Why all the hate?

After last week's really long post I was and am mentally exhausted so this week is rather short and sweet ...

Transgenderism and Christianity

Transgender individuals believe that their gender identity does not correlate with the sex they were born with. Christians believe God is all omnipotent and does not make mistakes. These two ideas go together about as well as cats and dogs. But why all the hate?

Well, for a lot of transgender people, I’m sure they could point to specific instances of Christians being hateful, maybe even cruel to them personally. Sadly, it’s a reality that some people professing Christianity can be exceedingly hateful. This is antithetical to authentic Christianity. In the Bible, Jesus (The Christian Messiah) says in Mark 12:30–31 that the two most important commandments are this. “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” it doesn’t leave much room for cruelty or hatred. It also does not make any reference to the gender identity of your neighbor.

The transgender community also has responsibility to take in this relationship. If affirmation is your highest value, you will never get along with Christians. Christians believe God is flawless, meaning he created you flawlessly in your original form. It’s a beautiful sentiment, even if you disagree with it. Christians’ communication of this sentiment often leaves much to be desired. Christians can not affirm you. It’s an act of hate on your part to try to force them to.

So what’s the solution? How can the transgender community and Christians peacefully co-exist? The answer is simple. Love your neighbor as yourself. Respectfully disagree and see each other as individuals, not idealogy. Most of all love each other. Whether you believe in Jesus or not, he was an intelligent guy. “Love your enemies, pray for those who persecute you.” These are more words spoken by him. If we follow those words, we might find ourselves living in a better world.

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