Yeah, that works. Thanks.
Dylar wrote:Grenartia wrote:
No loving God would mandate that on you. Either God hates you (which runs contrary to Scripture), or God is fine with you being a girl and transitioning. Those are the only two options. So either Scripture is wrong, or the person telling you these things is wrong.
1.Matthew 16:24-26 wrote:24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me. 25 For whoever wishes to save his [a]life will lose it; but whoever loses his [b]life for My sake will find it. 26 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?Maybe the underlined is a sign that your views are wrong and need revision. The only times I don't immediately respond to somebody are when other things in life are more urgent (i.e., work, school, sleep, etc.), or I've been doing other things (either in other parts of NS, or other parts of the internet in general), or when I don't have the spoons at that moment to keep defending my existence. Not knowing what to say is never an issue in this context (though I do get it a fair amount in roleplays and other discussions).
Well, no. 2. As a Catholic I'm called to treat everyone with the same amount of respect, love and compassion that they deserve. And that unjust discrimination should be avoided at all costs, but we are to condemn sinful actions. That is what it says in the Catechism, which is our rulebook(since we don't believe in Sola Scriptura). 3. I just don't want to give the wrong impression that I, and by extension, the Church, hate trans people.
With good reason. Its another one of those seemingly convenient compartmentalizations that fails to hold up to assault from facts and logic.
4. Not really.
1. Methinks you're taking that verse entirely out of context.
2. Except when it comes to equal rights, apparently, or you wouldn't be here speaking against how two consenting adults express their love, or how anyone expresses their God-given gender identity (especially when it runs contrary to what would traditionally be expected from their sex assigned at birth). Catholicism talks a good game, but when it comes to backing that up with action, it becomes rather lethargic.
3. If your's, and the church's, sentiment is anything other than "As long as it doesn't harm anyone else, how somebody explores their God-given gender identity is of no concern to us", then you have failed in that mission.
4. Except it is. There's no justification for it to be a sin (unlike every other sin, such as murder, rape, etc.).