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RE: Transgenderism/Crossdressing One Stop thread - 4/10/2008 6:27:01 PM
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In all of this I see a lot of justification for what makes one feel more comfortable. I know everyone wants to draw the morality line beyond their own behavior, but this is the slippery slope that Paul refers to in the beginning of the epistle to the Romans. I admit that these issues are not new, otherwise Paul would not have had to warn the believers in Rome about them. The point is that the line must be drawn somewhere and Adonai has drawn that line. Some say that we should just let our consciences be our guides. Moral relativism just results in a seared conscience that we can not count on. The time of the judges shows us what happens when each man does what is right in his own eyes.
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RE: Transgenderism/Crossdressing One Stop thread - 4/19/2008 2:32:40 AM
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Well shucks, if some cross-dressing, transgender type folks want to fellowship at my Church; they are welcome, as long as they repent of thier rebellion, sin, and craziness.
Else they can go on down the street to the Unitarian or possibly the UCC or some other gathering, but they will not be welcome here without repentance and salvation.
Same thing goes for homosexuals, adulterers, fornicators, and sinners of all ilks.
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Um, okay, that was sort of...unnessecary. Your a sinner too.
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RE: Transgenderism/Crossdressing One Stop thread - 4/19/2008 3:23:33 AM
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Should women wear pants/jeans then? Just a thought.
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RE: Transgenderism/Crossdressing One Stop thread - 4/19/2008 7:05:30 AM
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ORIGINAL: rcjames
Well shucks, if some cross-dressing, transgender type folks want to fellowship at my Church; they are welcome, as long as they repent of thier rebellion, sin, and craziness.
Else they can go on down the street to the Unitarian or possibly the UCC or some other gathering, but they will not be welcome here without repentance and salvation.
Same thing goes for homosexuals, adulterers, fornicators, and sinners of all ilks.
Thanks
RC
Um, okay, that was sort of...unnessecary. Your a sinner too.
Quoted again, because that really is absolutely unnecessary. You know...taking time...to gain their trust...to get to know them as people...feeling you know...that thing called compassion? Might lead to their salvation. But I'm sure the church down the road knows that.
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RE: Transgenderism/Crossdressing One Stop thread - 7/8/2008 11:25:57 AM
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John MacArthur had a wonderful program on this very topic this morning.
http://oneplace.com/ministries/Grace_to_You/
He deals with cross-dressing, redefining gender, and homosexuality. He presents it in his usual no-nonsense manner and I found it very interesting.
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The Bible says:
Genesis 5:2
2 He created them male and female, and He blessed them and named them Man in the day when they were created.
Redefining gender is evil. It is vital that we understand that there is such a thing as truth regarding gender. We cannot go around redefining truth and expect to maintain our ability to think properly. That is moral relativism. Once we get on a slippery slope of moral relativism, we are on dangerous ground. Even our salvation is based on truth. The devil wants us to do away with truth in some things, so he can confuse us even about the truth of Christ's sacrifice and our eternal salvation. It doesn't matter where moral relativism starts. It all leads to the same place. We have to nip it in the bud and not allow it to grow.
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RE: Transgenderism/Crossdressing One Stop thread - 7/9/2008 2:02:16 PM
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In any jail/prison in the U.S. - what determines the classification of an inmate is what genitalia the individual has.
So where do they put the convicted felon who is a chimera hermaphrodite, with XX and XY, and BOTH kinds of genitals?
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RE: Transgenderism/Crossdressing One Stop thread - 7/9/2008 2:06:57 PM
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John MacArthur had a wonderful program on this very topic this morning.
He deals with cross-dressing, redefining gender, and homosexuality. He presents it in his usual no-nonsense manner and I found it very interesting. Does he have anything to say about hermaphrodism?
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RE: Transgenderism/Crossdressing One Stop thread - 7/9/2008 3:33:25 PM
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I don't recall him mentioning that particular disorder(?). He was definitely against having "the operation" but I don't know what he would say about someone born that way. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
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ORIGINAL: davemiller7
John MacArthur had a wonderful program on this very topic this morning.
He deals with cross-dressing, redefining gender, and homosexuality. He presents it in his usual no-nonsense manner and I found it very interesting. Does he have anything to say about hermaphrodism?
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RE: Transgenderism/Crossdressing One Stop thread - 7/9/2008 6:14:10 PM
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ORIGINAL: davemiller7
John MacArthur had a wonderful program on this very topic this morning.
He deals with cross-dressing, redefining gender, and homosexuality. He presents it in his usual no-nonsense manner and I found it very interesting. Does he have anything to say about hermaphrodism?
I honestly think Christians (a majority of them) forget about biological disorders (biochemical disorders) in this area. Just the other day my embryology professor was telling me about a student whose mother's long-time friend had been born with both sets of genitalia... so they just arbitrarily cut a set off/out, and it turns out that the person was the OPPOSITE of what they decided to remove. So they were genetically a man (when clothed)... but since they made a wrong choice at birth, he has just female parts. I wouldn't make that person live as a woman b/c he has female parts; his genotype and phenotype don't match. When that happens, I'd go with the genotype... but many Christians insist you go by phenotype only... and that's where I think things are messed up. People would call a man w/female parts a crossdresser if they dress as a man, but if you're genetically a man, to me, that's what you are... no matter what set of sex organs you have.
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RE: Transgenderism/Crossdressing One Stop thread - 7/10/2008 7:51:49 AM
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And with the increasing awareness of chimerism, we are finding people with XX and XY chromosomes in the same body. There is no one set of physical traits that would fit that genotype.
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RE: Transgenderism/Crossdressing One Stop thread - 7/10/2008 10:18:47 AM
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These truly are very sad situations, IMO. We need to treat them with love, kindness, and understanding. I think this is different from someone who wants to be, and has an operation to "become" the other sex (regardless of his/her reasoning) or merely someone who cross-dresses. The latter are usually homosexuals, which the Bible calls a sin.
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ORIGINAL: DaveW
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ORIGINAL: davemiller7
John MacArthur had a wonderful program on this very topic this morning.
He deals with cross-dressing, redefining gender, and homosexuality. He presents it in his usual no-nonsense manner and I found it very interesting. Does he have anything to say about hermaphrodism?
I honestly think Christians (a majority of them) forget about biological disorders (biochemical disorders) in this area. Just the other day my embryology professor was telling me about a student whose mother's long-time friend had been born with both sets of genitalia... so they just arbitrarily cut a set off/out, and it turns out that the person was the OPPOSITE of what they decided to remove. So they were genetically a man (when clothed)... but since they made a wrong choice at birth, he has just female parts. I wouldn't make that person live as a woman b/c he has female parts; his genotype and phenotype don't match. When that happens, I'd go with the genotype... but many Christians insist you go by phenotype only... and that's where I think things are messed up. People would call a man w/female parts a crossdresser if they dress as a man, but if you're genetically a man, to me, that's what you are... no matter what set of sex organs you have.
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The Prayer of Protection
The light of God surrounds me,
The love of God enfolds me,
The power of God protects me,
The presence of God watches over me.
Wherever I am, God is.
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RE: Transgenderism/Crossdressing One Stop thread - 7/10/2008 11:44:50 AM
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I'm currently watching Oprah and the pregnant "man" is on.
Does anybody know what sex Oprah is? 
Gees, people should stop watching her.
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RE: Transgenderism/Crossdressing One Stop thread - 7/10/2008 11:57:50 AM
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These truly are very sad situations, IMO. We need to treat them with love, kindness, and understanding. I think this is different from someone who wants to be, and has an operation to "become" the other sex (regardless of his/her reasoning) or merely someone who cross-dresses. The latter are usually homosexuals, which the Bible calls a sin.
-Dave
Maybe you're confusing drag-queens with cross-dressers. Cross-dressers are typically heterosexual.
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RE: Transgenderism/Crossdressing One Stop thread - 7/10/2008 11:58:48 AM
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These truly are very sad situations, IMO. We need to treat them with love, kindness, and understanding. I think this is different from someone who wants to be, and has an operation to "become" the other sex (regardless of his/her reasoning) or merely someone who cross-dresses. The latter are usually homosexuals, which the Bible calls a sin.
-Dave
What if their "reasoning" was that they were gentically male, phenotypically female (or vice versa)? Is it a sin to be a man and woman in oneself, but then make both aspects match up by changing the outside to match the genes?
I think it'd be hard to know if one who has a sex change has a problem like this or not... unless they volunteer the information to a person.
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RE: Transgenderism/Crossdressing One Stop thread - 7/10/2008 1:50:33 PM
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What's the difference? They both dress in clothing of the other sex. I'm serious in asking, if there's a difference I don't see it, except maybe for a difference in desired consequence (prostitution?).
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These truly are very sad situations, IMO. We need to treat them with love, kindness, and understanding. I think this is different from someone who wants to be, and has an operation to "become" the other sex (regardless of his/her reasoning) or merely someone who cross-dresses. The latter are usually homosexuals, which the Bible calls a sin.
-Dave
Maybe you're confusing drag-queens with cross-dressers. Cross-dressers are typically heterosexual.
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The light of God surrounds me,
The love of God enfolds me,
The power of God protects me,
The presence of God watches over me.
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RE: Transgenderism/Crossdressing One Stop thread - 7/10/2008 1:58:37 PM
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I gotta admit, I'm not really into clinical aspects of this. I do believe, however, that God made all of us the sex he intended us to be. There probably are many factors that influence how they "feel" or relate later in life (as in maybe teenage years and beyond). These are not God influenced if they are different than the way God intended when they were born. Remember, God doesn't make mistakes.
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These truly are very sad situations, IMO. We need to treat them with love, kindness, and understanding. I think this is different from someone who wants to be, and has an operation to "become" the other sex (regardless of his/her reasoning) or merely someone who cross-dresses. The latter are usually homosexuals, which the Bible calls a sin.
-Dave
What if their "reasoning" was that they were gentically male, phenotypically female (or vice versa)? Is it a sin to be a man and woman in oneself, but then make both aspects match up by changing the outside to match the genes?
I think it'd be hard to know if one who has a sex change has a problem like this or not... unless they volunteer the information to a person.
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The Prayer of Protection
The light of God surrounds me,
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The power of God protects me,
The presence of God watches over me.
Wherever I am, God is.
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RE: Transgenderism/Crossdressing One Stop thread - 7/11/2008 9:40:39 AM
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What's the difference? They both dress in clothing of the other sex. I'm serious in asking, if there's a difference I don't see it, except maybe for a difference in desired consequence (prostitution?).
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These truly are very sad situations, IMO. We need to treat them with love, kindness, and understanding. I think this is different from someone who wants to be, and has an operation to "become" the other sex (regardless of his/her reasoning) or merely someone who cross-dresses. The latter are usually homosexuals, which the Bible calls a sin.
-Dave
Maybe you're confusing drag-queens with cross-dressers. Cross-dressers are typically heterosexual.
Well, tell you what:
Drag-queen: Gay, dresses like a woman.
Cross-dresser: Straight, wears women's clothes occasionally, nothing sexual.
Transsexual: Getting their sex changed, or living as the opposite sex.
Transvestite: Straight, dresses as a woman for sexual pleasure.
All the above is in general terms, not 100% are straight. But the majority are.
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RE: Transgenderism/Crossdressing One Stop thread - 7/11/2008 9:46:30 AM
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Sorry, but I can't consider any of those as being "straight." Just my opinion, to which I am entitled.
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ORIGINAL: davemiller7
What's the difference? They both dress in clothing of the other sex. I'm serious in asking, if there's a difference I don't see it, except maybe for a difference in desired consequence (prostitution?).
-Dave
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ORIGINAL: 6dj8
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These truly are very sad situations, IMO. We need to treat them with love, kindness, and understanding. I think this is different from someone who wants to be, and has an operation to "become" the other sex (regardless of his/her reasoning) or merely someone who cross-dresses. The latter are usually homosexuals, which the Bible calls a sin.
-Dave
Maybe you're confusing drag-queens with cross-dressers. Cross-dressers are typically heterosexual.
Well, tell you what:
Drag-queen: Gay, dresses like a woman.
Cross-dresser: Straight, wears women's clothes occasionally, nothing sexual.
Transsexual: Getting their sex changed, or living as the opposite sex.
Transvestite: Straight, dresses as a woman for sexual pleasure.
All the above is in general terms, not 100% are straight. But the majority are.
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The Prayer of Protection
The light of God surrounds me,
The love of God enfolds me,
The power of God protects me,
The presence of God watches over me.
Wherever I am, God is.
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RE: Transgenderism/Crossdressing One Stop thread - 7/11/2008 10:05:41 AM
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Dave,
Straight: Sexually attracted to the opposite sex.
Gay: Sexually attracted to the same sex.
Clothes don't make the man. Neither do interior design, football, flowers, fixing the car, eating quiche, or working in construction.
So, what, in your opinion, makes YOU straight?
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RE: Transgenderism/Crossdressing One Stop thread - 7/11/2008 10:19:33 AM
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This is a totally inappropriate, inane question and also, none of your business! Just take my word for it, I'm straight.
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Dave,
Straight: Sexually attracted to the opposite sex.
Gay: Sexually attracted to the same sex.
Clothes don't make the man. Neither do interior design, football, flowers, fixing the car, eating quiche, or working in construction.
So, what, in your opinion, makes YOU straight?
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The Prayer of Protection
The light of God surrounds me,
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The power of God protects me,
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Wherever I am, God is.
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RE: Transgenderism/Crossdressing One Stop thread - 7/11/2008 10:29:35 AM
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Sorry. I'll take your word for it. Never said you aren't. The question was meant to be rhetorical.
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RE: Transgenderism/Crossdressing One Stop thread - 7/11/2008 12:37:00 PM
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davemiller7
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Apology accepted. Let's move on.
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Sorry. I'll take your word for it. Never said you aren't. The question was meant to be rhetorical.
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The Prayer of Protection
The light of God surrounds me,
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RE: Transgenderism/Crossdressing One Stop thread - 7/23/2008 10:19:54 PM
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