Being Transgender is not a Sin

First, before I lay for my case to show transgender is inconsistent with the Bible, I will rebut his arguments. First, my opponent claims that transgenderism is implicitly said to be okay in the Bible, because one type of congenital condition is not sinful, but he concludes that therefore no congenital condition is sinful, which seems to me to be a Fallacy of Equivocation. First of all, there is scientific evidence to show transgenderism is not congenital. The fact is, 70%-80% of all kids with transgender tendencies spontaneously lose them [1]. If this was truly congenital from birth like blindness is, which was the subject of the Biblical passage he referenced, this would not be possible. You cannot spontaneously lose your blindness, yet this is possible for transgenderism? Lastly, blindness is not a mental disorder, unlike Gender Dysphoria. Clearly, there is no way for this to be a set faculty in your brain from birth. The scientific evidence shows that transgenderism is either a non-congenital behavior that can be spontaneously lost over time, or a non-congenital tendency that is the result of an actual congenital disorder known as Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH). Now, CAH is an inherited disorder in which adrenal glands produce an excessive amount of androgens, which results in 5-12% of all people with CAH getting Gender Dysphoria according to a peer-reviewed scientific study [2]. Scientific studies have also shown severe CAH appears within 1 in 16,000 births [3], and as many as 1 in 100 people have non-classical CAH [4], which is higher than the percentage of trans people out there. Now, this would clearly indicate that transgenderism is not congenital. The only way for transgenderism to even appear from birth is through an unnatural fluctuation of male and female hormones, which of course is caused by other disorders, not transgenderism in and of itself. Now, my opponent says the following; "Transsexualism and hermaphroditic condition both blurred the lines of binary concept of gender. " They certainly did not, hermaphroditic conditions are just that, conditions, they are genetic deficiencies, and completely unnatural. For it to be consistent with God's design, it must be possible for Adam and Eve to have it, however there is no coherently possible way that God would have created either Adam and Eve with Gender Dysphoria/any hermaphroditic conditions, and thus this could not possibly be in line with God's plan. Now, I will lay out a Biblical argument against transgenderism. As we've seen, anything inconsistent with God's original design plan is set as abominable, immoral, and sinful. Let us examine this plan. God created two humans, one man, and one women, in order to be attracted to each other, and bear children. Now, anything inconsistent with this has been deemed as sin. Homosexuality, as in sexual tendencies towards the same sex, is inconsistent with man and women being attracted as God had created it, and thus it is a sin [Leviticus 18:22, 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, Romans 1:26-28]. God had set Adam and Eve, only humans, to have sexual relations with women, not animals. Thus, bestiality (having sex with animals) is a sin [Exodus 22:19, Leviticus 18:23, 1 Corinthians 15:38-39]. Other examples can be given, but it is clear that if it contradicts God's original design plan, it is a sin. Thus, if transgenderism is not a sin, then God could have used it in his original design plan with Adam and Eve. Of course, this is false, as if either Adam or Eve were transgender, and undergone some sort of Sex Reassignment Surgery or something, you would either have two males, or two females, rather than a male and a female, and it would be impossible to follow God's command to "be fruitful and multiply" [Genesis 1:28]. Because it fails to be fruitful and multiply, it fails at going through with God's original design plan, is inconsistent with it, and is thus a sin. Some may argue that things have changed after Noah's flood, but this is not so, the only covetal change was when the New Testament came, however the New Testament still placed massive emphasis on the original design plan of God, and thus things like homosexuality, premarital sex, adultery, bestiality, is still forbidden. Secondly, we can see the Bible clearly condemns behavior and tendencies directly associated with transgenderism. For example, let us see this verse; Deuteronomy 22:5; " A woman must not wear men"s clothing, nor a man wear women"s clothing, for the Lord your God detests anyone who does this. " Clearly, crossdressing is immoral. If God created you a man, and you became a women and then necessarily crossdressed with your new "sex", you would be sinning. Secondly, in 1 Corinthians 6:9, it condemns homosexual offenders, however the Greek term translated into "homosexual offender" literally means "effiminate". The word effeminate is defined in the dictionary as; "(of a man or boy) having traits, tastes, habits, etc. , traditionally considered feminine, as softness or delicacy" [5] Clearly, this is exactly what transgender people are, this can almost outright be taken as condemnation of transgenderism, and to me, it would seem that to deny this would require serious playing with words, however if my opponent remains convinced of his own position after this, I will be expecting a legitimate response, I shall give him an opportunity to defend this. Thirdly, according to the Bible, if a man gets rid of his genitals (penis), then he literally cannot stand before the assembly of God. Deuteronomy 23:1; "No one who is emasculated or has his male organ cut off shall enter the assembly of the LORD. " Clearly, if you willingly remove your penis, you are forbidden from God's assembly (Heaven? ) -- transgenderism is an extremely serious abomination to God in Christianity and the Bible. If my opponent wants to appeal to the New Testament to say this is false, and that this no longer applies, he is mistaken. With the New Testament, the Ceremonial Law of the Old Testament was affected, not the Moral Law. For example, you are no longer to put people to death for having homosexual death, however homosexuality is still forbidden. Likewise, you are not any longer to put transgenders to death (assuming this is the punishment), but transgenderism is still forbidden. From what we have seen, we have seen that transgenderism contradicts God's original design plan, and tendencies directly associated with transgenderism is directly outlawed by the Bible and made to be seen as an abomination. There is no possible way that God designates this as a moral thing. The Bible says it is GOD who makes us in our womb [Psalms 139:13], to tell God that you are truly the opposite gender and you were born in the wrong body is an INSULT to Him, it is to tell him he made a MISTAKE, but God is perfect [Psalms 18:30], he cannot make any mistakes. If you are born a man, God created you as a man, and if you are born as a women, God has made you a woman, and attempting to change this is sinful according to the Bible, thus being transgender is indeed a sin. 1. . http://www.wsj.com... 2. . http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov... 3. . http://www.cc.nih.gov... 4. . http://www.newbornscreening.info... 5. . http://www.dictionary.com...