tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6456971920210651577.post1132667524605080832..comments2024-02-25T12:22:59.842-06:00Comments on A Catholic Citizen in America: No Open Season on Transgendered People, Please!Brian H. Gillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13209697542675181894noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6456971920210651577.post-77142884754738893732012-02-06T10:35:24.538-06:002012-02-06T10:35:24.538-06:00Osias,
Sorry about this, but I removed your comme...Osias,<br /><br />Sorry about this, but I removed your comment. I'll explain, but first here's your comment, in full, apart from the URL:<br />>>>>><br />Osias said...<br /><br /> With the rapid advances in knowledge, several techniques were used to create the vagina; however, Dr. Juta”s technique is one of a kind, “The Scarless Sexchange” wherein there will be no visible scar on the labia majora after the operation. Certainly, he is the only doctor performing a high quality SRS “Scarless Sex change” in Thailand today. With Dr. Juta, you can achieve a successful outcome both in appearance and function, and there are far lesser incidents of complications. The goal of Doctor Juta is to create female sexual organs that look as natural as possible and that allow as much sexual arousal as possible.<br /><br /><<<<<<br /><br />Normally, a comment that is promotional copy for a commercial service would simply disappear and be marked as spam.<br /><br />In this case, however, the comment is relevant to the post.<br /><br />As a practicing Catholic, I can not approve of sex change operations. Surgery, including reconstructive surgery, is okay. I've discussed the Church, ethics, and Luddites, before:<br /><br />*<a href="http://catholiccitizenamerica.blogspot.com/2011/08/courtney-nash-organ-transplants-and.html" rel="nofollow">Courtney Nash, Organ Transplants, and Bingo</a>"<br />(August 15, 2011)<br />*<a href="http://catholiccitizenamerica.blogspot.com/2011/06/another-face-transplant-yes-its-okay.html" rel="nofollow">Another Face Transplant: Yes, it's Okay</a>"<br />(June 11, 2011)<br />*<a href="http://catholiccitizenamerica.blogspot.com/2011/04/modernism-luddites-catholicism-and.html" rel="nofollow">Modernism, Luddites, Catholicism, and Godzilla</a>"<br />(April 7, 2011)<br /><br />I think part of the reason some folks assume the Catholic Church is 'against progress' is that we think ethical principles apply to what people do. Even if the people are doctors or scientists.<br /><br />That's not even close to believing that doctors and scientists are evil: or that medicine and science are Satanic.<br /><br />Getting back to sex-change operations, the Church says that people should follow ethical guidelines. Even if we don't feel like it.<br /><br />By definition, that won't always 'feel good,' but I've found that ethical behavior tends to 'pay off' in the long run.<br /><br />Where the Catholic Church differs - strongly - from some of Christendom's louder little sects is that we're **commanded** to love everybody. The flip side of that is that we're forbidden to hate **anybody.** No matter what.<br /><br />Although all Catholics don't seem to have gotten the memo, we're also taught that sex is a good thing. And that, again, a few ethical principles are involved.<br /><br />Among other things, it's not right for me to dress as if I'm a woman. Nothing wrong with being a woman: but I'm a man. The same rule applies for women dressing like men.<br /><br />That is emphatically *not* the same as feeling that God wants everybody to dress like middle-class Americans of the 1940s and '50s.<br /><br />I've been over this sort of thing before.<br /><br />*"<a href="http://catholiccitizenamerica.blogspot.com/2011/08/hippies-prudes-catholics-and-sex.html" rel="nofollow">Hippies, Prudes, Catholics, and Sex</a>"<br />(August 30, 2011)<br />*"<a href="http://catholiccitizenamerica.blogspot.com/2010/06/sex-practicing-catholic-and-vatican.html" rel="nofollow">Sex, the Practicing Catholic, and Vatican Roulette</a>"<br />(June 5, 2010)<br />*"<a href="http://catholiccitizenamerica.blogspot.com/2009/09/are-you-boy-or-are-you-girl.html" rel="nofollow">Are You a Boy, or Are You a Girl?</a>"<br />(September 26, 2009)<br />*"<a href="http://catholiccitizenamerica.blogspot.com/2009/03/catholic-church-and-homosexuals-harsh.html" rel="nofollow">The Catholic Church and Homosexuals: Harsh and Soft, Judgmental and Understanding</a>"<br />(March 13, 2009)Brian H. Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13209697542675181894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6456971920210651577.post-66935853800376222522011-05-16T14:51:38.035-05:002011-05-16T14:51:38.035-05:00Brigid,
Found & fixed: Thanks!
About the tra...Brigid,<br /><br />Found & fixed: Thanks!<br /><br />About the transvestite/transgendered thing: At one point it was 'intolerant' to use the word "transvestite." The idea, then, was that the Masses didn't think "transvestite" was a good thing to be, so 'tolerant' folks should use another word.<br /><br />I suspect that you're right - but have long since stopped trying to keep up with the PC linguistic jitterbug.<br /><br />In a sense, though, wearing clothing appropriate to the opposite sex is, in a sense "a partial ... reversal of gender." At least in a social and visual sense.Brian H. Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13209697542675181894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6456971920210651577.post-54440762952222589822011-04-28T23:00:02.605-05:002011-04-28T23:00:02.605-05:00Abbey,
Awww. Thank you very much for the kind wor...Abbey,<br /><br />Awww. Thank you very much for the kind words. I'm in the same situation that you describe, in the paragraph starting "I'm a sinner...."<br /><br />Again, thanks for the encouragement.Brian H. Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13209697542675181894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6456971920210651577.post-1444779434060916112011-04-27T18:08:43.552-05:002011-04-27T18:08:43.552-05:00First of all, one reason I love to read your blog ...First of all, one reason I love to read your blog is because you do your homework! Second, you are "reasonable". Not many people these days are such, as I'm sure you are aware. I particularly like your label, "Common Sense". I have to laugh in hindsight of what I've just read. People can be so ... so ... forgive me because the only word I can come up with is "STUPID". Even the most devout Christians are some of the worst to judge others.<br /><br />I, too, converted to Catholicism. It was the first church I'd attended where I felt I belonged, first, and second, it was all about prayer, sung and spoken, scripture, read and expounded through the Homily. In short, it's Holy and I truly feel the presence of the Lord.<br /><br />I'm a sinner and I've judged people before, but that is something that I am working very hard to at least NOT speak what I'm thinking, and to sweep away those thoughts as soon as they creep in.<br /><br />This is a long way of saying "Good Job", "Right On", "You hit the nail on the head", etc.<br /><br />Blessings,<br />Abbey ♥Abbey's Roadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04031127190630487584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6456971920210651577.post-30515081008540512642011-04-27T00:32:38.757-05:002011-04-27T00:32:38.757-05:00Missing word: "That last not a hypothetical s...Missing word: "That last not a hypothetical situation for me"<br /><br />Wrong word: "I also thing that beating that person"<br /><br />"I don't know if Chrissy Lee Polis simply wears women's clothing" -- If that were the case, she'd technically be a transvestite, rather than transgendered.<br /><br />The Friendly Neighborhood ProofreaderBrigidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03796317915330760325noreply@blogger.com