Unfortunately, I agree. masculinity and femininity are culturally based.
What is repressed in a culture, ends up becoming part of the shadow.
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Unfortunately, I agree. masculinity and femininity are culturally based.
What is repressed in a culture, ends up becoming part of the shadow.
shmogie
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There are different kinds of love
shmogie
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God is clear about "gender reassignment surgery". Gender is determined by biology, specifically, physical makeup and genetics. No matter all the slicing and dicing, repression of one hormone and dosing with another, the DNA of the cells doesn't change. DNA is the expression of Gods intent for the functioning, i.e. gender, of the body. There are very rare cases where anomaly's occur, again, rare
Show me.
Special pleading.
How do you know that that growth on your arm was not intended to be there?
You might say because that is not the norm to have a growth on your arm, but then it is not the norm either that people want to change sex.
So, why is one ok and the other is not?
After all, if God can make mistakes with growths of several kind, it is question begging to claim that some are mistakes and others are not.
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yet isn't it the kind of love that results in empathy towards other as self, not uniform?
Empathy | Psychology Today
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Yeah, and one of those "anomalies" is transsexualism. It's a medical disorder and is treated as such.
shmogie
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If you are referring to a person born with both male and female physical traits, I agree. A person who is clearly a male or female by biology who "identifies" as the opposite sex cannot become the opposite sex. Bruce Jenner is still a male biologically, if you choose to partake of his fantasy fine, me, no, I won't do it, I prefer reality.
shmogie
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shmogie
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Already have. It can't be done except in certain rare cases, the genes assign the sex and they cannot be altered
Actually, transsexuals aren't "clearly" the sex assigned at birth, according to biology. There are brain differences, genes associated with male-to-female transsexuals (I would assume the same with female-to-male transsexuals, such as myself), digit ratio differences and so on. Sex is a spectrum, according to biology, not a binary.
ZooGirl02
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Just because someone has sex or gender dysphoria does not make their opinion on the matter irrelevant. I don't have an addiction to drugs but I can still have a valid opinion on drug addiction.
When you have no idea of what you're talking about, it can invalidate your opinion. There's fact-based opinions and then there's straight up nonsense.
I would assume that god would have to encompass both masculine and feminine aspects.
But I also would assume that god is genderless. It's sort of like wondering what color hair god has. Why would we assume he even has hair, let alone in a color we'd consider normal?
FYI, for anyone interested. I have also read that this is a similar idea of some hindu sages, or holy men.
Many of these children with past-life memories show abilities or talents that they had in their previous lives. Often children who were members of the opposite sex in their previous life show difficulty in adjusting to the new sex. These problems relating to the 'sex change' can lead to homosexuality later on in their lives. Former girls who were reborn as boys may wish to dress as girls or prefer to play with girls rather than boys.
How Gay Souls Get Reincarnated
Many of these children with past-life memories show abilities or talents that they had in their previous lives. Often children who were members of the opposite sex in their previous life show difficulty in adjusting to the new sex. These problems relating to the 'sex change' can lead to homosexuality later on in their lives. Former girls who were reborn as boys may wish to dress as girls or prefer to play with girls rather than boys.
How Gay Souls Get Reincarnated
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God is undefinable for me. God can have many aspects/facets but none of those are permanent. It can be compared to the idea of a wave on the ocean. It arises, it falls, it returns from whence it came. For a moment in time it has form and then it's absorbed back into the formless from which it came.
god is no thing but god is not nothing.
I really like that imagery.
Cobol
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God has no gender at all, and would not take on the form of human, animal or inanimate thing on earth. It would make no sense biologically, sexually or culturally if god had a gender. He and she are appropriate pronouns for species with two sexes. We have no right to assume to call god by any gender based on the characteristics of humans. God is not a he or she, but an it.
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1 In the genesis God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
3 And God said, "Let there be insight(light),” and there was awareness of self(light). 4 And God saw that the understanding(light) was good. And God separated the mindful(light) from the ignorance(darkness).5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
christ consciousness is an impression upon the infinite mind.
[ The Lamb and the 144,000 ] Then I looked, and behold, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads.
They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.
1 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted. 4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
No, you didn't.
What "can't be done"?
Step me through whatever you're trying to say:
1. We can't change our genes.
2. Therefore, ___________.
3. Therefore, God is clearly opposed to gender reassignment surgery.
What goes in that blank? Take as much time as you need.