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No the fact is that biological parents abusing their children is exceedingly rare, its usually mom's new boyfriend or such. This is one reason why religions co

No the fact is that biological parents abusing their children is exceedingly rare, its usually mom's new boyfriend or such. This is one reason why religions codify life-long partnerships between biological parents - because everything else is child abuse.

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Eisenstein 4y ago
Which religions do this, and what did humans do before?
Eisenstein 4y ago
> biological parents abusing their children is exceedingly rare Even if one were to accept this as truth, this doesn't preclude them from abusing other children. This is where 'access' comes in. Most men with children are around children because their kids are friends with other kids, etc. Homosexual men generally do not have this access.
- foldr 4y ago
  At this point you're arguing with someone who has literally just said that all children raised by (e.g.) adoptive parents are victims of child abuse. At least, I do not see how else to interpret "everything else is child abuse". The poster also has a recent history of pointlessly stirring the pot with regard to LGBT issues, as for example in the following post, where they (by some chain of logic I can't entirely follow) link the collapse of SVB (of all things!) to the fact that some of the people who worked there vocally supported LGBT rights: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35106648 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35106648 This sort of thing is about, say, two steps removed from blaming gay people for floods and earthquakes. I share your annoyance at seeing this kind of stuff on HN (a depressingly frequent occurrence), but the comment you're replying to makes such outrageous claims that it is probably better to just leave it here.
  - Eisenstein 4y ago
    I know this person is a lost cause but they aren't shouting into a void -- other people read these threads and in this instance I will not allow highly flawed bigoted argumentation to go unanswered.
mock-possum 4y ago
> religions codify life-long partnerships between biological parents - because everything else is child abuse sorry what? I can't be reading that right. What are you saying?

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Eisenstein 4y ago

Which religions do this, and what did humans do before?

Eisenstein 4y ago

> biological parents abusing their children is exceedingly rare Even if one were to accept this as truth, this doesn't preclude them from abusing other children. This is where 'access' comes in. Most men with children are around children because their kids are friends with other kids, etc. Homosexual men generally do not have this access.

foldr 4y ago
At this point you're arguing with someone who has literally just said that all children raised by (e.g.) adoptive parents are victims of child abuse. At least, I do not see how else to interpret "everything else is child abuse". The poster also has a recent history of pointlessly stirring the pot with regard to LGBT issues, as for example in the following post, where they (by some chain of logic I can't entirely follow) link the collapse of SVB (of all things!) to the fact that some of the people who worked there vocally supported LGBT rights: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35106648 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35106648 This sort of thing is about, say, two steps removed from blaming gay people for floods and earthquakes. I share your annoyance at seeing this kind of stuff on HN (a depressingly frequent occurrence), but the comment you're replying to makes such outrageous claims that it is probably better to just leave it here.
- Eisenstein 4y ago
  I know this person is a lost cause but they aren't shouting into a void -- other people read these threads and in this instance I will not allow highly flawed bigoted argumentation to go unanswered.

mock-possum 4y ago

> religions codify life-long partnerships between biological parents - because everything else is child abuse sorry what? I can't be reading that right. What are you saying?