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Ask Pastor John

Is ‘De-Gendering’ a Sin?

Ask Pastor John

Desiring God

John Piper, Unknown, 163859, Pastor, Ask, Theology, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

4.83.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

What might Scripture say to a woman who desperately wants to become a man? Pastor John offers six reasons why attempting to “de-gender” is a tragic act of sin.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back.

0:05.4

Today's topic is a sensitive one.

0:08.2

So just a heads up on that.

0:09.8

We get a lot of questions from a lot of listeners on a very wide range of life situations.

0:15.6

So obviously, in many of these questions come to us from pretty broken places.

0:20.2

And I think that's true today.

0:22.9

We address an email from a woman, a female by birth born with two X chromosomes.

0:28.6

She's written in anonymously to ask this.

0:32.3

Pastor John High.

0:33.8

I find myself at a stage in my life when I am seriously considering removing my female

0:39.2

body parts, namely my breasts and my uterus, because I no longer want to be a woman.

0:45.4

Women are perceived as weak vessels whose only purpose is to have children.

0:49.4

Even the scripture supports that ideology, she writes.

0:53.4

As a modern woman, quote unquote,

0:56.0

I have no desire to have children or get married, but to have a successful career to help

1:00.9

support less fortunate people and animals live better lives.

1:05.4

My question is this, would doing this to my body be sinful?

1:11.1

Yes, it will be sinful.

1:15.1

And it will probably be dreadfully destructive to you as a person.

1:23.6

And I want to give you six reasons in response to what you've said.

1:29.6

So I hope you'll be willing to listen to me, because this is not going to be easy for you to hear.

1:35.4

I hope you have the courage to listen it out.

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