As scholars who have studied the Bible for decades, we believe transgender people—just like all people—are our sacred, precious, divinely cherished neighbors.

If all one read were these stories, it would appear that the Bible is unequivocal in its condemnation of gender expansiveness and that all of Christendom is unflinching in its interpretation of that scripture.

Nothing could be further from the truth. As scholars who have studied the Bible for decades, we believe transgender people—just like all people—are our sacred, precious, divinely cherished neighbors. There’s no reason that one narrow religious interpretation should be able to dictate policy and structure our community.

The author of Genesis writes that “male and female [God] created them” (1.27). While some point to this scripture as confirmation of a gender binary, others identify it as a rhetorical device known as a merism, used frequently throughout the Bible to describe an expansive concept.

  • alapakala@quokk.auEnglish
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    8 days ago

    fight with shadows.

    Same way Evangelicals are fine maming and torturing trans siblings. Do you think we’re being genocide for the second coming of christ? I said something stronger: digressive victim cults need to push further against bigotry, esp. against churches enforcing bigotry. It’s their solemn duty to do so, instead of letting the bigotry reoccur. They need to riot and ransack bigotted churches like Jesus did in the temple. Until bigotry dies, their missions in this earth is not over.

    Next, you’re going to tell me Inquisition never happened.
    🖕

    • Jake Farm@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      8 days ago

      Again swinging at shadows. So some how I am the one that lacks reading comprehension because I didn’t go read EVERY SINGLE ONE FOR YOU COMMENT THREADS ON THIS POST. You want the irish troubles on steroids. You are a nihilist trying to burn the world down to feel the comfort of the flame.