This is where the true debate resides. Christianity views reality through the lens of Scripture, which speaks of male and female as beings defined by their anatomical and reproductive organization (Genesis 1:26–28). Hormones or surgery cannot override the underlying realities of our genetic structure. If culture tries to define male and female apart from anatomy and reproductive organization, male and female become fluid, absurd categories. Hence where we are as a culture.
The transgender worldview is an active thwarting of one’s nature. It is akin to defying limits or swimming upstream against a current: you might try, but eventually limitations and the strength of the current are going to sweep you up against your will.
This reality of nature leads to one of the most important truths: actual transgenderism does not exist. Sure, there are people who may have genuine confusion over their “gender identity” (a concept itself riddled with problems), but the idea that there are persons truly “trapped” in the wrong body is false. Scripture does not allow for such a dualism between the body and the “self.
— Andrew T. Walker is Associate Professor of Christian Ethics at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Desiring God, The Transgender Fantasy, July 23, 2022
Bruce Gerencser, 67, lives in rural Northwest Ohio with his wife of 46 years. He and his wife have six grown children and sixteen grandchildren. Bruce pastored Evangelical churches for twenty-five years in Ohio, Texas, and Michigan. Bruce left the ministry in 2005, and in 2008 he left Christianity. Bruce is now a humanist and an atheist.
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Where in Genesis 1:26-28 are male and female defined by anatomy? In 28, God does tell them to be fruitful and multiply. But I which part of the verse is it specified who does what, and with what apparatus?
Of course, those questions matter only if you believe that the Bible is the divine authority.
This man clearly has not heard of complete androgen insensitivity syndrome. This is a case of someone who genetically is xy but basically ends up growing up and being a woman for all intensive purposes as none of the male organs develop. I would love for this guy to give an opinion on whether that person is a male or female. The world is not on some gender dichotomy, there is a spectrum of everything in between.
Even in the early 90s, I learned in college psychology courses that sex is not just binary – there are many biological representations of sexes. Gender is different from biological sex – it’s a cultural construct. And sexuality – who you’re attracted to sexually – is a different thing entirely. But I find that many people don’t understand these distinctions.