My conversation with an evangelical teen

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8. I've attempted similar conversations in the past

I've used left-handedness as my analogy, asking at what point did I choose to be left-handed.

Invariably, the stopping point is that they see handedness as something that's inherent to the person, while sexual orientation and gender identity are choices. And not simply choices; the righteous default is heterosexual with genitalia matching the heterosexual standard. Any divergence from that righteous default is a deliberate choice contrary to the proper order of the universe.

Rare exceptions, such as having both genital types, are considered non-representative aberrations at best and full-blown abominations at worst.


There is little benefit in attempting to reason with evangelicals, because reason has very little to do with their mode of thinking.