Why Is It Wrong to Have Surgery to Alter Your Sex?
August 29, 2022
#STRaskStand to Reason
Questions about why it’s okay to have plastic surgery to alter your appearance but wrong to have surgery to alter your sex, whether a tactical, winsome approach is still viable in a non-civil culture, and whether the time for winsome Christianity has passed.
* How is claiming to be a different gender different from claiming to be a blonde if you dye your hair, and why is it okay to have plastic surgery to alter your appearance but wrong to have surgery to alter your sex?
* Can a tactical, “winsome” approach still be viable in such a non-civil culture?
* Has the time for “winsome” Christianity passed, and is it now time for a more direct, hard-edged approach?
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