God will always deal with us with mercy. Some people like to cast His justice and mercy at odds with each other- but truly they are one attribute. Even self-selected crosses, are most often, IMO, not chosen with full freedom..rather most often out of hurts and wounds and defects. But God knows the depth of our hearts--it reminds me of yesterday's Responsorial Psalm--He knows all of us, even when we don't know it ourselves. How blessed we are that our salvation is not dependent upon our own perceptions and limited understandings!I really don't like commenting on these things as I feel we do not know nearly enough about it to pinpoint the issue a lot of these people have.
I often wonder if it is not some sort of brain chemical imbalance or something like it.
A manic depressive person cannot really be blamed if they commit suicide in a low swing.
This is another thing I tend to leave to the mercy of God. And just pray for some sort of wisdom & understanding.
Sometimes I think we are too casual about assigning people crosses...
If its a physical type of problem we have not discovered yet I tend to think God will deal with them in that context. Which would be merciful imo.
There are many functioning people with depression, mental illnesses, etc.
-Which restroom and changing facility do you feel I, a male-to-female transsexual, should use when in public spaces?
So God gave them suffering, and then gave them strength, knowing they would ignore it, and its their fault for losing their faith or Gods?
Or in English,Die Radiologen können also das, was die transsexuellen Männer angeben - daß sie sich nämlich "wie im falschen Körper" fühlen - anhand der Aktivierung des Gehirns auf erotische Stimuli bestätigen. Es gibt offenbar ein biologisches Korrelat des subjektiven Befunds.
I'll deal with the Theological implications later. But in the meantime, please read Matthew 19:12 and Isaiah 56:3-5 on the subject.Radiologists can now confirm what transsexuals report - that they feel trapped in the wrong body - on the basis of the activation of the brain when presented with erotic stimuli. There is obviously a biological correlation with the subjective feelings.
tell me what you think:
The rest of the story here, at National Catholic Register.
Finally, the link to Prof. Conway's page on Paul McHughMcHugh apparently sees himself as the instigator and principal propagator of the now infamous "two-type" theory of transsexualism. Furthermore, since he apparently believes that he "has won the scientific war against sex changes" by convincing the Vatican to denounce transsexualism in 2000...he thinks it is now time to tell the history of his great success!
I also ask a question of those who urge Transsexual people to "bear the thorn in their flesh", and carry their cross: I ask such people if they'd ever had a toothache - and if so, did they dedicate their suffering to God, or did they see a Dentist? Their replies are instructive, and I've yet to find one that's different.
Thanks!Welcome to both newcomers.
Eunuchs and the Transgendered are not the same thing, but there is an intersection of the two sets.I'm concerned that there is a misuse of scripture by quoting Matthew & Isaiah. In both cases there is a reference to eunichs but there is no correlation to the situation today with the transgendered community. The eunuchs in scripture were either made that way by others or born that way and carried that burden by the strength of the Lord or they chose to become eunuchs and commit themselves to the Lord, thereby chosing an enforced celibacy through physical modification.
Those born eunuchs "from their mother's womb" are Intersexed, and I don't see how there can be any argument about this. But if you disagree, please say so!For there are eunuchs, who were born so from their mother's womb: and there are eunuchs, who were made so by men: and there are eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven. He that can take, let him take it.
Transgendering oneself?To say that transgendering oneself is a matter of life and death is the perspective of one who can not see how God can give them peace in their situation without changing the situation.
I think the Society of Jesus would disagree there. It was not so long ago formal dogma said that the Universe was geocentric.It would not matter what the volume of statistics could "prove" or "disprove".
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The Church does not modify it's teaching because of "new information".
"Normalising" without informed consent is only permissible in cases where there is real and immediate harm - congenital heart defects and the like. Refusing to provide medical treatment that will improve and extend life is unChristian.God is the creator of all and all are of value exactly as He created them without modification. There is so much more to person than the label placed upon them. It's unfortunate that the propaganda today is driven toward "normalizing" everything.
For me to go stealth, I would have to quit my present job. I've been very lucky in that I was generally accepted by my chain-of-command. There are awkward moments with those who feel uncomfortable about transgender issues.After treatment, the vast majority seek anonymity, to live as normal lives as they can, with no hint of their past. It's called "going stealth", and is the course 9 out of 10 take.
Those who do not are a tiny minority. Some because they are "Transgendered", some because "while there is a single person drowning, how can one leave the pool?".
Sorry, I should have mentioned it before. It's something we really only think about in November, on the Transgender Day of Remembrance, when we remember our dead. I don't expect you've heard of that.Public Defender Annette Kundelius argued that the crime was a crime of passion and not premeditated, while prosecutor Rob Miller stated the fact that Andrade hit Zapata, began to clean up the apartment, then hit her again up to five times with a fire extinguisher when he heard gurgling sounds is evidence of premeditation.
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Andrade told Detective Greg Tharp he thought he'd killed "it" after beating her a second time with the extinguisher until she was dead.
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