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Thou shalt not alter thy body? I don't remember that one (lemmy.ml)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[–] 10 points 11 months ago (8 children)

Jesus said nothing about people transitioning and gender, but IIRC early and medieval Christian scholars condemned bodily modifications because the body was God's creation and property and it ought to be kept intact for resurrection.

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  • [–] 19 points 11 months ago (3 children)
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  • [–] 0 points 11 months ago* (1 child)

    I don't know enough about transgender people in ancient times to argue about the definition of "eununch". Thanks for your contribution, though.

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  • [–] 11 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Christian scholars condemned bodily modifications because they wanted to control your body instead.

    Always has been.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah, that's basically all of major religions. Their rationale was resurrection and the rapture.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    I would like to know how, at least in some Christian variations, that you can't have tats or piercings when the text I remember covering the subject was more like, "don't burn your corpse, you're gonna need it when the time comes." If I had tats or whatever, I'd still have an intact body to be resurrected. 🤷‍♂️

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