Transgender persons are the product of nature much more than nurture. Debate the origins of homosexuality if you’d like and what role nature vs. nurture plays. But for those who are transgender, nature undeniably plays a primary role. According to medical science, chromosomal variances occur within moments of conception, and anatomical development happens within the nine months in the womb. There is no nature vs. nurture argument, except in cases of brain development, which is an emerging field of study.
This last point in particular raises the largest of theological questions. If Christians really believe every person is created in the image of God, how can we damn a baby who comes from the womb with gender dysphoria? My pediatrician friend puts it this way: “We must believe that even if some people got a lower dose of a chromosome, or an enzyme, or a hormonal effect, that does not mean that they got a lower dose of God’s image.”
I don’t know much about transgender issues, but I’m trying to learn — in part because I want to understand the way God has made us.
Thanks! He'll almost definitely be fine, but he'll need someone there for a week or two. Me being there or not depends on other people's schedules this weekend and how things go with him.
Oh wow. I'll have to get back to you after my dad's surgery on Tuesday, since I might have to make sure he's all right when my mom's not around a lot of this weekend.
This shows what happens when people stop and think.
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Thanks! He'll almost definitely be fine, but he'll need someone there for a week or two. Me being there or not depends on other people's schedules this weekend and how things go with him.
Oh wow. I'll have to get back to you after my dad's surgery on Tuesday, since I might have to make sure he's all right when my mom's not around a lot of this weekend.