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Recent content by Jaxian
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Question about homosexuality
Good grief, this is very young. I was 21 before I had my first "sexual experience". See, I can understand this. I am bisexual myself, but I am an atheist. I mean, I could do something like what you did. Just because I'm attracted to other men doesn't mean I have to date them. But at the... -
All things being equal which is the most ideal way for a child to be raised
In surrogate parenting, some gay couples do keep the natural mother as part of the child's life, however I think she rarely does any parenting. A gay couple may not want a third parent. It is similar to asking a husband and wife to add a third "parent" to help raise their child. The husband... -
All things being equal which is the most ideal way for a child to be raised
These sites are misleading. Their statistics do not compare the involvement of the father against the involvement of some other non-father. Instead, they compare the involvement of the father to the involvement of no one. For example, look at this statistic: Notice that there is no... -
All things being equal which is the most ideal way for a child to be raised
In the case of artificial insemination, the biological father did not really give up on the child at all. Instead, he went to a sperm bank and donated sperm. In the case of surrogate parenting, the mother may very well still see the child, and even if she does not, it isn't a matter of... -
Hate Crimes
Well, the situation that primarily concerns me about hate crimes is something like this: Joe hates Buddhists. Joe overhears that Tom is a Buddhist, gets really angry, and kills Tom. Because this is not premeditated murder, Joe may be charged with only third-degree murder. However, I feel... -
Question about homosexuality
I agree that "The world is flat" was never a majority view of scientists, and it was never an idea pushed forward against scientists who made the claim that the world is round. However, prior to that revelation, the average person would have had no evidence nor reason to believe that the world... -
All things being equal which is the most ideal way for a child to be raised
Remember that children are very impressionable. I mean, by the time a boy starts playing with swords and guns, he has been treated like a boy for many years. To tell the truth, scientists are still debating over how much gender and personality are innate, and how much they are learned. I do... -
All things being equal which is the most ideal way for a child to be raised
I agree that all people are different, and each person brings something different to the table. But the differences between the experiences of a man and a woman are no more relevant than the differences between two men. You say that I am talking in theory alone, but I do try to provide... -
All things being equal which is the most ideal way for a child to be raised
The original question included the phrase "All things being equal". So perhaps we can start with the agreement that children adopted by gay couples fare just as well as children adopted by straight couples. In both cases, children would feel the same sense of abandonment you described. This... -
Hate Crimes
I think we're coming from slightly different perspectives here. I am a liberal, bisexual atheist, while I am thinking you may be a conservative, straight Christian. So perhaps we can help each other see from different perspectives on this issue. I do like the theory behind hate crimes. I... -
Question about homosexuality
Indeed, it was once the miniscule minority which thought the world was round. But they were the only ones with evidence backing up their belief. So what is your evidence? -
All things being equal which is the most ideal way for a child to be raised
It is true that there are men, and there are women. But it isn't true that men must be only strong and teach their children only strength, while women must be caring and teach their children only caring. A man can teach his child to be both strong and caring. And he should do this. A woman... -
Question about homosexuality
Although Charlotte Patterson failed to provide the necessary documentation behind some of her research in that court hearing, this doesn't invalidate all of her research, and no one has any real evidence that her research methods are flawed in any fashion. Furthermore, very little of the... -
All things being equal which is the most ideal way for a child to be raised
I disagree: you suggest that a father should teach the child to be strong, while a mother should teach the child to be caring. That is nonsense. Both parents should teach the child to be both strong and caring. You make it sound as though no one parent is capable of representing the best of... -
Hate Crimes
So can preaching against Christianity. Fortunately, few if any people are actually attempting to make hate-speech illegal. If anyone suggested taking away someone's freedom to speak his own beliefs, I will also stand against them.