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Originally Posted by JD159
So because we haven't after some intensive searching found cures for various diseases and conditions, chances are they are not curable? We have given cancer research a pretty good go, but haven't "cured" it yet. So we probably never will.
There is so much about the body and how it works that we do not know -- yet.
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When we find a cure, we will rejoice. It will change our lives in a fundamental way. But, we do not yet have that cure, and for anyone to carry on as if we did would be rather foolish.
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Originally Posted by JD159
Also.
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We cannot conclusively prove the non-existence of the sasquatch, unicorns, leprechauns, garden fairies, and on and on. However, our inability to find any examples, after giving it a pretty good go, would lead most thinking men to conclude there are none. There are, however, those that continue to hold out hope, to fantasize about their existence.
So I'd be ruling out god and Christianity as well based on your logic.
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Many have, for precisely that reason.
As a matter of fact, one of our more strident atheists - Mike (IROC) has stated that position repeatedly with regards to the existence or non-existence of a "god". Yet here he was, on this thread, espousing a baseless, faith-based position regarding gender preference and identification. A position for which no scientific evidence exists, yet he knows someone who is supposedly "afflicted" with this non-existent condition, so he claims it to be "real". He fails to meet his own oft-stated standards of evidence.
I guess his dichotomy somewhat serves to illustrate the pitfalls inherent in being a sheep, following along in the flock of popular "politically correct" opinion, when one does not really understand the issues. Folks like this spend their lives desperately trying to appear "informed" and "intellectual" by latching onto the currently trendy positions on the issues. They all eventually wind up looking like fools, bogged down in a quagmire of contradictions they cannot understand.
So, yeah, keep looking for your unicorn. If he's out there, someone will eventually find him. There are certainly no shortage of people who have joined in your search. Just don't expect the rest of us to go along when you pretend to find him. We will need some pretty solid evidence. Until we are presented with such, there is simply no reason to pay any heed to this foolishness.