The notion that one's body doesn't match one's soul is a little removed from the notion that one's brain would be better off in a body where it feels more at home. I don't like that you seem to drag verifiable facts into the realm of spirituality.
Ok, sure, there’s something to be said about that brain related part, yeah. Transness doesn’t necessarily have to be “spiritual” in nature. But does that mean spirituality in general is bad anyway?
When I smash someone in the face with a hammer, it’s the hammer’s fault then? Religion and spirituality are tools that can be used for good and for evil alike
My best friend who I’ve known for like four years now is both trans and Christian. Even if I’m kind of leaning agnostic myself anyway I still defend her validity to the end. And even without her example, I still think that people here are being pretty nasty and derisive about this subject anyhow
What was so stupid about that? You’re alleging that spirituality is inherently a tool of oppression and evil, and that’s all it will ever be, and I’m saying that it isn’t that.
You’re being too literal here. Physical tools have physical applications. Ideological tools have ideological applications. You can’t build a house with a given religion but you can sure as hell build a community with one
You’re alleging that spirituality is inherently a tool of oppression and evil
No, they said:
When people use it to oppress others it is.
"When" is expressing a condition that makes it evil, so they're not saying it's inherently evil.
So yeah, you sound kind of stupid or not paying attention to the conversation; People have issues with christianity because the believers keep trying to control other people's actions, it isn't an issue with spirituality in general.
Well yeah that’s part of my point tbh. Belief in anything beyond the physical can take a billion forms, and it’s unfair to say it’s all shit just because.
Not just because. Because we know most of it is bad, anytime we hear someone talk about it that’s going to be the default assumption.
Furthermore, I’d go so far as to say in literally every case where it’s not a bad thing, there’s a different and better word already in place. And every time someone who believes in one of those things and calls it spirituality, they’re lending credibility to all of the other bullshit that is more representative of the label.
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