Transgendered individuals

[francisca]

The hormones that cause the brain to become male or female is done at a different time then the hormones that cause the physical change, so it is entirely possible that the brain can become female in uterus while the body becomes male.

An infant start to grow as male/ female at very early stage of the mothers pregnancy. The brain however develop later. In this way, it is almost impossible to exclude brain when the whole body (including brain) of the infant is growing toward its maturing gender since very early.

Please note these two facts:

1. Human brain keeps growing until a child reach 2-5 years old, after which it will never stop learning for a life time.
2. Human gender, however, has been decided before birth. This decision decides whether the infant will grow to become a male/ female baby. This is important, otherwise an infant may born “undeveloped” because its system has not decided which gender to develop yet. No, this case can’t be. An infant grow as a certain gender so that it is born the way it is.

For illustration about how decisive our gender in the time BEFORE BIRTH:

For example the fact that each woman has owned ALL of her eggs in her ovary ever since she was still in her mother’s womb. Thus those eggs has been in the “mother’s” ovary while “the mother” was still in the "grandmother’s womb. These eggs has been there in her ovary since even BEFORE she was born as a baby girl. With this example, I hope you can imagine how DECISIVE our gender at the point of birth. In my opinion, the brain which is still developing will most unlikely be excluded from the whole body gender influence.

 

[speakttruth]

@LaSainte
The “norm” has to be based on something. You can’t say someone is sick until you establish what the norm is. The norm is that a genetic male has the genitals of a male and a genetic female has the genitals of a female. If the brain is saying something different then the brain is where the problem is assuming genetics match the body. Whether that is a physical problem with the brain or a psychological problem is hard to know but that is where the problem is. Reality is not based upon what we think. You don’t assume the schizophrenic person who thinks the government has a conspiracy to kill him is right and then change reality to match what he thinks.

The only reason transgendered surgery is occurring is because its easy to do and takes advantage of people looking for anyway out of the predicament they are in. It is similar to how we treat depression today. We hand out drugs to fix “chemical problems” in the brain and look past trying to fix the problems within peoples lives that are making them depressed. A kids parents get divorced and the kid starts acting depressed. Obviously something is screwed up with his brain, and his depression has nothing to do with the divorce… Do some people really have physical problems that account for their depression? yes, but I bet a vast majority do not. Another example would be the number of kids who are diagnosed with ADHD. Kids don’t perform in school and parents look for anything that might explain it. Its easier to throw them on ADHD then to try and fix the real problem. Transgendered surgeries are just another example of poor medical practices that treat symptoms not the real problem.

Also, don’t all of these sex changes result in a person becoming infertile?

I agree, Good points. Yes they are infertile. You can never really change yourself from being a man to a women or a women to a man. It is really sad these people are being taken advantage of. Feelings are running the world instead of intelligence.
We really need to pray for these people.

 

[Warrior1979]

Along the same lines, does the Church have an official position on hermaphrodites?

 

[Dale_M]

Along the same lines, does the Church have an official position on hermaphrodites?

Not that I am aware of. However, you may want to avoid the word “hermaprhodite” in the future since many persons affected by intersex conditions find that older word to be offensive. Its a bit like referring to Catholics as Romanists or Papists… maybe okay if you choose to apply the word to yourself, not so okay when others call you that without permission.

 

[Dakota_Roberts]

Not that I am aware of. However, you may want to avoid the word “hermaprhodite” in the future since many persons affected by intersex conditions find that older word to be offensive. Its a bit like referring to Catholics as Romanists or Papists… maybe okay if you choose to apply the word to yourself, not so okay when others call you that without permission.

The only time I use the term Papist is “What?!? Next thing I know you’ll be telling me the Pope is a bloody Papist!” or when describing discrimination the Irish felt by Protestants.

yes, intersex is the proper term

 

[Warrior1979]

So, what is the Church’s position regarding people with intersex conditions?