Don't Panic

So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

Genesis 1:27

The argument being made when this is quoted is that God made 2 genders.

God also made water.

He made freshwater, and he made salt water.

He made muddy water, murky water, dirty water, hot water, cold water, all kinds of water. A whole spectrum of water.

The point is, he didn't just create each end of the spectrum; he created the whole spectrum. Because that's what he does; he creates everything.

And fluid gender is an artifact we've observed in nature, in a variety of species. We've observed multiple types of gender and we've observed species that are able to change gender to suit the needs of their environment. One species of fungi, Schizophyllum commune, “has more than 23,000 different sexual identities, a result of widespread differentiation in the genetic locations that govern its sexual behavior.“

Trans-gendered humans have always existed, we're just only now/recently able to identify and classify them. (How do you explain the very real existence of the Hermaphrodite?)

And here's the kicker: God created everything, right? So God created trans-gendered folk as well. They aren't an abomination, they're part of His creation. Saying they aren't by quoting a single piece of scripture, written thousands of years ago out of context and by uneducated, biased men, isn't proving any point other than your own ignorance.

By the way, this passage doesn't say He created only them. It just says that's where he started. He could've created all kinds of other types in doing so, and apparently he did. He created either end of the spectrum, and left the rest of it up to interpretation.

And to Mr. Shapiro, who's use of this passage first spurned the idea I had for this post, I say this: If you're so gun-ho on following passages to the letter, I've got one for you:

Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.

Proverbs 28:26

Oh, and also:

For nothing will be impossible with God.

Luke 1:37