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"trans" IS religion

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Wrong, it's actually that YOU'RE religious.

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Nope, third generation antitheist. There's no such thing as a "soul". We are material, not ethereal.

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Non sequitur. The act of claiming some essential characteristic of a person is religious and openly being bigoted to it indicates your having some dogmatic feelings, your own set of religiously held beliefs, not beliefs you came to have.

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In fact, the act of extending one's ignorance of biological facts is the dogma.

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Do everyone a favor and just kill yourself

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That would be third-degree man-slaughter.

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yes, because telling people to kill themselves is so thought out!

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which is why gender essentialism is dogmatic fascism

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Trans is about gender, not biogical factors. You're intensely ignorant hun

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There is nothing biological about "gender". Sex however is entirely biological, it's about reproduction, gamete production. Remember the gingerbread man lesson. "Gender" is personality and has almost nothing to do with sex. You can change your "gender" all you want, but your sex remains the same, it's chromosomal. Psychiatry is usually thought in humanities departments, not biology. Believing in "essential genders" is no different than believing in souls, it is pure dogma.

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sex is not a binary, and gender is self identification

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biological sex, eggs vs sperm, is absolutely binary, there are no other gametes for mammals. However, "gender" which has no stable definition, and can mean whatever whatever according to ones feelz, is entirely self-identified, like I am bisexual, and ex-vegetarian, and ex-cyclist, our personalities are forever flexible and evolving, not our sex, that is unchanging. The word "gender" is nonsensical.

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psychology and social constructs are material

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As a Christian, it's a shame that religious organizations are the physical representation of all belivers in the eyes of the secular world. I can assure you, however, that there are faithful who actually embody the principles of Jesus's earthly ministry; people who believe that we are, in fact, all created in God's image as opposed to what modern day religious movements would have you believe. The new testament dispensation (which we are in now) sealed by Jesus's death on the cross points to two great commandments: Love the Lord your God above all else, and LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOU LOVE YOURSELF. Regardless of preference or ideology, all people deserve to live life to the fullest. If you operate outside of those commandments as a believer, then I believe that that is hypocritical.

I love the show and am a huge fan of you both. I just wanted to point out the distinction between religion and true faith, as it pertains to Christianity. I am certain that this same dichotomy exists in other belief systems around the world as well.

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Prayers for Krystal’s dad

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Have Dylan Burns on!

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Dude, you two mother lovers should start going for president. Even Cenk, Ana, stop being lazy, Krystal. Be the real sesmlikitis!

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In defense of Dr. Fauci

Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lex-fridman-podcast/id1434243584?i=1000540919852

#238 – Francis Collins: National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Lex Fridman Podcast

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