm not trying to be a jerk about it, but the whole argument is absolute nonsense. These people are human beings and deserve the same rights and freedoms we want for ourselves. Do unto others, and all that. Nothing is gained from doing things that only serve to make other peoples' lives worse.
I honestly mean you no offense, but you lost me with your initial comment. In fact, I could not help but chuckle when I read it. "Debunked by experts?" And who, exactly, are these so-called "experts?" Personally, I am my own "expert" (with God's guidance). In other words, I never watch the "news" (there's nothing "new" about that same, OLD rehashed garbage), I totally avoid politics, I fully believe that our so-called learning institutions (schools and colleges) would be better named "indoctrination camps," and I am beyond convinced that our judicial system is totally corrupt. And don't even get me started on so-called "scientists" or "psychologists." Those so-called "experts" cannot even define what a woman is, so they can take their alleged "expertise" and stick it where the sun doesn't shine. With such firm convictions as these, I make my own determinations, or I draw my own conclusions, via a combination of my God-given brain and my own personal observations. Look, if some guy with a penis follows a young girl or woman with a vagina into a bathroom... Let's just say that if I walk in behind him, then he might need a new penis by the time I am through with him. These people need some serious psychological help (actually, they need to be born again), and your so-called "experts" mandate that I and others accept their totally unacceptable lifestyles while threatening us with legal action if we do not succumb to their demands. If some guy with a penis wants to dance around in frilly panties within the confines of his (not her) own home, then fine. If, however, that guy wants to intrude upon the privacy of girls or women in what ought to be safe spaces like public bathrooms or girl's/women's locker rooms, then I and others rightfully have a problem with that. That all said, I do agree with you about the "culture war" part. The Media and other outlets are constantly seeking to create division among people because they know that a house divided against itself cannot stand. While they have everyone distracted and at each other's throats, they are ever increasingly implementing new wicked things behind the scenes which ultimately only further enslave the masses while taking away any liberties that we actually once had.
Point #2, about entertainment, I refer to verses like Titus 1:15, John 1:3, and Psalm 24:1-2. People really do worry too much. Books like "the ten-cent plague" really shaped my thinking. My whole life, I've heard about how evil everything is from this community, and all it's done is make me think that Christianity has got to be one of the most miserable groups ever. So afraid that everything is going to lead to hell, everything is so evil and wrong and in some cases, even leads to demonic possession. The fact is, that nothing exists without God's allowing it, and it seems absolutely ridiculous that we get so up in arms about everything and to never enjoy what God has put here. Now, if you, personally, think that something isn't good for you, then you are well within your rights to act accordingly (seek out your own salvation, and all that), but my primary concern is this idea that we need to be the police of the world, rather than love the people in it. Besides, it's not our world anyway.
If you are somehow suggesting, based upon the verses you cited, that everything in this world is pure because God made it all, then you are terribly misinterpreting those verses. Like it or not, you and I both live in a terribly fallen world. A world which is primarily under the evil influence of "the god of this world" (2 Cor. 4:4), Satan, who is "the prince of the power of the air," and who is "the spirit which now works in the children of disobedience" (Eph. 2:2). God's word describes such people as "children of wrath BY NATURE" (Eph. 2:3). In other words, unless these people receive a new nature, or unless these people are truly born again of God's Holy Spirit, they will be eternally damned. The only reason why God is currently "allowing" such behavior is because he is longsuffering and not willing that any should perish, but that all might come to REPENTANCE (2 Pet. 3:9). To hear you speak, you are seemingly justifying all sorts of evil behavior as if God somehow sanctions or ordains the same. Quite frankly, it seems to me that your real issue is with Jesus Christ. It is written of him that he loves righteousness and hates iniquity. You? You seem to be perfectly fine with iniquity. In fact, you talk as if no such thing even exists, but it does. Christians are called to come out of darkness themselves, and then to attempt to bring others out of darkness as well. You know, that whole "You are the light of the world" (Matt. 5:14) thing. If you have no desire to do the same, then, again, your real issue is with Jesus Christ, and not with me or anybody else.

You and I agree on point #3. so I have nothing additional to say about that.
Point #4, I don't care one way or the other about A.I, to be honest. There are hundreds of sci-fi movies and books warning against letting technology grow out of control, but we never listen, do we? This tends to be a theme in human history: that we never learn. And since we're on the cusp of just about everything other imaginable apocalypse, let's go ahead and toss this one in, too, and see what happens. Again, we really are just terrified of everything, aren't we? What happened to trusting God? What happened to "be not afraid?" It's mentioned something like 365 times in the Bible, and yet, all we do is get up in arms about everything. This is exactly what I'm talking about.
Being concerned about robots taking the place of humans ought not be an area of concern? I totally disagree with you on this point. Like it or not, we do have an adversary in this greatly fallen world, and his name is Satan. His goal has long been to pervert everything that Jesus created, and that includes the part about man being made in God's image. In other words, Satan would like nothing more than to take away our humanity by transforming us into some sort of machines. Anyhow, somebody else mentioned AI, and not me, so I will not comment any further on this point.
I've heard every possible argument about my point of view over the years. I've been called everything in the book by this community. So, you're not gonna shock me by saying I'm lost, deceived, heretical, or whatever. The fact is this is on my heart, and I really think we've caused more harm in this world than any good we might have done, and I really do feel that it's time we change our approach. Maybe pick our battles. Maybe focus more on actual outreach than rallying being political and social movements that do nothing but turn others away from God in the first place. At some point, this community is going to have to reckon with all the harm we've caused, nitpicking over everything while ignoring the more important matters.
Personally, I totally avoid all of the "political and social movements" you mentioned, so I am in agreement with you there. When it comes to "the more important matters," the most important matter is that of salvation, as in salvation from sin. Again, to hear you talk, it sounds as if you don't believe anything is even sinful. If that truly is the case, then your mindset totally differs from the mindset of Jesus Christ. The name Jesus literally means "Jehovah is salvation" as in salvation from sin.

Mat 1:21
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

The angel of the Lord instructed Joseph to name the child in Mary's womb Jesus for, or because, he shall save his people from their sins. Again, that is what his name literally means. If you do not want to enter into the harvest field to attempt to save people from their sins, then, once more, your real issue is with Jesus Christ because he is the one who calls you and me to do the same. I hope that nothing that I said here sounded combative. Instead, you and I are hopefully merely engaging in open and honest communication.
 

Lynx

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Aug 13, 2014
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Serious question here. Really not TRYING to antagonize, but...

if you have such faith in God, then... why are you all so afraid? Like... of everything.

Afraid of people using bathrooms, afraid of books, afraid of music or video games or movies... afraid of people having freedom and being able to think and choose for themselves?

Why do you not trust God? Isn't that, like, the whole point of this faith?

This doesn't come from nowhere, either. I had an experience recently that brought this to my mind and I thought that it would be best to bring it straight to the community for answers. If you're interested, I can tell the story, but if not, no biggie either.

And yes, I can already hear the frantic keyboard aggression, telling me that "we're not afraid" followed promptly by several Bible verses giving me the company line about living holy, garbage in-garbage out, not putting anything evil before my eyes, etc. Do better, will ya? I'm really trying to find answers and have a genuine discussion. If I wanted an AI response, I'd use Google and be done with it.

Okay, that last bit DID sound a bit antagonistic, but... whatever.
By the way, saying we are afraid of these things is a very leftist thing to say. Homophobia and transphobia were not words invented by Republicans. They were invented by liberals, attempting to demonize Christians.

Where are you on the political spectrum?
 

Magenta

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Point #1, yes I do mean the transgender issue. For one thing, most of the stuff about protecting young women has already been debunked by experts. Most of the people saying this stuff know they're lying, they just think we're too stupid to know they're lying. It's stupid culture war nonsense meant to keep us infighting rather than focusing on the important stuff. The stories we've all heard has been called out, rightfully, for being right-wing fearmongering. I honestly can't believe there are people who still believe it. I'm not trying to be a jerk about it, but the whole argument is absolute nonsense. These people are human beings and deserve the same rights and freedoms we want for ourselves. Do unto others, and all that. Nothing is gained from doing things that only serve to make other peoples' lives worse.
Yeah, you are being a jerk about it. You want to allow men with penises in women's change rooms just because they "identify" as a woman. You want to allow the minority to rule the majority, and pretend that has no bearing on your pretense that that does not make people's lives worse, when men competing in women's sports have an obvious unfair advantage over them. Debunked by the experts? You are terribly deceived. What is your agenda here? You are not a Christian? Go spread your lies and stupidity and perversions elsewhere.

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hornetguy

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I honestly mean you no offense, but you lost me with your initial comment. In fact, I could not help but chuckle when I read it. "Debunked by experts?" And who, exactly, are these so-called "experts?" Personally, I am my own "expert" (with God's guidance). In other words, I never watch the "news" (there's nothing "new" about that same, OLD rehashed garbage), I totally avoid politics, I fully believe that our so-called learning institutions (schools and colleges) would be better named "indoctrination camps," and I am beyond convinced that our judicial system is totally corrupt. And don't even get me started on so-called "scientists" or "psychologists." Those so-called "experts" cannot even define what a woman is, so they can take their alleged "expertise" and stick it where the sun doesn't shine. With such firm convictions as these, I make my own determinations, or I draw my own conclusions, via a combination of my God-given brain and my own personal observations. Look, if some guy with a penis follows a young girl or woman with a vagina into a bathroom... Let's just say that if I walk in behind him, then he might need a new penis by the time I am through with him. These people need some serious psychological help (actually, they need to be born again), and your so-called "experts" mandate that I and others accept their totally unacceptable lifestyles while threatening us with legal action if we do not succumb to their demands. If some guy with a penis wants to dance around in frilly panties within the confines of his (not her) own home, then fine. If, however, that guy wants to intrude upon the privacy of girls or women in what ought to be safe spaces like public bathrooms or girl's/women's locker rooms, then I and others rightfully have a problem with that. That all said, I do agree with you about the "culture war" part. The Media and other outlets are constantly seeking to create division among people because they know that a house divided against itself cannot stand. While they have everyone distracted and at each other's throats, they are ever increasingly implementing new wicked things behind the scenes which ultimately only further enslave the masses while taking away any liberties that we actually once had.
If you are somehow suggesting, based upon the verses you cited, that everything in this world is pure because God made it all, then you are terribly misinterpreting those verses. Like it or not, you and I both live in a terribly fallen world. A world which is primarily under the evil influence of "the god of this world" (2 Cor. 4:4), Satan, who is "the prince of the power of the air," and who is "the spirit which now works in the children of disobedience" (Eph. 2:2). God's word describes such people as "children of wrath BY NATURE" (Eph. 2:3). In other words, unless these people receive a new nature, or unless these people are truly born again of God's Holy Spirit, they will be eternally damned. The only reason why God is currently "allowing" such behavior is because he is longsuffering and not willing that any should perish, but that all might come to REPENTANCE (2 Pet. 3:9). To hear you speak, you are seemingly justifying all sorts of evil behavior as if God somehow sanctions or ordains the same. Quite frankly, it seems to me that your real issue is with Jesus Christ. It is written of him that he loves righteousness and hates iniquity. You? You seem to be perfectly fine with iniquity. In fact, you talk as if no such thing even exists, but it does. Christians are called to come out of darkness themselves, and then to attempt to bring others out of darkness as well. You know, that whole "You are the light of the world" (Matt. 5:14) thing. If you have no desire to do the same, then, again, your real issue is with Jesus Christ, and not with me or anybody else.

You and I agree on point #3. so I have nothing additional to say about that.
Being concerned about robots taking the place of humans ought not be an area of concern? I totally disagree with you on this point. Like it or not, we do have an adversary in this greatly fallen world, and his name is Satan. His goal has long been to pervert everything that Jesus created, and that includes the part about man being made in God's image. In other words, Satan would like nothing more than to take away our humanity by transforming us into some sort of machines. Anyhow, somebody else mentioned AI, and not me, so I will not comment any further on this point.
Personally, I totally avoid all of the "political and social movements" you mentioned, so I am in agreement with you there. When it comes to "the more important matters," the most important matter is that of salvation, as in salvation from sin. Again, to hear you talk, it sounds as if you don't believe anything is even sinful. If that truly is the case, then your mindset totally differs from the mindset of Jesus Christ. The name Jesus literally means "Jehovah is salvation" as in salvation from sin.

Mat 1:21
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

The angel of the Lord instructed Joseph to name the child in Mary's womb Jesus for, or because, he shall save his people from their sins. Again, that is what his name literally means. If you do not want to enter into the harvest field to attempt to save people from their sins, then, once more, your real issue is with Jesus Christ because he is the one who calls you and me to do the same. I hope that nothing that I said here sounded combative. Instead, you and I are hopefully merely engaging in open and honest communication.
WINNER.... ( I don't have use of the icons here at work ) Great response, you said pretty much everything I was thinking about his manifesto.
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hornetguy

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Yeah, you are being a jerk about it. You want to allow men with penises in women's change rooms just because they "identify" as a woman. You want to allow the minority to rule the majority, and pretend that has no bearing on your pretense that that does not make people's lives worse, when men competing in women's sports have an obvious unfair advantage over them. Debunked by the experts? You are terribly deceived. What is your agenda here? You are not a Christian? Go spread your lies and stupidity and perversions elsewhere.

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Seeker47

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Hey, Spacejunk.

I hope that my answers will not disappoint you, but you should at least respect the fact that they are my honest answers.

What do you mean by being afraid of people using bathrooms? Are you talking about the whole transgender issue? If you are, then it is not really fear related. Instead, it has to do with the safety of young girls and women (primarily), the indoctrinating of children, and things like that. If others seek to force things upon us as individuals, or upon society as a whole, which we deem to be evil, then do we not have the right to push back? It is my experience that the ones who preach "tolerance" are the ones who are the most intolerant of any belief or opinion which is contrary to their own.

Concerning things like books, music, video games, and movies, what of them? Personally, I like to meditate on the word "inspired." Basically, it means "spirit breathed." In other words, everything has an origin and an intent behind it. For me, as a Christian, I fully believe that there are two different spiritual kingdoms at war, and, whether we are consciously aware of it or not, we are all smack dab in the middle of it. In fact, I have personally had multiple encounters with both sides of the spiritual realm, so my belief or faith in such is not just some sort of "blind faith," or it is not solely based upon what I have read in the Bible. With such a stated belief system, ought I not to be concerned, for both myself and my fellow man, if I see the wrong types of spirits seeking to influence or control people? As someone who has been delivered from demonic powers myself in the past, I know, of a certainty, that this is not a game. Instead, as I already stated, it is a very real spiritual war that is constantly raging in this earth. If I were to see you in danger of being severely misled, would you want me to say something to you or not? How could I ever claim to truly love you as my neighbor if I just turned a blind eye to you and kept silent? My point is that it is not just some "fear factor," as you suppose, but it has much more to do with genuinely loving someone instead.

Do you honestly believe that you have the freedom to think and choose for yourself? I mean, to a limited degree, you do, but if you are not consciously aware of the fact that people are constantly seeking to brainwash you, then, quite frankly, you are rather naïve. For example, the so-called "news" is basically a global brainwashing, fear mongering, and social conditioning propagandistic device. If you don't think so, then just start speaking out against the same via some public platform, and you will be unceremoniously censored or cancelled. In other words, true freedom of speech is becoming more and more a thing of the past.

Anyhow, I would love to hear the story that you alluded to. No need to pull any punches with me. Just spit it out, and we will go from there.

Thanks.
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