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Okay, can we PLEAAASSSEEE add "If god exists, why does he allow bad things to happen?" and its endless permeatations to the list of things NEVER to say. Because
1/ All the possible answers have been explained.
2/ If you believe them, you believe them. If you don't, then you don't. And as much fun as it is for me to bang my head against the table while First and Omega argue yet again, I believe that there are more interesting points.
Strictly speaking, it's not the XY or XX chromosome, but the amount of testosterone (or whatever) that the feotus recieves at a critical time in development. If the Y or X chromosome malfunctions, it's still possible to end up with a 6"2' 15 stone Rugby player who piles down bitter like it's the apocalypse and then shags a woman dirty every night, and still have a XX chromosome pair if he received enough adrenalin. He will be male physically and mentally.
But he won't be able to compete in male events at the Olympics. Strange that.
Also, why didn't the doctors of tese intergender babies DO an XY/XX test?
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Well I couldn't care less why I'm gay, nor would I want to be *straight*. When I was 13, I started to realize that I liked guys, I was looking at people I went to class with. I thought I was going insane and thought it was a stage. Then after a year, I knew I was gay and accepted it. Now I think to myself wether I like Filipino guys more or Thai guys because both are fun in bed.
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Good point First. But what about Eddie Vedder? He hasn't died yet. Oh, wait, he told me that he's not my fucking messiah (his words, not mine). Damn!
Looks like I have to go back to Spoonman!
Spoonman, come together with your hands. Spoonman, I'm together with your plan. Save me!
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Oooh, I got to weigh in on the "Why does god let bad things happen?" thread. I can answer in relation to my god, Eddie Vedder (in my trinity, he's god, Kurt is the Messiah, since he died for our sins, and Noel Gallagher is the active force, since he still rocks).
"Like, we get thousands of letters a week from people who want some kind of help. I've had people sending me notes saying they're going to commit suicide and I've called them up, and some of them, man, they're beyond help. But you're in this position where you start to think there must be something you can do, you know. So maybe I'm more tortured now, because I feel like there's more I should be doing. But you can't help everybody and if you say, 'Well, I'll help this person, but there's nothing I can do right now for that person,' it's even worse, because then you do start acting like God. Because there are so many people who deserve whatever help you can give them."
That's from an interview with Melody Maker magazine. Now, if that's how Eddie feels, if there was actually a god, I am sure he'd feel the same way.
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No, because God (as advertised) is omnipotent and omniscient, and therefore CAN help everybody. He just chooses not to. For no reason yet justified. And when you ask you get this runaround about "where were you when I made the whale" or some such rot.
When you can't help but want to, that's excusable. When you CAN help, but don't...
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Eddie Vedder isn't omnipotent? Screw you! I know he is! I have faith in him! Next you're going to tell me that Kurt wasn't sent here from Seattle to die for our sins.
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It's not wrong. It's wrong though when you start attacking someone's boyfriend...
*Looks at Ultra with a trigger-happy look*
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