The shower part doesn't bother me. Being transgender doesn't make you perverted.
Uh, wait, let's look that up cowskeeper. Let's go to the unchanging source of all truth for the answer, not to some arbitrary modern literary expert who may deduce an answer taken from the currently most popular ever changing norms of a sinful society. If you want to follow along, you'll find this in Romans 1:20-32.
"For since the creation of the world his invisible attributes
are clearly seen," (the NATURAL knowledge of God),
being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead,
so that they are without excuse. Although they knew God,
they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful......... but became
futile in their thoughts, and their
foolish hearts were darkened.
Professing to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man, and birds and four footed animals and creeping things."
I.E.: In their own mind/eyes,
they foolishly think themselves to be wise... just as wise as God.... they believe themselves to be "like God", knowing both good and evil... the same lie Satan tempted Eve with. There is no God, they say... WE, the people that God created... IF there ever was or is a God... We, the created things in this created world... are "god"... WE now are the arbiter of "truth", WE now claim the authority to decide for ourselves what is right and wrong... good and evil...
perverted or not perverted. ....Have you fallen into this deception of Satan too, making the bold claim that you have above? Are you asking the same question that he posed to Eve in the Garden of Eden... "Did God REALLY say....... this is right, and this is wrong? This is perverted, and this isn't?" Hmmm.... something to really consider carefully and objectively, since the honest answer has consequences not only in this life, but eternally. Do you in faith turn to Him for your answers, or do you turn to some human "expert"?
Wait... God has alot more to say about this, very specifically and directly. But pay careful attention.......... the error here initially is NOT deviate sexual behavior........... it is claiming authority that belongs entirely to the Creator God for ourselves, WE will now decide "what will be considered truth"... what is right and wrong... WE have the place and authority of God in our own lives... WE no longer "glorify Him as God". It is THIS lie, that then
leads to "deviate and perverted behavior"... behavior that is declared as such by God Himself.
"Therefore, God also gave them up to
uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to
dishonor their bodies among themselves, who exchanged the TRUTH OF GOD for the lie, and worshipped and served the creature" (man now is the higher authority), "rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. For this reason God gave them up to
vile passions. For even their women exchanged the
natural use for what is AGAINST NATURE", (perverted), "Likewise also the men, leaving the
natural use of the woman
, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is SHAMEFUL, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which is due." (Do they now feel the penalty of a guilty conscience, a penalty of being labeled by others as deviates, perverted... if so, that is normal, natural, and right...because it is TRUE... they
will "feel guilt" because God actually DID write a knowledge of natural law into the heart of every person... we DO have a conscience, even though we, and these individuals too, may intend and try to suppress it, and even though we may desire and
DEMAND "tolerance" and acceptance by the public so that,
we believe, we will no longer have to feel "guilty" about our pet sins and our deviated, perverted behavior).
"
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, (the REAL essence of the sin, denial of the existence of God and His authority over them/us) God gave them over" (He withdraws from them somewhat His loving, calling, desiring hand, and allows them to wallow in their filth) "to a
debased mind,
to do those things which are not fitting, being filled with all unrighteousness,
sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness, full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness, they are whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters,
inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, undiscerning, untrustworty, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful.......
who, knowing the righteous judgement of God, (there's that awful conscience again), that those who practice such things are deserving of (eternal) death,
not only do the same, BUT ALSO APPROVE OF THOSE WHO PRACTICE THEM."
Is there a "penalty" to a society that refuses to call a spade a spade, and that instead "accepts" and "tolerates" these things as "normal" instead of deviated and perverted, "right" instead of wrong, "natural" instead of against natural law? You better believe it! Did you notice that pretty much every one of us must lay claim to this evil in one way or another? Who among us hasn't at some point been disobedient to parents, or hasn't been unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful at some point? We are all sinners... DEVIATES from the God expected norm. Why? Because at that moment we choose to lay claim to the authority over ourselves, and at that moment we choose to reject His moral law. THAT is the underlying issue.. and it is because of this, that we then BECOME deviates, and perverted.... the more we reject God, the more deviated and perverted we become. Over time, eventually, we no longer are satisfied just "doing these things among ourselves in the privacy of our own bedroom".... No... we eventually want to approve of others that do them too, and WE want THEIR approval, we want to rid ourselves of that awful guilt that we subconciously feel for our deviations and perversions. We demand PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE of our perverted behaviors. WE want to feel "free" to flaunt our perversion.
Sorry cowskeeper, being transgender DOES make you perverted.