Waco1947 said:
Forest Bueller_bf said:
cms186 said:
historian said:
"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them." Genesis 1:27
There are no other options.
a couple of takes from this, and please note, when i say "you", i mean it in the plural sense, not you personally, but you seem to talk a lot about the bible, but whenever there is a problematic point in the Old Testament (and there are several) you always say that you are a New Testament Christian, but you always pick and choose the bits from the Old Testament which suit your particular Agenda.
Ignoring that though, if you accept this particular quotation at face value and hold it as a honest belief, then surely you must be against any kind of Body Altering surgery? isnt that messing with Gods image? If God wanted you to have a Flat Chest or Wonky Teeth, or a Cleft Palate, or Astigmatism, shouldnt you then accept Gods image as it is and not cut off (or inject substances into) whatever parts of your body you want to?
He could have quoted Jesus from Matthew 19:4 has he wished.
Verse 4: "Have you not read that from the beginning he made them male and female?
It's not really an Old vs. New Testament issue.
Galatians 3:28
New International Version
28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Paul erases sexuality and Jesus never asks about about someone sexuality.
So Paul "erases sexuality"? I guess he also erases Jews, Gentiles, slaves and free people?
What a terrible interpretation of scripture.
Paul didn't erase anything. Paul was simply stating that the societal divisions & hierarchy do not apply within the Body of Christ. He was saying that all people, regardless of social status, are equal in the Body of Christ. He was not saying that males are no longer males and females are no longer females... and he certainly NEVER said that there was anything else besides a male or a female.
If you care to actually read that verse in context, you will see that it has NOTHING to do with trans-insanity or gender identity madness.
26 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith,
27 for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
29 If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Verse 29 makes it very clear that Paul is talking about divisions between members of the church, and that ALL are now considered part of Abraham's seed.
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