They say, “Gender is eternal,” at least that’s what is suggested in The Family: A Proclamation to the World. The actual text reads, “Gender is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal identity and purpose.” [1] For the sake of argument, let’s assume that the concise view that “gender is eternal” is true within Mormon theology. If so, I do not think it means what you think it means. Of the interpretations I’ve read concerning eternal gender, most are reading beyond the text.
Let’s break it down.
Eternal does not mean static or unchanging. Eternal means “existing forever” [2] or perhaps “endless time” [3] and to exist in Mormon theology is to be in a constant state of change or evolution. Some might even call it eternal progression. I am not the same yesterday that I am today, nor will you be the same person tomorrow that you are today, biologically, cognitively, or spiritually, yet the essence of me persists through the change. Similarly, gender is not static and is also subject to change. Having an eternal gender does not mean an unchanged or static gender. If having a static gender were the intended meaning of “Gender is eternal” the authors of the text would have been inspired to write “Gender is static,” but alas, that is not what the text says. The text says gender is an essential characteristic to an eternal existence and purpose which allows a lot of room for interpretation and dynamic change.
For example, Mormonism teaches that God is eternal and has existed forever, yet Joseph Smith taught that God was once as we are now—mortal beings. [4] This suggests that God has always existed in some capacity, yet this also would require God to undergo some sort of evolution into godhood. Hence God is eternal, but also changes. Mormon theology supports a reoccurring theme that change is both eternal and essential. Change is an eternal constant in Mormon theology, and this sentiment can also be extended to gender.
Scriptures support the notion of a gender-diverse, gender-fluid God capable of radical morphology. The Spirit of God appears in the Bible as a burning bush [5], a dove [6], and even invisible. [7] If these verses are to be taken literally, God cannot be limited to a single, male embodiment. I wonder what gender a burning bush is? If these scriptures are meant to be taken metaphorically, then why don’t we take metaphorically the idea that God’s embodiment is male? In Mormon theology, God is bound to a material embodiment, but makes no claims that God’s embodiment never changes. In fact, the opposite claim is made. God has a material embodiment and that embodiment is capable of radical change, flexibility, and diverse interpretation, especially through the conduit of human perception. If God can express Godself as God so chooses, why isn’t this also true of God’s children?
From an LDS perspective, Elder Erastus Snow stated, “If I believe anything God has ever said, anything about himself […] I must believe that deity consists of man and woman.” [8] It is unclear whether this is a description of one embodiment or multiple embodiments, but what is clear is that God is both male and female. Genesis states that both females and males are made in the image of God. [9] From this we can reevaluate the image of God through our limited esthetics. God is both male and female in some form, otherwise woman could not have been made in God’s image. No matter where a person falls on the gender spectrum, according to the Bible, the image of God is both male and female and all God’s children are made in the image of God.
Accepting the broad diversities of gender expressions and esthetics seems like a requirement to display the fullest image of God. After all, we are not only encouraged to become like God, but also promised in Psalms that we are gods and children of the most High, [10] and joint-heirs with Christ, [11] and that God is no respecter of persons. [12] No matter the gender identity, color of skin, physical embodiment or anatomical differences which exist, we are an expression of the image of God when our intelligences are co-eternal with God. [13] We cannot become God without embracing God’s diverse embodiments and esthetics.
Strangely, in contrast to our Biblical narratives and Mormon theology, there are some Mormons who contend that a particular type of embodiment comes with a particular type of unchanging gender identity. They mistakenly read “gender is eternal” as “gender is static.” If God is not limited by a particular embodiment, why should we limit ourselves and each other to a particular type of embodiment? Likewise, if God’s fullest image is encompassing of our broad gendered esthetics, why limit a person to a particular gender esthetic or expression?
Eternal progression inspires me as one of the most profoundly beautiful and unique aspects of our Mormon doctrine. Life is not static, we are constantly evolving and changing, and I do not see how eternity could be static when there is endless potential within humanity, even godhood. Eternal progression motivates us toward greater goals in an ongoing process of becoming—which includes diverse gendered expressions of God’s children.
In Mormonism, gender is eternal, not static.
Notes and Citations
[1] The First Presidency and Council of the Twelve Apostles, “The Family: A Proclamation to the World,” General Relief Society Meeting (Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, September 23, 1995), Paragraph 2.
[2] Merriam-Webster Dictionary, s.v. “eternal,” accessed January 15, 2016. “(1) having no beginning and no end in time; lasting forever (2) existing at all times: always true or valid (3) seeming to last forever.”
[3] Kent E. Robson, “Encyclopedia of Mormonism: Time and Eternity” (May, 2011), accessed March 19, 2018, http://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Time_and_Eternity
[4] Joseph Smith, Jr., “The King Follett Discourse,” General Conference Meeting (Nauvoo: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 7, 1844). “God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man.”
[5] Exodus 3:2 KJV. “And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.”
[6] Matthew 3:16 KJV. “And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:”
[7] 1 Timothy 1:17 KJV. “Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.”
[8] David L. Paulsen and Martin Pulido, “A Mother There: A Survey of Historical Teachings about Mother in Heaven,” BYU Studies 50, 1 (2011): 79.
[9] Genesis 1:27 KJV. “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”
[10] Psalms 82:6 KJV. “I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.”
[11] Romans 8:17 KJV. “And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.”
[12] Romans 2:11 KJV. “For there is no respect of persons with God.”
[13] Joseph Smith, Jr., “The King Follett Discourse,” General Conference Meeting (Nauvoo: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 7, 1844). “The mind or the intelligence which man possesses is co-equal [co-eternal] with God himself.”
Blaire Ostler
Blaire Ostler is a leading voice at the intersection of Mormonism, feminism, and transhumanism. She is a Board Member and former CEO of the Mormon Transhumanist Association, the world's largest advocacy network for the ethical use of technology and religion to expand human abilities. She is currently pursuing a second degree in philosophy with an emphasis in gender studies. Blaire and husband Drew reside in Utah with their three children.
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Thanks for this perspective! I’ve been wrestling with this particular idea from the proclamation for years.
For Latter-day Saints the phrase “eternal life” refers primarily to the quality of life God lives. Eternal life is available to all people who have lived on earth who accept this gift by their obedience to God’s laws and ordinances. This is sometimes confused with the term “everlasting life” or endless life.
Regardless of how you choose to interpret “eternal” I’m quite certain that in “The Family a Proclamation to the World” the intent is to mean static and unchanging throughout time and eternity.
The question however might be that considering spirits are intelligences which existed from the beginning, or rather have always existed prior to becoming embodied, how is it decided which intelligences are destined to receive make bodies and which will receive female bodies? Is an intelligence essentially either masculine or feminine?
Perhaps Mormonism is due for a paradigm shift, or at least Mormons, the same as is happening elsewhere, where the shift is from materialism to idealism. All of this is occurring because there is no explanation within a material paradigm for consciousness. Rather it is becoming apparent that consciousness is primary and that the material reality we each experience arises our of consciousness. If this is true, that consciousness not materialism is the ultimate reality, then to speak of “God” or the Source of our individual consciousness as having a physical body is meaningless. Our Source is pure consciousness. Each of us, as an eternal identity, is pure consciousness. To speak of pure consciousness as having a gender is meaningless. It is only in this material body, that each of us has temporarily embraced, that gender has any meaning. When we discard this body and return to pure consciousness then we will no longer have a gender identity. While individual Mormons can make this paradigm shift, I do not know how Mormonism as an institution can, or if it can ever, make this shift. If not, it will eventually become meaningless as an explanation of what is real.
Tom
There’s something called resurrection, Tom. It proves permanent.
Tim: Almost invariably, for those who have died and in some way been able to communicate back their experience, there is no longer an expectation of a resurrection. They find their soul (consciousness) sufficient and no longer feel the need for a physical body in order to actualize themselves. Of course, if in this physical world you find comfort in the belief in a resurrection, that is your right to do so. It is just that most people, when they die, apparently no longer have a need to continue on with this belief — maybe temporarily but not in the long-term.
Tom
Thomas – what evidence can you proffer for your allegation?
Books by Ervin Laszlo,esp. What is Reality?, Deepok Chopra’s You are the Universe, thousands of Near-Death Experiences (see near-death.com), numerous channeled works, just to name a few. Compare this with the evidence for a resurrection. It has been forthcoming since the time of Jesus and often predicted, but always seems to be some indefinite time in the future. Besides, there is no apparent need for a resurrection. There is every indication that the soul,upon death, does not go into limbo or fall asleep until it is reunited with a body, as was once thought, but is immediately fully conscious and fully capable of continuing on with its progression,sans a body.
Tom
Bully for them. They are still going to find themselves resurrected and reporting for judgment.
One with a resurrected body will have the ability to have sex with ones eternal spouse for all eternity. That’s reason enough for me to desire resurrected and glorified body rather than being a disembodied consciousness floating around in space. I believe it had been said that being without a body is the very definition of hell. It would be for me.
I rarely read or comment on sites like this one because I find that they are basically an outlet for apostates to spew their dissenting drivel.
BJ: Too each his own. As for me, as much as I like myself, I would rather not have to look at the same face in the mirror for ever and ever.
A couple errors:
The Spirit of God is an unembodied being who once appeared as a dove as a sign and is not God the Father. The other examples of God’s a-gendered state are similarly not God the Father.
The full quote from the proclamation is “Gender is an eternal characteristic.” Meaning that this characteristic is eternal in nature. How that characteristic changes with our progression is a great question but it is clear that our embodiment is tied to that eternal characteristic.
I think the LDS.org topic essay on Heavenly Mother would answer a lot of these questions.
Well, while eternal life, or life as God lives, has to be earned, resurrection is not optional. At this point we do not have a say in the matter. I suppose for someone to choose not to be resurrected one would have to have chosen to follow Satan and not received a body to begin with. Anyone who does not believe in the resurrection does not believe in the gospel of Jesus Christ. Resurrection is one of the most basic tenets of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
BJ: You miss the point. It is not the resurrection that is important but the fact that when our body dies we still live as a conscious being. The appearance of Jesus to his disciples and others after the death of his body was just a physical manifestation of this, otherwise they would not have understood that Jesus was still alive as a spirit being even though his body was dead. IOW, a person can still believe in the important teachings of Jesus Christ, the eternal nature of love, and our eternal existence as one with God our Source without believing in the resurrection. Even though we all die to the body, we all continue to live in the spirit. What a person believes or does not believe cannot change this.
Tom
It is the resurrection that is important. If we are to be unembodied spirits forever then there is no point in coming to earth to receive a body to begin with. Without a body we cannon become like our Heavenly Parents.
You cannot believe in the Gospel of Jesus Christ as restored by Joseph Smith and not believe in the resurrection. The two beliefs are incompatible.
BJ: Billions of souls have incarnated and in the process gained the experience that comes with mortal life. Each of these incarnated individuals have then died, or will die, and return to their existence as discarnate souls. This is the way it has been and will always be, forever and ever. Do you think these souls have just been in limbo all of this time, awaited a resurrection? I don’t. I think that they (we) have been actively involved since our beginning as individual souls in ways incomprehensible to us within our current limited knowledge and intellectual capabilities. Resurrection is a pie-in-the-sky — it is a promise made and never fulfilled. Meanwhile each soul continues on with its unlimited progression oblivious to any felt need to be resurrected eternally into a physical body.
Tom
You sir are either not LDS or you do not understand the doctrine.
BJ: Wrong on both counts.
“All these had departed the mortal life, firm in the hope of a glorious resurrection, through the grace of God the Father and his Only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ. I beheld that they were filled with joy and gladness, and were rejoicing together because the day of their deliverance was at hand. Their sleeping dust was to be restored unto its perfect frame, bone to his bone, and the sinews and the flesh upon them, the spirit and the body to be united never again to be divided, that they might receive a fulness of joy . . . For the dead had looked upon the long absence of their spirits from their bodies as a bondage.” (DC 138:14-17, 50)
Tim: “…because the day of their deliverance was at hand.” Does this sound familiar? Wasn’t this also said shortly after the crucifixion of Jesus and many times since. Compare this with the literally thousands of NDEs that in no way support this expectation.
Tom
The scriptures and revealed truth trump any and all NDEs and any and all philosophical speculation. It’s why a Restoration was needed and has taken place.
Near death experiences are just that. Near death. No one has actually died and then come back tell about it except for resurrected beings. There is no proof that NDEs are anything more than dreams or hallucinations.
Tim and BJ: It is obvious that each of you experience a reality that is not open to question or doubt from outside evidence. Perhaps you still believe that Joseph Smith actually translated the Book of Mormon from Gold Plates rather than using a seer stone, as the evidence now indicates. Or that man did not actually go to the moon. Or that the earth is flat. Your reality is obviously not my reality, and any attempts by one of us to convince the other of our particular reality will most likely fail. But we see this going on about us all the time, don’t we? Sometimes we forget that our real purpose here, at least in my reality, is to love one another regardless of our differences. I apologize when I have failed in this.
Tom
“The doctrines of the Resurrection of the Dead and the Eternal Judgment are necessary to preach among the first principles of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.” (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p.149)
As far as the meaning of the word eternal goes, here is the definition.
e·ter·nal
əˈtərn(ə)l/Submit
adjective
lasting or existing forever; without end or beginning.
“the secret of eternal youth”
synonyms: everlasting, never-ending, endless, perpetual, undying, immortal, abiding, permanent, enduring, infinite, boundless, timeless; amaranthine
“eternal happiness”
(of truths, values, or questions) valid for all time; essentially unchanging.
“eternal truths of art and life”
informal
seeming to last or persist forever, especially on account of being tedious or annoying.
“eternal nagging demands”
synonyms: constant, continual, continuous, perpetual, persistent, sustained, unremitting, relentless, unrelieved, uninterrupted, unbroken, never-ending, nonstop, around/round-the-clock, endless, ceaseless
“eternal vigilance”
Therefore one could say that gender is without end or beginning, essentially unchanging, never ending, permenant, constant, continual, continuous, perpetual, persistent, sustained, endless, ceaseless.
It certainly sounds to me that if ones gender is eternal it will never change. I for one would never want my gender to change.
The author says,
“but what is clear is that God is both male and female. Genesis states that both females and males are made in the image of God. From this we can reevaluate the image of God through our limited esthetics. God is both male and female in some form, otherwise woman could not have been made in God’s image. “
In the verse I cite below I believe “the Gods” are our heavenly parents. Man is created in the image of God our Heavenly Father and woman is created in the image of God our Heavenly Mother.
This view can be backed up by the writings of early church leaders.
Women and men both have the potential to become gods. However that does not mean we will have the ability to change genders when becoming gods.
Abraham 4:27 So the Gods went down to organize man in their own image, in the image of the Gods to form they him, male and female to form they them.
Thanks, BJ. This entire post boils down to the argument that if we can find a metaphor in the scriptures, maybe everything else is a metaphor as well. Anything we want to believe is as likely to be true as anything else — who’s to say? — everything now being available as a metaphor. If a burning bush doesn’t have a gender, then neither does God.
Tom D. is trying to revive the anti-material bias of Greek philosophy that derailed the true doctrine restored by Christ and his apostles shortly after their deaths. God material? How foolish! Matter is bad, second-rate, inferior, limiting and therefore unworthy of divinity. Smart, sophisticated people realize this.
Tim: I will only say that the study of consciousness forces us to reconsider the existing paradigm that there is only a material world. There is no conceivable way in which a material brain can be the source of immaterial consciousness as well as explain the numerous other anomalies associated with the materialist paradigm. So while I was once a neuroscientist and a materialist, in my study of consciousness I have been more or less forced to consider an alternative paradigm in which consciousness is the source of a material world and not the other way around. This, for me, has resolved most of the anomalies associated with materialism. Fortunately I have been able to make this shift from one paradigm to another. I realize that others, for one reason on another, are unable to give up their existing view of reality, regardless of the amount of evidence that contradicts their existing view.
Tom
I would say that the base unit of existence so to speak is intelligence. What material or imaterial substance intelligence is made of I couldn’t say. However, to move beyond mere intelligence, or consciousness as you like to say, requires intelligence or spirit to be combined with matter or elements. For example a spirit cannot procreate however an embodied spirit can.
It seems the body and spirit have a unique interdependence. Without proper nerve and muscle function the spirit cannot will the body to move. Therefore the spirit is dependent on the body in order to think or act and without the spirit the body is dead.
D&C 93:29 Man was also in the beginning with God. Intelligence, or the light of truth, was not created or made, neither indeed can be.
33 For man is spirit. The elements are eternal, and spirit and element, inseparably connected, receive a fulness of joy;
34 And when separated, man cannot receive a fulness of joy.
Part of me, though, likes to imagine our missionaries going door to door with the message of pure consciousness.
BJ: “Therefore the spirit is dependent on the body in order to think or act.” Oh? So, in the spirit world, before you came to earth and took on a physical body, you did not think or act? After you die and your spirit leaves your physical body, you will not continue to think and act?
At least we seem to agree that consciousness is primary (not created). Do you think the same of the human body? If not, how did it come into existence and before it did, was God, or God’s predecessor, able to think and act?
If consciousness is primary and preceded matter, how did matter come into existence other than through conscious thought? How long after matter came into existence did it take for humans to exist? Do you ignore the evidence for the age of the universe and evolution? Relying totally on Mormon scripture for answers leaves lots of unanswered questions.
Tom
Tom
My comment on the interdependence of the body and spirit apppies to this mortal life. At this time the spirit is limited to the capacity of the body. However a resurrcted, perfected and glorified body is not the same as this mortal body.
Yes I believe a spirit can think and act outside a body but a spirit without a body is also limited. For example a body is needed for procreation. That’s why a fullness of joy comes when the two are inseparably connected.
I do not know how the whole thing got started but I am not a young earth creationist. I believe the earth to be as old as science believes it to be. I believe God is the master of science and that He uses science to create his worlds.
I don’t believe that matter was created. Like intelligence, matter has always existed. Science tells us that matter can neither be created nor distroyed.
On the subject of eternity I can understand everything going on forever and having no end. It’s having no beginning that is baffling to me.
Thank you, BJ, for your honest response. Apparently procreation is an important human capability for you at this point in your life. For myself, I tend put more emphasis on creativity — the ability to think of something in a new and unique way. This can be totally a thought process and I can imagine spirit beings gaining satisfying enjoyment through the creative process. Perhaps you feel otherwise, and that continuous sexual activity is the pathway to eternal bliss. I guess this is where we differ. I personally look forward to the time when I will not be confined to the limitations of a body and will have the freedom, through the process of thought,to travel instantly anywhere I want, to communicate with others telepathically, and to be creatively involved in activities that cannot even be imagined within our limited mortal existence. I hope, for your sake, that your pathway leads you to the same satisfaction that I anticipate on my journey.
Tom
It’s unfortunate that the author of the essay does not respond to comments. Apparently she is not interested in communicating with anyone who might not agree with her. The only reason I read her essays is to see what absurd thins she will say next.
Blaire is earnest; it’s just difficult to respond to spiritual anarchy. Anything goes. As I said in an earlier post, her vision of eternity is of Woodstock on steroids.
I think Blaire needs to spend more time reading the scriptures and seeking Gods truth rather than seeking to rationalize that which cannot be rationalized. Gen1: 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Conveniently missed by Blaire, where even the reason for male and female is spelled out.
And of course, conveniently Gen 2: 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Throughout the history of humankind there have been firmly held beliefs that have later been proven to be wrong, for example the belief in geocentrism had to eventually give way to the belief in heliocentrism. Surprisingly, there are still a few individuals who continue to believe in a flat earth with its four corners. The same holds true with regard to gender. There has been the commonly held belief that human anatomy defines gender — a male body determines a male gender for an individual and female body, a female gender. We now know that this is not always the case. Not only are there hermaphrodites, but there are individuals with clearly defined sexual anatomy who experience themselves as the opposite gender. They are not content with who they are until they have gone through a sex change, so that their human anatomy conforms with their gender identity. Thus we now know that sexual identity does not necessarily define gender identity, and yet there are probably many individuals who are unwilling to accept this reality and its consequences.
Given the above, a “man” and a “woman” can marry and both have the same gender identity. Conversely, a “man” and a “man” or a “woman” and a “woman” might marry but be of opposite gender identity. If we believe that the soul incarnates into a physical body, is it the soul that has the gender identity and this sometimes does not conform with the sexual identity of the body? While this could resolve itself once the body is discarded, it does create serious theological questions should a resurrection ever occur.
As if this is not enough of a problem, what about the possibility of reincarnation? There is an abundance of evidence in support of the possibility that this, or something like it, is going on. And if it is going on, the bodies into which the soul incarnates could at one time be a male and another time a female! So maybe a soul does not inherently have a gender identity but this only takes place during the process of incarnation, and while the match of gender identity and sexual identity are usually the same, sometimes they are not.
While Jack does an excellent job in presenting his position, in order to maintain it, there is much that must either be denied or ignored, the same as was the case with those who continued to maintain their belief in geocentrism in spite of the overwhelming evidence against it.
Tom
Blair, seems to be working real hard to transubstantiate the doctrines of eternity so as to make this gender mad doctrine be true, rather than simply and prayerfully connect the dots in our doctrine and come to the only conclusion possible. There are 2 genders.
Eternally. The nature of God, is the combined total of two beings. What all our doctrine points to is the purpose of God- To bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man, and mans purpose, Adam fell that man might be and men are that they might have joy.
Immortality doesnt seem to be debated by these folks in the heavy sway of post modernist relativism as Christ s resurrection broke the bands of death. All men born to earth now will be resurrected with perfect flawless bodies( This does point however to the fact we come forth as we are and as who we were physically. )
But eternal life, and we are taught that is celestialization and returning to live with God has a handful of requirements. Baptism, by fire and water, eternal marriage to reach the highest kingdom, priesthood for males(again, another critical gender based responsibility) and these are for example.
I would suggest to Blaire, to ponder who is God, and to read Joseph Smiths teachings on the correct nature of God and Godhood. Eternal creations are the most critical component. Blaire doesnt seem to understand God is perfect, the same yesterday, today and forever, yes static with one exception. Never ending creations and children. The fact God is unchanging forever gives massive power of trust so we can exercise faith unto salvation. If God changed and morphed in the way Blair thinks it would damage our trust.
Next, Marriage is critical to top celestial glory- why? Because God is in reality Adam and Eve if you will. They are a type and shadow of God. Because no man alone and no woman alone can have never ending children. Covenant of Abraham. Man is the catalyst for the creation of life. Woman is the vessel for the creation of life. Even all of our historical roles speak to this. Men act upon things, the world, items, tools and create change, growth and war is often this catalyst to bring about Gods purpose on the planet. Think femanists, they always complain the patriarchy acts on them, well yes, but thats the point, and women shape the children and beautify and like Jordan Peterson points out, they civilize the monsters in men.
The entire purpose of the Temple and all its blessings and eternal marriage become moot the second some mad doctrine redefining gender becomes accepted, which is why it wont be accepted and why the proclamation made clear the eternal nature of genders we are born with. Male and Female. Even Blaires attempts to morph the word eternal into some other meaning is dishonest and a sign of ideological possession. Blair wants desperately for this to be true so the leftist narrative can bring this very destructive doctrine into our midst.
“So God created MAN in HIS own image, in the image of God created HE HIM; male and female created he them.”
Note that only man was created in God’s image. Females were also created, but it doesn’t say they were created in HIS image. Also note that only two genders are mentioned and it appears that it is rather deliberate about making that point. Two grand divisions that can each have a wide range of expression within them.