A more simple way of making the argument for trans inclusion without logic chopping would be: how could God, whom the scriptures describe as pure Love and Goodness itself, and who was revealed as a healer in Christ,
@countmaculad That is fair, thank you. I would say if someone was in this situation they should at the very least not make confession too regular or often, or they genuinely do risk diminishing the dignity of the sacrament itself. Which was the intent of my original post
“Hating Women? Funny. Calling LGBT people pedophiles? Hilarious, classic. Trans suicide? Literally splitting my sides laughing rn. Daring to say trad Cath men are addicted to gooning? Nah man that is so f’d up and evil.”
Since the accidents of the body can be modified but not the brain, it seems requisite to alter the body in a way that allows the fullest possible expression of the person’s psychological nature.
The typical Catholic polemic of “oh but with HRT or SRS there is no diseased tissue being treated so it’s unethical” is not acceptable. My reply is that gender dissonance is something different than mere disease, as science has shown that it is a mismatch between body and brain.
transitioning is simply the most accurate expression of the person and that their vegetative sex shouldn’t be prioritized over their integral psychology, which itself is also a gift from God. Therefore it is prima facie good to do.
I think a better counter reply to the trans medicalization temptation in Christian ethics (“you can only transition IFF you are about to kill yourself”) is that since a trans-sexual identity is neurologically instinctual and cannot be removed from someone, /1
@DMSH2394@Bridemoder God is genderless and thus He has created people who transcend this boundary in order to demonstrate the infinite complexity of His creation. We, too, are male or female.
The Trad-Cath is immunized against all dangers: One may call him a LARPer, Pharisee, chud, it all runs off him like water off a raincoat…. Call him a Gooner, and you will be astonished at how he recoils, how injured he is, how he suddenly shrinks back: 'I've been found out.”
Trad twt will be in one moment "ugh I literally HATE all these trannies and gays trying to be in our Church!!!" And then right when you point out the sexual habits of the average cis het male it's suddenly all about "uh, hey man, don't be a judgmental Pharisee 😢"
If you want to know how a religious repper thinks I recommend you read this very sad and harrowing story of a trans man learning to hate himself... and he is spinning his own story as a victory, when in reality, it's really sad.
https://t.co/BlAj1JwYjv