I meant to say a parent need not accept sinful behavior of a child. We cannot choose our children, so we can only love them as they are - warts and all. That does not mean we have to accept everything they want to do or not do or just be OK with every choice they make. If my son decided he was really gay, left his wife and children, I would still love him. However I could not support him actively pursuing that lifestyle - specifically sex. His only right option there is celibacy and it should have been something that he did before marrying and having children.
You call it "love" I call it "violence". Why? I would like to tell you a true story from my LDS past. And remember that topic here is transsexual children:
In my ward there was a young woman who liked everyone. Musically highly gifted, friendly, caring, and above all with British humor. No wonder her family came from the "island"! She was 15 years old. Then she committed suicide, nobody knew why. Until their burial, as a member of the LDS church, and family members, a group of young people, all to be recognized as transsexual, the access to the burial ceremony was denied. So the community learned that Susanne (so the name of the young woman) was transsexual, felt as a man, something her family did not accept. They wanted her to go to therapy to be normal again, they wanted to go with boys, yes, they even beat them. Susanne was too young to leave the family. She saw no other way out than to kill herself.
Had the parents, the family, and the church accepted her as a boy, she would have remained alive, would have become a happy man with adopted children, would have married a woman, and would have been happy. So she was unhappy because her family, and indirectly the LDS Church, wanted to force her to be someone she was not.
The idea we should each be free to choose for ourselves what gender we are, and even modify our behavior or body or both in pursuit of what we desire for ourself is wrong. We were made for a purpose and that purpose is not solely to fulfill or pursue or satisfy our own desires.
These people do not "choose" their gender "voluntarily"! The gender has chosen them. They have been born that way! Today, science knows that there are three components for the development of transsexuality (hormones, chromosomes, and socialization); However, it is not yet certain to what extent (percentages) all are connected to each other.
Earlier (until 1970), with the exception of exceptions (such as Magnus Hirschfeld or Harry Benjamin), attempts were made to force these people to accept their biological gender. These people would rather die than live in their birth sex.
No it is not a "choice" in some cases perhaps, but am not certain about all cases as there is more going on there than simply genetics I think. As far as all sexuality/gender issues goes there are multiple known genetic abnormalities that people can be born with - clearly not a choice. These people along with homosexuals are in no different boat regarding their sexuality than a single heterosexual person. Celibacy is the only relevant choice we could talk about if a hetrosexual relationship is not possible. Loving those people, regardless of the choice they make in that regard is still required.
Why do you mix the topic of transsexuality (in children) with the subject of homosexuality? Do you have no more valid arguments?
The fact is, and the two films on YouTube show that it is not a free choice that these people have no choice but to commit suicide or to land in the mental hospital; or live on the other in their perceived gender. So it is a "choice" between life and death!
The choice that matters and the one Christians should be concerned with is what to do with the body and soul God gave us.
Who knows? Perhaps God gave to mankind more than two sexes? In nature there is a variety of variations, why not in humans? There are animals that fertilize themselves, homosexuality in the animal kingdom, there are mixed beings.
If God, of which I am personally convinced, and the Bible gives me the right to create the world, also transsexuals and homosexuals, then only for one reason: To show man the diversity and beauty of his creation.
Another word on homosexuality, although it does not belong in the subject:
If you look at the biblical quotations, where it is supposed to be homosexuality, you will notice the inclusion of the context of the Biblical quotations, the historical background, and the originally used words; That the Bible statements do not refer to homosexuality, as we understand it TODAY; But of temple-prostitution, and the holyness code in Judaism.
I found this at the Internet, quite interesting:
“The point is that The Holiness Code of Leviticus prohibits male same-sex acts for religious reasons, not for sexual reasons,” said former Catholic priest Daniel Helminiak in
What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality. “The concern is to keep Israel distinct from the Gentiles.” (Source:
The 'Holiness Code' and Homosexuality)
In Leviticus (Chapter 18 and 20) the word to'ebah is often used. Why (translated in Englisch often as "abomination")?
I quote:
When "
to'ebah" refers to the breaking of a ritual law it might be better translated "
ritually improper," or "
involves foreign religious cult practice." Almost all of the "
to'ebah" passages are considered without significance to Christians today. Many activities which were "t
o'ebah" transgressions to the ancient Israelites simply do not apply to modern cultures. However, most conservative Christians consider the
Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13 passages to be different from all the others, and still in force today.
Rabbi Gershon Caudill wrote that:
"Jews do not obligate any other religion to the observance of the Torah laws, which were given specifically to the Jewish people and their descendants, including converts. This is with the possible exception of the seven Noahide Laws, and there is dispute among the halakhic authorities as to which seven laws non-Jews need observe IF they are indeed required to observe any Torah laws at all."
Source:
The Mosaic Code; Hebrew word To'ebah
The Holyness Code was valid only for the Jews, not for Christians. And it was about moral purity in connection with ritual homosexuality. I wish some Christians would finally understand this, and not look down on their LBGTI brothers and sisters.
