Transgenderism, Part 1: Realities and Results

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08/08/17 - Bulletin Articles

Transgenderism is not real, but the hurt and harm being done by the myth and its proponents are VERY real. Please consider that Transgenderism:

Denies basic Biology/Physiology.  Each of us is born with a set of two genetic chromosomes, one coming from each parent.  Females have only “XX” chromosomes (homogametic), and therefore can only contribute an “X” to the new offspring.  But males have an “X” and a “Y” chromosome (heterogametic), and thus contribute either an “X” or a “Y” to the resultant offspring.  Thus, the sex/gender of the offspring is determined by the father’s contribution to the child (if only Henry VIII had known this!).  If the father contributes an “X” to the mother’s “X,” then the child is female (XX).  Conversely, if the father contributes a “Y” to the mother’s “X,” then the child is male (XY).   What have these things to do with Transgenderism?  Everything.  It means that at birth and throughout life, we are either “male” or “female.”  We can cross-dress, have so-called “sex-change surgeries,” take whatever hormone shots or pills we like, and “present” ourselves as the opposite sex all we like, but none of these things will alter our gender because it is chromosomally determined at conception and doesn’t change.  This is not opinion, it’s just basic biology, genetics, and the physiology of human life.  Are there exceptions to the basic “XX” or “XY” gender chromosomal makeup?  Sure.  But these are genetic mutations or malformations.  Furthermore, such mutations are not the basis for the overwhelming majority’s motivation for Transgenderism.  Instead, such “choices” are made based on subjective feelings or desires rather being dictated by biological genetic malformation.

Denies Scripture/God.  Humanity was created on the sixth day as “male and female,” Genesis 1:27.  Being thus equipped, they were instructed to “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth…” Genesis 1:28.  Then, in a concluding statement, we are told that “God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good,” Genesis 1:31.  Don’t overlook the obvious link between these statements.  While reproduction isn’t the only purpose for human sexuality (see 1Corinthians 7:1-5), neither Transgenderism nor Homosexuality are capable of fulfilling this original divine directive, and thus cannot be “good” for they fail to achieve God’s purposes for having two distinct genders in the first place.  To put it another way, if God intended for humanity to have third or fourth or ad infinitum genders, He would have not only created them originally, but He would have given them the ability to reproduce and further propagate the species.  But He didn’t- precisely because the genders He created were “good” in that they completely fulfilled His purposes for humanity in these regards.  What purposes humanity has for itself in these matters is a different issue.  Now, either we believe God and His Word on this, or we must reject God and His Word for our own feelings and opinions.  But don’t be confused about two key related points: 1) We can’t have it both ways, Joshua 24:15; and, 2) conclusions have consequences, 2Thessalonians 2:9-12.   

Enforces a False/Fantasy Existence.  Because Transgenderism is not real, it forces adherents into a false existence made up of their fantasies.  Please take a step back and take an objective look at the “requirements” that are forced upon subscribers of Transgenderism:

• Dress differently than your physiology;
• Act differently than your physiology;
• Refer to yourself differently than your physiology (and require others to do so also); and,
• Reject all the “norms” of your physiology.

While efforts are certainly underway to deny and destroy all gender-based realities, and allow everyone to create their own “virtual” world of existence based on whatever gender (or lack thereof in some cases) they choose, please consider all of the narratives that have to be altered from their natural state in order to create and maintain a false fantasy of who “who I really am.”  Such is certainly neither normal nor natural.

Enforces Selfishness.  To adopt Transgenderism on a personal level, extreme selfishness is enforced.  There has to be a separate gender classification for just for me.  Everyone has to use special terms and pronouns just to refer to me.  Special bathrooms have to be created and appropriately labeled just for me (or I must be allowed to utilize whichever one I choose).  I must be allowed to dictate my own rules of general conduct in the workplace and society as a whole.  Special laws must be enacted to allow and protect my choices.  And perhaps most importantly, no one can be allowed to question- let alone criticize, any choices that I make in any of the above areas.  Surely we can see that such is selfishness gone to seed.  Subjective narcissism, rather than objective physiology, is the root cause of Transgenderism.  Selfish desires for a fantasy existence apart from realities, or the attention of others by being “different,” or both, motivate it.  But Transgenderism is not the result of anyone being “born” or “trapped” in the opposite gender’s body.  “Feelings” to this end are delusional.

Denies Hope/Happiness through Healthy Physical Relationships.  Apart from spiritual enlightenment and fulfillment through a relationship with God, physical relationships are a huge source of human happiness.  We love our families, and receive much help, hope, and happiness through being part of healthy familial relationships.  God said, “It is not good for man to be alone,” Genesis 1:18a, and it isn’t good for woman to be alone either, Genesis 1:18b.  From this divinely arranged union, “family” resulted, Genesis 4:1-2,25-26; 5:1ff.  God created us as not only social but also familial, and provided marriage as a means of enabling and furthering human happiness through “family.”  Indeed, marriage and the children born to it (i.e. “family”) occasion much joy and are the bedrock of human society- but only when we “do” them according to God’s expressed intentions.  Transgenderism does not and cannot provide such hope and happiness.  Its “relationships” must be contrived and expedited with false suppositions and the accouterments of misrepresentations, surgeries, and injected/ingested hormones in efforts to deny reality.  In so doing, it also destroys not only the basis on which society is built, but also its own hope for happy and fulfilling physical relationships. There is a reason “Transgender” adult adherents are 22 times more likely to attempt suicide[1] (30 percent in youth[2]), and it isn’t societal disapproval or rejection because the majority of society has accepted, if not championed, them.  It is, instead, that the “virtual” lifestyle they have chosen and created for themselves doesn’t provide the hope and happiness they desired.  To borrow from James 4:1-3, they have sought pleasure from the wrong source- one which does not, and cannot, provide it.

Denies Hope/Happiness through Fulfilling Spiritual Relationships.  Even in the absence of fulfilling and healthy familial relationships, spiritual relationships with God and His people provide great hope and happiness.  Physical families, even when such relationships are possible and present, do not always provide hope and happiness.  In fact, sometimes the opposites of despair and abject unhappiness are the result.  But even in such cases, hope and happiness can be obtained through spiritual relationships with God and His family. Brethren in Christ can become even greater comforts, supports, and sources of happy and fulfilling relationships for us than our physical families.  And certainly, we can always count on God to love and see the value in us, unless, of course, we deliberately reject Him and His Word for our own selfish ideas and pursuits.  Then, though He still loves and values us, He will not maintain fellowship with us- nor will His people, John 12:48; 1John 1:6-7; 2Thessalonians 3:6,14.  You see, Christianity is inherently selfless, while Transgenderism is inherently selfish.  The two are simply incompatible.  Transgenderism, because of its selfish nature and its conflict with both the nature and Law of Christianity, isolates itself from the blessings and benefits of a fulfilling spiritual relationship with God and His people.  This is the sad resulting reality of Transgenderism.

Though “Transgenderism” is a myth based in the selfish creation of a “virtual world” of fantasy and self and societal delusion, such does not prevent it from having very real, damaging, and even damning effects- both now and for eternity.  The God who created, loves, and values us desires none of those things for us, cf. 2Samuel 14:14; Ezekiel 18:23,32.

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