P4nda_Boy
Again, haircut falls into necessity. Here are the reasons why. Some people need haircuts for medical reasons such as getting rid of acne or so that their sight won't be impaired.
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Another reason is, you've answered it, because the "People are expected and encouraged to keep themselves well-groomed." What does that imply? It tells you that people need to live up to these expectations and therefore, NEEDS to keep themselves groomed and decent.
I do not NEED to cut my hair or shave my face. I choose to, however, mostly because in our society today, well-groomed, clean-shaven men are generally seen as being more attractive. I'd guess that most men, upon reflection, keep their hair short and their faces shaven for similar reasons. There's nothing wrong with that. However, vanity hardly constitutes need.
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Obviously, people are not expected to change their sex. However, they are influenced into thinking that they should feel uncomfortable with their body, therefore sex-change is a direct/indirect "influence of the world." Look at people who are not satisfied with how they look? What causes them to try to look aesthetically pleasing? Society (more like the world)! They're told they don't look right or they're not "fit" to be with them. This definitely tells us such people are "influenced."
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"If someone is considering sex reassignment surgery, they're not doing it because of some kind of societal pressure. If anything, societal pressure would keep them from going through with it."
I quoted that again because that is contrary to the sites you've cited. According to the professionals and your sites, the major driving force is anxiety from their body. What causes anxiety? Fear. What is fear fed by? Society and its constant words telling these people that they are not who they are. Otherwise, why would anyone fear about being themselves?
I quoted that again because that is contrary to the sites you've cited. According to the professionals and your sites, the major driving force is anxiety from their body. What causes anxiety? Fear. What is fear fed by? Society and its constant words telling these people that they are not who they are. Otherwise, why would anyone fear about being themselves?
First of all, anxiety, in the clinical sense, is not simple fear. I've explained this already. Secondly, Gender Dysphoria is not caused by anxiety. Rather, the anxiety is a result of the Gender Dysphoria. Anxiety is a symptom of severe Gender Dysphoria. The actual causes of GD are still being determined. Some studies have shown that there are visible differences in the brains of males and the brains of females, and that transgenders/transsexuals may quite literally have a brain that doesn't match their body.
You're arguing that the same society that beats the crap out of transsexuals on a regular basis is the entity that's turning them transsexual in the first place. Please tell me you see the flawed logic in that.
Point: You're not comprehending the sources I provided. You're taking snippits and twisting them to say whatever you find helpful to make your case.
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I haven't implied that my interpretations of the Bible were "superior." I've made them because no one has made any - that includes you. Also, the statement, that you made about Bible not specifically stating that sex-change is wrong, is completely absurd. Really. The Bible doesn't tell us that it's right or wrong whether we should or shouldn't practice polygamy. It doesn't say: "Thou shalt not have more than one wife or thou shalt be smited by My lightning bolt of pure, Holy wrath." Yet, we Christians don't practice that. Why? Let's refer to the Bible. The Bible tells us that a man and a woman are to become "one flesh" (Matthew 19:1-12) which then allows us to infer how wonderful and awesome it is for a man and a woman to have such relationship. The Bible also warns us to avoid having affairs, i.e. adultery. These two simple facts from the Bible definitely tells us to not have multiple wives.
Believe it or not, the fact that I don't agree with you doesn't make me an idiot.
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And to your question about sex-change. I'll point out that the God tells us that our bodies are the temple for the Holy Spirit (1 Corin. 6). To change or defile it (having sex with another woman other than your wife, destroying yourself, etc.) is ruining the temple of God (our body). So obviously, I take that sex-change is wrong.
Obviously sex reassignment is a lot more drastic than a haircut, but the fact is, you can apply that sort of logic to any number of things to the point where it starts to get rather ridiculous.
