-stache- wrote: TheAspiringHacker wrote: What does the comment that you link to say? It doesn't load for me. https://imgur.com/a/X2QdWnT

LionHeart70 wrote: I'm pretty sure Scratch already has this. If you want to express your religion (or lack thereof), you can certainly do it as long as you're respectful of other religions. Example: You are allowed to say you are an atheist, but you may not say all religious people are bad or try to make other people become atheists.

Of course, this can't always apply. Some Christians are bothered by LGBT+ but this site allows freedom of sexuality/gender identity - should we just ban LGBT+ for this reason? I don't think so. What I'm saying is that you should be allowed to make statements for or against such alternative lifestyles. Personal attacks and advocating violence are obviously not ok.



You should not get banned for stating that you believe that there are two genders lol

*Shrugs* I'm not sure how to feel about this conflict. To be honest with you, as a nonreligious person, I have a hard time empathizing with religious people, as I personally find religion irrational. Why should I give a free pass to possibly poor ideas just because they gained credibility in older times?On the other hand, I think that diversity of ideas is important and don't like when people with certain political or ideological beliefs are able to spread their ideas, but other people are not able to criticize them.Maybe my personal line is, “your right to throw your fist ends where my nose is.” People should be able to decide how they live their own lives, but they should not impose their beliefs on others. For example, nobody should force a conservative Christian, Muslim, etc. to marry someone of the same gender if the person doesn't want to. Conversely, the religious person should not go around trying to stop people of the same gender from getting married. I hear out both sides of the gay wedding cake debate (freedom of speech and religion versus prevention of discrimination on the basis of immutable characteristics, the same kind of thing that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does).As for the transgender and nonbinary issue, what parts of the Bible actually discuss these ideas? To my knowledge, the Bible only condemns homosexuality.However, as someone who puts faith in science, I personally feel uneasy about the trend of people claiming gender identities that do not have any biological basis, or claiming that gender is a social construct independent from *. To my understanding, the idea of being transgender stems from hormone influences; it is simply a medical condition. Of course, I am open to the possibility of “in-between” brain structures, but in the absence of scientific evidence, I can't find a rational reason to believe the idea any more than I would, say, believe a religion. Now, as for my attitude towards people who prefer nonbinary pronouns, I respect these pronouns. I've met some really cool and respectable people who go by nonbinary pronouns online (although nobody in real life). As an analogy, I respect, or at least do my best do respect, religious people, although I have made mistakes and lost my way sometimes.Now that I have stated my criticisms of the nonbinary idea, let me criticize other critics. I think that many of these people, such as Ben Shapiro or Jordan Peterson, argue in bad faith with partisan motivations. I also think that a lot of younger conservatives on Scratch may idolize these people, and then see politics as a black-and-white “my side is better than your side” conflict. (See the “Ben Shapiro destroys SJW le ebic style” fanboyism.) I have no problem with the Scratch Team alerting or banning such people, as they do not add constructively to the discussion. I don't know what your friend said, so I can't judge on the individual matter. We should all work together for the common goal of seeking out the truth, not blindly promoting our favorite parties.I think that the Scratch Team should refrain from creating political projects on both sides (e.g. Bridges Not Walls, Nevertheless She Persisted, which I can't seem to find anymore, GulpTea's Q&A project stating their religious opposition to homosexuality, a statement they removed). Especially, moderators should refrain from giving any indication of bias; I think that developers should get more leeway. The Scratch Team members should be able to to say whatever they want outside Scratch, such as on Twitter.If you give me an example of someone stating a mature and nuanced opinion in good faith, then getting punished, I think that I can support your case more.