I'm going to comment on this post by Arminian theologian Randal Rauser:
I assume Rauser is using this as a wedge tactic to justify homosexuality and transgenderism in the church.
i) Should we start classifying everyone with a genetic defect as a distinct identity?
ii) If someone has an untreatable genetic defect, the church should, of course, welcome them. Take people who suffer from dwarfism. That's hardly analogous to homosexual behavior or transgenderism.
iii) Rauser acts as if corrective surgery for hermaphroditism imposes an arbitrary sexual identity on the patient. But from what I've read, interex patients usually have a male or female chromosomal identity.
iv) There's nothing wrong with parents making medical decisions for their babies or young children. If their child has a treatable/curable genetic defect, parents ought to act in the best interests of the child (assuming the procedure is affordable and not too risky).
Why not use conjoined twins as an argument for polyamory? The untimely death of a spouse for necrophilia?
ReplyDelete"ii) If someone has an untreatable genetic defect, the church should, of course, welcome them. Take people who suffer from dwarfism."
ReplyDeleteYou don't think the church should toss dwarfs, Steve?