or for that matter, any other choice or experience or preference that is entirely personal and subjective.
Hi Invisible
Can i just ask if, when you say 'choice' here that you make a distinction between say something that feels innate like say homosexuality or transgender or even personality type and something that has an intellectual aspect to it for example religious choice or political persuasion?
What i mean to say is that we all know it is wrong to criticise someone on the basis of for example their skin colour because it it intrinsic to that person
I would also see things like homosexuality and transgender as intrinsic to a person rather than a 'choice' if you see what i mean and as a result those things are kinda sacrosanct and not to be questioned, because they are an aspect to a person and people around them should seek to accept that aspect
But if its someones religion or politics it is slightly different because a large part of these are about ideas
I know that religious people feel something spiritual innately and as a result i see that as sacrosanct and worthy of respect but at the same time it is experienced by people of all religions and also people who do not identify as religious so i don't think that innate spiritual sense is particular to a religion
So the religious aspect (ie the trappings laid around the spiritual sense by man) is in my opinion open for questioning
So for example if people started to say that they felt they needed to sacrifice people to their gods i would question that IDEA, but i would not question their belief in a transcendent power of some kind
So for example if you say online that you think christianity as we know it was created by romans for example the Piso family, from pre-existing ideas and then pushed onto the people of the empire as a state sanctioned religion, it might offend some christians but nevertheless if it is true people should be able to freely discuss such things
Can you see the distinction i'm trying to make?
I think @
Peppermint is asking if Lerxst and Grayman are questioning if transgender is innate or if it is an idea (that is then open to being questioned)
One of the things about MBTI I find difficult is that as an INFJ i do not always gel with society but i have no outward marker of any innate quality (like skin colour) that might indicate a reason for that that would then allow me some leeway and understanding from people. So INFJ's as a minority and INFJ males as a minority of a minority are not afforded any protections on the basis of their innate quality whereas gay people or people of different ethnicity are
In fact you can even see people pretending to be INFJ or mistakenly trying it on as if it is a label, little understanding that INFJ's are going through a particular experience in society that may at times have been difficult for them and perhaps they don't appreciate people invalidating that experience
This same process of going through a difficult experience due to being a minority of some kind applies to all the groups above but the difference is that where an INFJ or a person of a certain ethnicity cannot change that innate aspect about themselves (only society can change to accomodate them) things like religious choice (how you CHOOSE to engage with the innate spiritual sense) and political choice (our political persuasion might be affected by innate qualities though) are things that people have some control over
Am i making sense?
I personally wouldn't question someone over being transgender because i believe its likely to be an innate thing to that person (it might have physical as well as psychological aspects to it) but i might deconstruct religions or political persuasions