The claim was made that any abuse homosexuals receive is their own fault because they are evil. It is the topic.
You misconstrued what he said. He didn't say that they
deserved abuse.
You:
The evidence is pretty conclusive...Over time the cumulative effects of experiencing hate and discrimination, particularly when social and familial support is absent, leads directly to mental health problems.
Wrangler:
‘Experiencing hate and discrimination,’ as you call it, tends to happen when you do something EVIL.
We can see from the text above that Wrangler was responding to your claim that homosexuals suffer health problems because they suffer hate and discrimination. He didn't claim, as you wrongly assert, that they deserved it. I note two things here: 1) Wrangler put "hate and discrimination" in quotes, which alerts the reader that he wasn't talking about actual hate and discrimination. 2) Wrangler used the phrase "tends to happen", which speaks to a probable occurrence.
We might ask Wrangler what he meant by "hate and discrimination," putting the words in quotes. It's possible he was quoting your words as if to say, "You said it, I didn't." or he might have meant, "What you call hate and discrimination, I wouldn't classify that way."
In any case, he didn't suggest that they
deserved what they got.
And the studies also say why. But you seem to be ignoring that.
That's right, and that's my point. The " why " question is a philosophical question, not a scientific one. Philosophical answers are based on presuppositions and an overall worldview. If I don't share the scientist's worldview, I will disagree with his or her conclusions. I encourage you to adopt this same attitude.
We are debating the oughtness of behavior, presumably from a common worldview, developed in the mind of a believer under the influence of the Bible and the Holy Spirit. The presumed basis of right and wrong is the Biblical worldview.
In this debate, you attempt to portray your opinion as "fact-based," making your argument on the authority of scientific papers. Unfortunately, you have a tendency to confuse "opinion" with "facts" since, as I have said, what a scientist concludes from his research is a matter of worldview and philosophical assumption. We are not free to disagree with his facts, but we are free to disagree with his opinions i.e. his conclusions.
According to the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration the minorities with the highest rate of substance abuse are Native American's followed by Indigenous Alaskans. LGBT people have about the same level of substance abuse as African Americans and Portio Ricans.
Obviously Black people suffer from substance abuse is because their partners give them drugs to reduce the victim's judgment and lower the victim's resistance.
And Native American's abuse subsance because of the guilt and shame they suffer from
Your equivocal points tend to assume the conclusion you are attempting to prove. I am not convinced that anyone is born into an orientation. Nonetheless, given what you wrote above, we can see that substance abuse is a health problem common to all of humanity in general, not relegated to minorities, as you suggest. In other words, it isn't true that homosexuals experience substance abuse
because they are homosexuals.
I am not a Marxist. I don't divide humanity into subclasses in order to draw conclusions about one class of people over another. From a Biblical perspective, all human beings are the same. I am no less worthy of love than my neighbor, and my neighbor is no less worthy of love than me. I am no less worthy of dignity than my neighbor, and he is no less worthy of dignity than me. Christ teaches us to love others as we would love ourselves; we are to love our enemies; we are to pray for those who unjustly persecute us; and in Christ, there is neither male nor female, Jew or Gentile; Slave or Free.
The question of right and wrong has universal application. Being a minority is not an excuse.
The only clear negative consequence is that they have to deal with people like you.
Apparently, your purpose is to discredit my argument by associating me with bad people. Your leaps of logic are astounding.
Is hate one of those values? What about false witness?
More leaps of logic? Really? Do you know what I mean when I say that you have put words in my mouth? I wonder.
I argue that knitting* is a behavior rather than a state of being, and I also believe that a person is not born with a certain orientation. Therefore, it is unfair to accuse me of discrimination. My comments were focused on actions, not individuals.
*insert: homosexuality
You claim these people don't exist.
I claim that "transgenderism" is not a valid or meaningful category. The concept of "gender identity" is absurd and irrational. A woman isn't a man, simply because she identifies as a man. Neither is a man a woman, simply because he identifies as a woman. A woman isn't an American Indian simply because she identifies as an American Indian, and a man is not an African American simply because he identifies as an African American.
In practice, gender identity is nothing more than cosplay and a LARP (Live Action Role Playing)
you call them sick and diseased
I affirm what Paul the apostle said. Homosexual behavior is a clear indication that God has given human beings over to a depraved mind because humanity has failed to acknowledge God and even suppress knowledge about him. When a man lays down with another man as with a woman, he is driven by his pleasures, having abandoned his rationality. He wears on his body the every evidence against him.
they are unable to find positive role models
How can an openly wicked and perverse person be a positive role model?
they cannot develop a strong sense of identity
That's correct. The madness of our culture can't seem to see beyond classism, having divided humanity into greater divisions and infinitesimally small categories, each with a supposedly unique grievance and complaint.
Developing a strong sense of identity and self-worth involves increasing self-awareness and decreasing comparison. Our uniqueness as individuals is what gives us our sense of self-worth. When we are constantly reminded of being part of a particular class of people, it devalues our uniqueness and overemphasizes our sameness. Those who constantly focus on gender feel unable or unwilling to find dignity within themselves as individuals. For them, connectivity is paramount.
For instance, I would rather be known as a good father, or a good husband, rather than a white man. My ability to provide and protect my family is a strong basis for my self-worth and dignity.
You call them wicked and evil
Prove me wrong.
it becomes a matter of intolerance, prejudice, or bigotry when such things are used to promote and justify intolerance, prejudice, or bigotry
Circular much? :)
Again, we are discussing behaviors, not people.