Anyone who discusses racial differences outside of disease is basically considered a racist
@Aragorn you went to great lengths to emphasize that guys like me don’t have the prerequisite knowledge to draw accurate conclusions on the topic at hand.
But I’ve asked you 2-3 times to give your opinion on the topic of race & IQ but yet you never respond.
What’s up with that?
I don’t dispute those charts, it’s not a secret black people are a mess as a group, along with arabs.
The thing I don’t understand is since the people pushing those things are usually with Trump and the republicans, anti ‘‘cultural marxism’’, etc why would they be against planned parenthood at the same time, as are the republicans.
PP provides birth control and abortions. Both big no no’s to people who are a fan of the cross.
Never heard any discussion of birth control as a Protestant, other than against abortifacients. Any that has been in essay not sermon or Sunday School material.
Did have a friend’s daughter get married last summer, and she decided no method.
Boom - pregnant within months.
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Ya, most Christians don’t care about birth control other than abortifacients.
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I think it’s mostly Catholics that have problems with BC.
More broadly I think Christians tend to have more of a problem with the govt providing BC via PP than the concept of BC itself. Main problem is many don’t acknowledge all the health/quality of life benefits of BC beyond not getting pregnant.
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I’m not even sure it’s most Catholics.
What about the drawbacks?
Should the government provide TRT treatment because of the “health/quality of life benefits” TRT provides?
Well bare minimum it was the Catholics at the catholic school I attended when I was younger. Friend of mine currently teaches there. Still pushing abstinence only.
It’s my understanding that BC poses exceedingly rare negative side effects. Which drawbacks are you referring to?
Guess that depends on how good TRT is. I’m not well versed in it. Does TRT have anywhere near the cost/benefit ratio of BC?
Treating conditions like endometriosis and heavy periods/intense cramping are two of the most common reasons women are prescribed birth control.
There are absolutely possible side effects most notably - weight gain, depression, headaches/migraines along with more serious ones like higher risk for ovarian cancer and breast cancer…but to someone with the issues mentioned above…that pain supersedes many of these risks.
What about not getting pregnant? My daughters aren’t the age to need it (thank god) but I imagine that’s also a big reason for the prescription of BC.
Oh of course. I was under the assumption everyone knew that reason.
Some people such as economist Stephen Dubner hypothesize the reason crime has been on the decline is due to the Roe v Wade.
Criminals who’d otherwise been born were instead aborted.
There’s probably a little to this. Definitely not the entire reason that crime went down, but abortion is predominantly used by the lower class, and violent criminals are also predominantly lower class. The stats probably back it up, but it’s a hella uncomfortable truth.
My wife stopped using years ago due to clotting concerns for example.
I have no idea and I don’t really know how to compare the two.
Speaking of Sowell.
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He chose two very select populations and then made sweeping statements on all blacks and all whites.
IQ tests have been widely tested all over the world for decades.
Sounds like someone I know.
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Quite frankly I am currently very busy, and had been ignoring you because at this moment in time the conversation is very low on my list of priorities. You have moved the goalposts many times, and I’m not really certain I want to give a long detailed reply.
I lean more toward environment (which includes epigenetics, since that is essentially environmental feedback onto gene regulation)
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