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To: Mrs. Don-o
I find it interesting you didn't include the "church" at Philadelphia.

>>And that reminds me of the original topic of this thread, which is Bruce Jenner's claim that Jesus is OK with his "sexual reassignment" project, because "sexual reassignment" is not condemned in Scripture. Do you think he's right?<<

He's using the same line we hear from Catholics all the time!!

228 posted on 04/28/2015 7:02:11 PM PDT by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
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To: CynicalBear
You put the word "church" in Philadelphia, in quotes, as if you wished to say, "so-called church". Do you not consider it a church?

As for Bruce Jenner's comment that sex-reassignment surgery must be OK "because it's not explicitly forbidden in the Bible," that's exactly what a Catholic would not say.

Generally speaking, in moral terms there are two kinds of sex "treatments". There are treatments to correct and normalize sex organs which were for some reason malformed or disabled (to heal injuries or address very rare genetic conditions). On the other hand, there's surgical/hormonal "treatment" which does the opposite: which impairs or destroys the function of your normal sexual reproductive system.

There is nothing wrong with the first kind of medical intervention, because it's aimed at restoring normal, natural sexual function.

The second kind, though--- the increasingly common type they're publicizing now --- is exactly the opposite: rejecting your natural sex organs and your naturalsexual identity. This, Catholics would say, is morally wrong because it is a violation of Natural Law. The legitimate use of medical intervention is to restore, to cure and to heal, not to cut off normal, natural organs and substitute something else.

Catholic medical ethics is pretty much based on Natural Law. It's not directly Scriptural, although it's harmonious with principles found in Scripture, namely the goodness of Creation, that it is good that God made you male or female. Jenner's view and the Catholic/Natural Law view are opposites.

229 posted on 04/29/2015 5:53:55 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (May the Lord bless you and keep you, may He turn to you His countenance and give you peace.)
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