Jesus, the transgender terminator?

[LostInTime]

Advocate dot com
By Joanne Herman
An Advocate.com exclusive posted June 5, 2007

Of course, transgender people definitely encounter problem passages in the Bible. Deuteronomy 22:5 says, "The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do are an abomination unto the Lord thy God." Deuteronomy 23:1 says, "No one whose testicles are crushed or whose penis is cut off shall be admitted to the assembly of the Lord."

But as Justin Tanis, an ordained minister who is also a program manager for the National Center for Transgender Equality, pointed out in a 2006 interview for the Washington Blade, "Deuteronomy also forbids eating shellfish, mixing seed in a field, or blending fabrics."

[Lori]

So all women are going to hell for wearing pants? Or their hubbies T-shirts?

If there is a god and I am going to hell, I'm going down with D-Cups. If god is a man, all he will do is stare at my chest and I can slap him upside his head for being a perv. Then he can send me to hell.

[gennee]

Too many folks use the bible and scripture to prove their points, even if it is erroneous. As a transgender and Christian I know that Jesus is all inclusive. Just look at the people he called into his ministry. Very diverse and very effective. Also Jesus displays qualities associated with both men and women. This may be a shock to many patriarchal cultures but God is more interested in people than he is in maintaining some staus quo which demeans others.


Gennee

[cindianna_jones]

A lot of what is in the Bible reflects the views of the times in which it is written.  Not all of it pertains to anyone but those of that culture.  From our viewpoint, the men and women of those times both wore robes... what's the diff?  Both wore long hair.  What's the diff? They both wore sandals.  What's the big diff? 

The things that hadn't been invented yet:  pumps, pantyhose, pants,  bras, panties

These are the items we typically attribute to one one sex or the other.  Yet they did not exist when these verses were written. 

Besides... some of us don't necessarily dress so much like "women" as we "are" women.  I'd wear pretty much the same clothes (with minor differences) in either role because they are comfortable and I have no need to dress nice most of the time.

Cindi