You still think that chromosome determine the innate (not carnate) nature of a person's soul even though you repeatedly admit that it is God that puts the soul of a person into that person.
All that DNA and chromosomes can do is determine who you are anatomically. It has no bearing on who you are as a person. Consider all the things that YOU ViLaLuz like and dislike. Consider all the innate (not carnate) characteristics of who you are. Personality, etc. You mean to tell me that your chromosomes determined who you are? The very unique ViLaLuz is no more different than the next person, because you have the same chromosonal makeup as the next person?
If you are determined by your chromosomes and by extension your DNA, then who you are as a person could be flawed and could need fixing -- no?
Who are you? Consider how unique you are -- and you say that you're nothing more than an XY chromosome. Those two characteristics determined that you love pizza and hate sushi. That you are good at mechanics but suck at sewing. That when you are standing in the kitchen with your wife and her friends you feel like an alien, an outsider, but in the company of other men you're at home.
Again I ask, who are you? Are you nothing more than conditioned responses to the world you live in because you were born with a penis? Are you fluid and changeable to your surroundings? Your chromosomes don't determine who you are in your soul. God does and yet it is still a fallen world. You may have been born with a penis because you were born with an XY chomosome, but are you who you really are because of the anatomical thing between your legs.
Anyhow, I hope you see my point.
It is a fallen world and people are born with defects all the time. We fix them when we can.
Trust me its not mental. Hanging out with the guys more often doesn't fix it. In fact it worsens the problem. It exacerbates it. It provides a sharp contrast between who guys innately are and who a trannsexual is. They are forced to pretend that they are one of the guys.
Part of my crankiness in this morning's response was that I was up late providing security for a Rock Concert. Afterwards I had to stand around with the guys and drink beers and smoke cigars as we BSed about cars, jobs, wives etc -- all the things that guys innately do, and all the while I'm reminded that "I don't fit in."
And I haven't fit in since I first understood at age 3.
It doesn't go away. You cant repent it away.
What if at some point someone convinced you that who you are (ViLaLuz) was a sin and needed to be repented of. Could you do it. Would God accept your repentance? Would he make you someone else.
Who one is, is not a mental choice, "Oh I wish I were a woman."
One realizes "I'm different. I don't fit in with the guys. I get along with women better." etc. Anyhow, I'm done.
YOu can pray for me all you want. I will likewise pray for you, and for the church, that you might understand the issue more accurately and judge with righteous judgment.
We just simply disagree.
I think that genetics is part of the scheme God uses to create people. Chromosomes are only part of the picture, but an important part. God created humans as men and women. Equally important are the mental and spiritual pallette. We are all unique creatures made in the image of God.
If a man has feelings that he is really a woman, he’s mistaken. That’s not to say that that men sometimes wish they could be women, or like things that are traditionally feminine. If a man likes to hang around with women and feels more comfortable with them, what’s the harm? If someone doesn’t like it, that’s their problem, not yours. On judgement day, only God will know what’s really in your heart.
People can’t help how they feel a lot of the time, but they can choose not to take actions that hurt themselves or others. Having mutilating surgery destroys any chance of going back to the original God-given state if he ever comes to terms with his sex down the road.
It’s just that I know several guys who had themselves mutilated and now regret it. It’s ruined their lives. It’s ruined the lives of the people who love them. At the time they believed the lies and now they and their families are paying.
I’ve felt at times I wanted to kill people, or steal, or other terrible things—so badly I could actually see the visual of me committing the crimes in my mind. This is from the pit of Hell. I know this is against what God wants, so I choose not to do it. Sometimes I fail, but I repent and Jesus has saved me. The feelings don’t go away—I am constantly tempted, but now I’m never alone, and I know where I’m spending eternity.
It’s OK about being touchy this morning. You know, you really came across very masculine. By the way, I’m a woman. And... I’ve always felt more comfortable with the guys and was a tomboy. I chose a traditionally masculine profession. Many times people have assumed I’m a lesbian, but I’m not. I like my woman friends, but their interests bore me to tears. I’m told a lot that I think like a man.
You said you repented. Is Jesus your Savior? Have you asked Him to help you with your burden, and show you His truth?
You know, there are some people that have really touched me on Free Republic—like you. I think about them often and pray for them, even though I don’t really know them. I wonder how they are doing.
Also, thanks for the prayers. Really, I need all I can get!