Quote:I think the exact same stance was taken years ago regarding gay/lesbian folk.

 

I get the feeling you have never had this conversation with someone living it. Here is the difference. Ask them about themselves and their response is with conviction "this is who I am". Ask someone who believes in creationism and their response is, with conviction "this is what I believe". There is literally nothing for them to believe because it is just who they are. The only belief taking place here is your belief that it's just a belief on their part.

 

That right there is the difference. 

 

I wonder how much time you've spent working or residing in a behavioral health unit? Those places are full of people who's convicted response to "Who are you?" is pure unadulterated lunacy. What a person believes about themselves, especially the mentally ill, often bears little resemblance to the the truth and that truth is rarely as relative as you seem to want it to be.

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