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It seems like to me that growing breasts or transitioning between sexes is at odds with the Christian belief system. God created the sexes separately. He clearly stated that one would be subservient to the other following the fall of Man as a result of the original sin. How do you who belief rationalize going against His natural order? (Just curious. Not going to argue with you about it or tell you you're wrong... You have probably already guessed my thoughts on Christian worldview. )

That's a really good question Bawb and one I ponder often because I am a Christian and it's therefore vitally important to me. Sorry I don't have an answer for you but here are my thoughts on the matter. It may have been His original intent to create two sexes but interestingly, He created Adam first and alone and it was a a fair amount of time before He created Eve - long enough for Adam to recognize that all the animals had mates and he craved a mate also. So PERHAPS, Adam could have been able to procreate by himself and PERHAPS that is the "rib" God took from Adam??? He WAS created in God's image after all and I personally don't think God has male and/or female sex organs. Mind bending as that is, at some point God DID introduced male and female for reasons I don't completely understand. Whatever the case may be, since it was before the fall, I'm sure it was in perfect harmony.

My second thought is that my gender issues are covered by God's love and Grace. He knows I struggle with them but it's no surprise to Him and He loves me despite my imperfections. Bear with me while my mechanical mind draws a metaphor. Suppose I pour my whole heart and life into creating a machine the produces a wonderful gadget. I spend years dreaming it up and even more time building it. When I start it up it works flawlessly but soon it has a serious malfunction and now no longer works like it's supposed to. The gadget's are now somewhat defective. Do I give up on the machine that I've spent my whole life creating? Of course not, I work to repair it and even make it better. So it is with God and his creation. We are not "working as intended" but He never gives up on us. We are the pinnacle of His creation - once perfect, but now broken, yet too precious to discard. In fact, we are so valuable, even as we are, that it's worth sacrificing His life to restore us which is exactly what He did. ...That kind of puts my gender issues in perspective. I don't believe that God thinks it's OK but I also don't believe He thinks it makes me hopeless. He takes me as I am and works with me to repair my defects - a process that is rarely, if ever, finished in one human lifetime. ...Which brings up another question: why wont He snap His fingers and make me perfect? And sadly, I don't know the answer to that question either. I am the created and He is the creator; there are some (no many) things I will never understand in this lifetime.