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Just leave the Mormon religion!! There are other much older religions out there, and if your belief in God is real , He don't care what religion You belong to, as long as You believe and follow the golden rule !! You know about judging? Right? Only God can judge!! Not these bishops or priest !!! Luv Ya !!
I myself am transgender and of the Mormon church. I joined the church while I was transitioning, but I hid it from the church, so I got baptized as male. Not only that, but I finally stood up and said something to my bishop, and I can now say I'm being guided down the right path as a wonderful daughter to the father. The church helped me find my testimony now the church is helping strengthen it.
No I will never understand being transgender but YES I will always accept and respect people who are. I cannot imagine feeling that way, my love goes out to everyone straight, gay, trans, black, white,etc.
Be careful in judging his choices Durrant. Many transpersons have made the "right" choices as you may see it going right on down the covenant path to suicide. It is a real thing. Be careful, Be patient. If he ever comes to your ward, don't presume to tell him he made the wrong choice, you... just... might... have... no... idea.
But if God intended him to be a son, he would have been born a man. Gender continues on in the eternity because we have a heavenly Mother and Father. So our gender is connected to our souls. Does that mean if he changes his physical being by removing genitalia his eternal self also becomes a woman? No it doesn't.
He’s so mature and brave. He’s right, religion not necessarily the issue. Just people are afraid and ignorant. Him being unapologetically himself and Mormon will help start religious groups get comfortable with the LGBTQ+ community.
We need to get away from religious groups. They are not of God. Christians support the LG & T community but religious people won't because they are 'religious'. They have hearts of stone, not of love.
@My life as Monika That's the problem plain & simple look homophobia is wrong dead wrong I don't condone it or support it but it will always exist why because it does simple as that .
I am Transgender born to the mormon church and this video is so painful to me. I was told aged 19 in 1996 that if I transitioned i would go to outer darkness. I transitioned half way before my "family" cut me off and I was forced to stop. To this day even after a years worth of HRTs in 1996, I still get abuse from my family when I am a major bread winner and I have given away my gender so i can help raise my sister's kids. this video makes me cry. I am a daughter of the winter morning, I have carried my family over and over when they needed someone strong and yet my fundamental being they will NEVER acknowledge. and I am still faithful, I know Jesus will show them their daughter .. one day
TheLflanagan much love to you beautiful being. I grew up Mormon and the conditioning is deep. but keep on your light! we need the beauty you are!! much love and blessings on your journey to self!!
TheLflanagan I can’t believe someone said you’d go to outer darkness. The only people who go to outer darkness are people who literally see god or Jesus and know the truth of their existence but purposely defy it and go against it. You’re OKAY babe ❤️
TheLflanagan the churches view trans is that it's a temptation that you might want to do, but you have to stay your gender for the plan of the plan of the family. I could go into more detail, but I think people would be too triggered at me. I think it's fine to be trans gendered, but I think you shouldn't be Mormon, go to another church that has transgender poeple. I feel really bad for them, and things might change, but god has to say something before things change.
What your family says vs what the church teaches are 2 different things, so don't let your family tell you that. I don't agree with people being transgender, but I don't think your going to outer darkness. Love you my spirit brother in Christ.
who told you that you would go to outer darkness??? that is so doctrinally incorrect. hunny, believe me you're never going to go to outer darkness k no matter what.
Oh my god the comments are so much less hateful here. I came here from the fb vid because it wasn't loading and god ... why are people so fucking hateful? It's so sad that some people can't see how beautiful and inspiring this persons story is.
❤️ much love I have a child transitioning. I chose to leave the church . My family comes first and I I will protect them from any church telling my children they are bad or wrong and going to hell.
So, you chose to lie to them about THE GOD of Israel, and the bible. Typical heathen woodwose. Our job as parents is to prepare them for this spiritual warfare also known as life, and the most important thing we can do as parents is never to lie to our children.. The secular people that believe in this antiquated religion and ritual of ba'al will reap what they sow, as this is from the author of confusion, the worldly try to force others to accept their hedonism and worship of ba'al, who is also, coincidentally, trans. This is an act of worship to ba'al, an ancient one, as there is NO new thing under the sun. Good luck with that.
@@screamcc6947 This works both ways. Trans people must respect the church's beliefs that God makes you male or female, and everyone who wants to be a member of the church must accept that, and that, if you want to change what God made you, you will be quite limited in what you can or can't do in the church. It has nothing to do with hate or fear, it has to do with what we believe, and that those beliefs come from God.
@@lindalds Christians can benefit from this obviously, they change things so they can eat clam, and so they can plant diffirent plants on tne same field. Shit like that was in the bible youre not allowed to ear clam, dont plabt 2 different plants on tbe same soil. You really need to look into the bible and churches Money is the root of all evil, and yet they make ALOT of money. Its allso been said that it was a mis-translation it was man who lay with child as they lay with women not man who lay with man
My family is Mormon and apparently there's a trans guy in our ward. I don't go to church, but my mom told me that she recently met a mother and her now son who just had top surgery. Everyone seems to be cool with it.
Darn. Everyone has been telling me that the church will excommunicate me if I ever let it slip that I was born female; it’s so relieving to hear that that’s not necessarily the case! It gives me hope that I’ll be able to come clean to my bishop someday. I feel so guilty keeping it a secret. Thank you for the comment 🙏
As a transgender Mormon myself, my missionaries and my branch understand that I’m trans femme. And yes I’m thankful that I’m god’s daughter. I’m so thankful that they understand that this is me.
wow i love this mans mindset! i myself am mormon and love the gospel. love that his only focus is on God and what he thinks and not on what the members of the church think. Very Bold. Very Brave.
You need to leave mormonism and follow Jesus. Only Jesus is the way, the truth, the life and the light of the world. The true Gospel are the books of Matthew Mark Luke and John. That is what the Gospel is. Truly we need both the old and new testaments of the bible too, whereas the mormons often leave out the old Testament. If you truly love Jesus then you will leave mormonism and seek out the truth and not allow yourselves to be deceived by the fables of men and doctrines of devils.
@@beatrixkiddo1171 way they were born? Sorry but facts disagree. Gender dysphoria is gained not a birth condition. It can be gained and lost in both child and adulthood. And statistics show that if left untreated and ignored 85% of the children with it eventually loose it. So please don't spread untrue rumours
I grew up Mormon and laud this brave person. as a woman born in late 70's just going to college for a career and not a husband was a big shift. keep up your love of self. I left the church when I was 19 and am still going through reconditioning between church doctorine and society. we live with so much cognitive dissonance. be brave it gets easier and clearer. much love to all
Amen!! It's cognitive dissonance that keeps many mormons trapped in that religion. Many know that things aren't right, that there are conflicts between the bible (the truth) and the book of Mormon (fables, deception, lies, plagiary). But they choose to stay because their religion has become their life, their cult. All their friends and in some cases all their family are in the church. If they leave they will be outcast. It does take time to recondition your mind and understanding of what is true doctrine and what was false and confusing/conflicting. You will get there!! :) Keep praying, keep studying the bible, pray for wisdom and for guidance and revelation from the Holy Spirit. The kingdom of heaven rejoices every time another persons leaves the mormon religion or any other religion. Love and God bless to you too!! And to all those who have come out of religion and are now following Jesus. Praise Jesus, forever and ever. Glory to the Father, for there is no one good bu the Father. xxxxxx
It's interesting that he's going to the mountains to feel close to Heavenly Father; in church doctrine we are taught that they are temples too. I've seen so many people, within the LGBT spectrum like me, letting themselves be pushed away from the church for being who they are and I'm so happy that Emmett understands that it's not God doing this but the limitations of men. The gospel is for everyone and we can only do what we can and love everyone, and work within the failings of a mortal church structure that can never match the love and understanding of the divine 💜
Raðni Neilsson I’m not really a Christian but I’ve done a lot of study and it seems to me that the Mountain is more a church than the modern institutions we call church. In scripture. Jesus preached in the temple sure but the church as it was founded existed as informal relationships between god and individuals and a community and the faith was practiced in nature as much as it was in buildings. In this way lgbt people cannot be rejected from the church as no body can as long as they practice the faith and hold it to be true.
Sophia Neilsson Mormon cult. I feel so bad for these brainwashed ppl. They carry so much guilt and 0 happiness even thought they lie to themselves and others in their sad community that they are nothing but happy.
I’m a lesbian and want to become a member because I believe the church is true. But that would mean never being able to date, get married or have kids. I don’t want to be judged by church leaders. I just feel like there’s so much they don’t understand. Thank you for making this video.
@@jamesgornall5731 I’m not giving up a right straight people automatically have. Even after all this time I still love the Scriptures but there’s too much doubt I have about the church. I am better off not joining
@@jamesgornall5731 You can love, date and do whatever you want to your love life. Wdym not to intercourse lol. Imagine you are in that situation, can you resist to never intercourse with your partner and just stare at them for the rest of your life is that what you believe? Anyways love is love dont let them dictate you from what your happiness really are.
@@3411-q9c Please don't join. Not only as someone who was born into the church and has spent nearly 22 years in it, I will be leaving it with so much trauma. Not just about the shame they instil in you for even thinking differently to how they want, but especially as LGBTQIA+ individuals we are shunned by others in the church just for something about us they don't like. Please don't sacrifice your happiness and mental well-being for an organisation that lies to its members and has a history that is filled with lies and terrible things.
@@babastosnyo3586, in the Mormon church, the only people who have intercourse are married husband and wife. The bible says that only husband and wife can have intercourse.
I'm Mormon and I can't imagine being prevented from entering the temple. You're so brave and strong. I'm happy you've decided to embrace yourself and go through with this. I hope soon you will be able to re-enter the temple
The LDS church can't allow anyone in the temple who tells our Heavenly Father that He was wrong. I don't understand why anyone would WANT to go to the temple who believes that God was wrong.
@@lindalds the mormon god is wrong about a lot of things. He doesn't follow his word hardly ever and nowadays he is pretty impotent as far as gods go: basically a god of lost trinkets, wallets, and keys. He used to send his angels all the time to other generations but it seems his glory days are over since no mass visions of angels ever happen anymore. mormon god won't answer a POW soldier's prayer begging for freedom; instead he will be burned alive by terrorists... ... he might help you find your pen though.
@@christopherrowley7506 *it seems his glory days are over since no mass visions of angels ever happen anymore.* Just because YOU have not seen them does not mean no one has. *mormon god won't answer a POW soldier's prayer begging for freedom; instead he will be burned alive by terrorists* And then what? Being burned alive would be a horrific death, I grant you that. And those who did it I guarantee have a special corner in hell waiting for them. But said soldier is now in a MUCH better place than we are, I'm sure. A place where there is no pain, no PTS, no evil. Where he gets a TRUE hero's welcome. Those left behind are hurt and angry, etc. Grieve, then do something positive to make this soldier's death, and life, mean something, do something to help others.
@@lindalds Heavenly Father was not wrong and she's not saying that he is. God gives us each our challenges and experiences to help us grow. She knows this and has a relationship with God.
Sorry to hear that you have chosen Mormonism and that you believe in these man made temples where they practice Masonic rituals, perform Egyptian baptisms for the dead, perform marriage sealings when the bible clearly states that there will be no more marriage nor male nor female, where they tell a story of the garden of eden and refer to satan as "lucifer" when lucifer was only ever a man, a king of babylon as per Isaiah 14. Truly the mormon church is so full of lies, deception, corruption, fables of men, doctrines of devils and unGodly practices. God created man, man created religion! Jesus wants us to follow Him, not religion. Jesus said I Am the way, not religion is the way. Jesus said Follow Me, not follow me then pick some brand of worldly religion to follow also. Jesus never followed a religion. In fact Jesus was against the religious people of His day and He even went as far as to call them the children of the devil. The 12 disciples never followed religion, they only followed Jesus. Mormons are the most deceived church upon the earth. Mormons belong to: The Church Of Joseph Smith of Latter Day Deceived The Book Of Mormon is The Most Corrected Book Upon The Earth The Book Of Mormon is Another Deception Of The Anti Christ The Book Of Mormon is Joseph's Myth Christians will always attack religion because IT is not of God. Mormons will always defend their religion because THEY are not of God.
i couldn't feel loyal to an organization that would excommunicate me for being honest about who i am.. i left the church for that reason. why be loyal to them when they aren't loyal to you at all? you can't be different without punishment. It's not your relationship with God that's the problem it's the church that breaks you down
Alex Thompson you might want to try and understand the hormones that are distributed from the carrier to the fetus in the third trimester. Gender is on a spectrum and everyone literally has different levels of estrogen and testosterone within each and every cell of ones body. If you look at siblings who are blood related, they still have different amounts of hair on their bodies or have things that are not genetically related and are hormon related ....plus intersex children are born everyday but because of religion and societies, there is only male and female and what is between your legs is the only deciding factor in what your gender is. That belief is not honest to nature. It’s a sex organ, not a gender marker. Being honest is following your natural biological make up. I grew Mormon and it’s a cult. I hope these people actually see they are belong fooled by a con man.
Cari G first of all gender and sex have been the same for hundreds of years(on many documents you see them used interchangablly). Secondly hormone level and being more feminine or masculine does not mean a different gender. You can't say "gender is a social construct" to justify changing it then say "I was born that way" when people say your doing something wrong because that is contradicting yourself. If gender is different from sex then why do you use intersex to justify transgenderism? Seems like you change the meaning of gender just to suit your situation. Also you obvious have little understanding about sex if you think it is as simple as what is between your legs. Chromozomes determine sex. Intersex is just a deformity as being born with 11 fingers is. Finally transgenderism still is not found to be biological as studies done on twins(which have the same genetic and go throught the same womb conditions) show that one can be trans and the not.
Alex Thompson being intersex is a part of being human which is also a part of being trans. Why? Because the hormones dispersed into every cell of the human body includes the brain AND other organs....being intersex is based off of hormones effecting the organs between your legs and ovaries (which are also balls) and trans is hormones effecting the brain. We are all given a genetic code of xx or xy chromosome initially but it is in the third trimester when all our organs are being masculinised and or feminised based off this code, sometimes the hormones given from the carrier (“mother”) are dispersed in areas that effect us and dont complete this code in the areas for instinse, estrogen given to a male body part/s in this trimester.... maybe someone has their ovaries drop down into balls being masculinized but then their clitoris isn’t masculinized with testosterone to grow into a dick. Please educate yourself on what it truly means to be human..... we are all humans on different levels of masculinity and femininity. Fuck gender stereotypes and be you. Peace and love to all yall!!!!! *mic drop*
Grats hunny! The wound looks pretty gnarly now, but I'm sure it's going to look amazing once you heal up. Your reaction made me cry a little bit, I'm so happy for you. You're a very good looking guy, and those shoulders of yours are sexy af!
Congratulations Emmett! You look great. I am a cisgender gay ex Mormon. I know it isn't easy. Trust me I know what it's like except for the transgender part. I'm very proud of you. Thank you for sharing your story.
I'm a trans man in a mormon family. for the past few months I've been trying to do the same thing as emmett, like trying to hold up a banner for the trans community, but that was too much pressure for me and after finding out a lot of shit about the church I decided not to be part of it anymore. I have huge respect for trans people who decide to stay so they can make a difference, though. stay strong, emmett.
Yes God loves her. She is still a woman no matter what sex change. God loves her but hate the Sin. This is the devil doing but she can still repent and Jesus will forgive him. No one can enter heaven unless born again. Only God will decide.
Emmett Claren, We are with you always and forever. "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself" (emphasis added). Matthew 22:39 "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." I had never realized that loving myself was a commandment. I had always understood that self-love was important, but I believed the purpose of self-love was primarily to enable us to better serve others. While this is a true and important concept, self-love is also meant for us. I experienced a significant paradigm shift when I realized that God’s commandment to love and serve His children includes loving and serving ourselves-not only because self-love fills us with more love to give others, but also because He wants us to love ourselves the way He loves us. Jesus Christ-demonstrated self-love many times throughout His life, probably more than what is recorded in the scriptures. There are several accounts in the New Testament of the Savior taking time to be alone. For example, after He performed the miracle of feeding the five thousand with five loaves and two fishes, He “sent the multitudes away . . . [and] went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone” (see Matthew 14:23). Christ’s commitment to self-love in this instance is significant-although He could have continued to serve, He recognized His personal need for solitude and “sent the multitudes away” in order to care for Himself and connect with His Father in Heaven.
I congratulate Emmet. He has the right to be whatever he wants to be. I question why he would still want to be a Mormon. Whatever he decides, I support him.
@@melanieclark7949 But you look like a man. You have manly features. Have you ever wondered why that might be? To us it appears that you've changed your body. Are you not happy being a woman? Then why don't you try to look more feminine and pretty? It seems we have the situation of the pot calling the kettle black here. Judge not, lest ye be judged!!! The more important question here is why would they want to remain a mormon.
Oh wow, this was so powerful. Emmet's reaction to his chest was so pure and raw and beautiful. So so happy that he can live in a body more aligned with who he is. So many tears were shed watching this as I've never seen such a personal reveal shared before, thank you for being vulnerable and sharing that Emmet! Wish you nothing but all of the best in life.
I saw this video and had to watch it. I've been transitioning for a year and only returned to the church because of my transition. I have prayed and asked for answers, and the answer I've received from the spirit is I've being asked to follow this path and Our Heavenly Father will reveal why later. For now I'm told have faith. I wouldn't have came back to the church if I hadn't released I'm transgender. ❤ Please stay strong and have faith.
I’m bearing my testimony as a transgender man and I feel grateful every day for walking away from the LDS church when I did. Experiencing the freedom from the constricting hand of “God” and organized religion feels like taking off a chest binder. I will no longer feel ashamed to be my true self!
Honestly, I don't like religion either, but it seems to be important to him. I wonder, does it have to be the Mormon church? Like , can he join a different more accepting church? They're all Christian churches, right? Or do they believe that other Christians are going to hell, and only Mormonism is the one true religion? I grew up Baptist, personally, and when I moved to America, we switch to a different protestant church without much trouble, but maybe it's different for Mormonism? I'm also happy to have organized religion out of my life, as it's run by people, and people are corrupt by nature. Anyway, grats on your progress and success, and I'm very happy for Emmit too. Best of luck in your future undertakings :)
@@BothHands1 Well thats the point really. People should be choosing Christianity over religion. And many people are today. There are many people who were once caught up in religious institutions who have now fled those religions and are now following Jesus. There are many of us who call us "non religious Christians". We stick to the bible and to the Lord and the Holy Spirit. God created man, man created religion. Jesus and the Gospel were no longer enough for man so they created religions with false doctrines (fables of men and doctrines of devils) and set them before them like idols and now worship those idols/religions. Jesus leads to salvation, religion leads to destruction. Jesus is the narrow path/gate, religion is the broad path. And as we're seeing today, all religions are being united by the Ecumenical movement which is being driven by the Roman Catholic Church. They are all being united under a one world, Babylonian mystery religion. This is why it is so important that true Christians COME OUT OF religion NOW and turn back to the Lord. Religion is going to drag everyone to their destruction. Jesus loves everyone, however He wants you, no matter who you are, to trust in HIM!!! Too many people are turning away from God because of what religion is saying and doing. But they need only turn away from religion and turn back to God. Trust in the Lord, always!! Praise to the Lord and to the Father, forever and ever!!
You don't need people or the religion of the church to accept you. God accepts you and you accept you. So walk your journey keep your faith, you'll find your space in it.
Amen! God wants us to turn to him, not to men nor to religion. We live in an imperfect world, the Lord knows that, which is why He died for all our sins and will one day make all those who believe in Him perfect. Trust in the Lord! Praise Jesus.
Be yourself and do what you are meant to be. God created you. If God didn't want this for us, why did he create us this way. There. Are people who support you.
I am a Mormon mom with 3 boys & 1 daughter. This was very emotional, so moving, so sad but also awesome to see Emmett be brave enough, & strong enough to share his story, & to follow his heart to become the person he is now. Much love to you Emmett and anyone else who is going through the similar changes. I believe in you. Be strong and stay strong. 💪🏽🙏🏽💞 I have male and female friends who are gay and lesbians around my age. I am friends with parents who have gay and lesbian children. My own kids have been friends with both gay and lesbians. They also have friends with a mom or dad or brother or sister who are gay and lesbian. My oldest son had a birthday party when he was in 1st grade and he had a male friend who was African American & not a Mormon, another who was Hispanic who was a Catholic, another who was Samoan & went to The Church of the Bible, one who's last name was Mormon but was not Mormon, another friends who was Is Mormon but I felt from about the age of 2 had very feminine characteristics and I told my husband I felt he was going to be gay or transgender when he came to grips with who he really was. That young man came out in High School that he was gay but a lot of the kids knew before he knew or recognized it himself. I never told my kids who to be friends with and who he couldn't hang out with. I just wanted them to be kind and loving to everyone. Everyone of my 4 children hung out with kids of all different races, different religions, different family dynamics, guys and girls. I was and am very proud of them for loving the Lord, loving themselves, & loving others. None of them served a formal 2 year Mormon Mission but I feel they have been missionaries throughout their lives by living, loving, staying true to themselves, their beliefs, leading by example, accepting others as they are no matter their race, religion, or gender. My husband & I have always told my kids I would love them always and forever no matter what. We may not like what they do but we would always love them. In return we have been very fortunate to have their friends be very respectful and part of our family and always welcome in our home. We've also had our kids talk to us about things they've done or heard it from their sibling or friends and had open & honest conversations. I've always felt I was judged more harshly for me or my family's trials by others who think they are better than everyone else. It's not exclusive to Mormons but I know that it is not for me to judge them back. We've talked to some people who feel they are 'better than anyone else' but I realize that it doesn't matter what race, religion, or gender others are. We are all human beings with our own imperfections and trials. Instead of ostracizing people who are different than us, we should be loving them, talking to them, listening to them and helping them. It is so sad for me when I see people struggling. Emmett is a good example of how and why we should all reach out and help each other's through our trials and struggles. Maybe we will come out of that trial different but does that really matter in the big picture? We are all in this life together. As a Mormon I can say I am proud of who I am. I believe in the teachings and basic principles of the Mormon religion. I can honestly say that I know we have a Heavenly Father who loves everyone. He loves all of us. We should not ask others if they need help or how we can help, we should be opening our eyes, our minds, & our hearts and just help. Instead of doing this 🙈🙉🙊, we should be doing this 👀👂🏻👄💞🙏🏽
Why are so many people so sure God is talking to them? I mean awesome for Emmet that he found who he was and all that stuff, but he gave himself the answer. I just don't see any evidence that God actually exists and shares with us what we should do next.
When Jesus left us He sent us the Holy Spirit. It is through the Holy Spirit that we receive guidance and counsel and direction. Its not something that you can see but something that you know. And if at first we ignore or doubt what we've been prompted to know/do then we receive the same prompting again and again until we take action. Being a Christian is about being in a personal relationship with Jesus and the Father. When you look at religion and all the religious institutions such as Mormons, Catholics, Baptists etc etc then you will obviously not see any evidence of God because they don't follow God. They preach hatred and judgment and condemnation. They exclude anyone who doesn't conform to their ideals, to their image. They show no love .... and I understand thats what you mean by "don't see any evidence" because only by their fruits will you know that they truly love and serve the Lord and are lead by Him. With religion all you see is confusion and rejection, very rarely any love let alone true love. Most of the love shown in religion is feigned, its false, its forced, its all for show rather than being genuine. Don't look to religion for evidence! If you truly want to know if God/Jesus exist then all you need to do is to look AWAY FROM religion and turn to Jesus for answers. Turn away from man and turn unto the Lord. Only the Lord will reveal the truth to you, man cannot do this for you. No one can tell you that God is true and that you simply just need to "believe" and "have faith" because again it is about having your own personal relationship with God. If you truly want to know then pray to the Lord and you will receive your answer. And God will never ever tell you to go and join some of religion after that, because again, religion is not of God. Religion is man made. Many people are waking up to what religion is and are coming out of it. We call ourselves non denominational Christians. We are simply just Christians, we dont use any other labels such as Mormon, Catholic, Pentecostal etc. I hope this helps. It takes time to understand all this. Allow yourself time. Keep praying and trusting the Lord. Seek Him. God bless. Praise Jesus.
I grew up in the church and ftm. I finally stopped letting the fear take ahold of me and and started testosterone 12/4/2017 at the age of 26. I lost everything involving the church but that never stops me for being a member. I’m still his child and god will always love me
I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT THIS MUST HAVE BEEN FOR YOU - BRAVE SOULS WILL BE BLESSED AND HIGHLY REWARDED BY GOD ON HIGH!!! STAY FOCUSED ON WHAT GOD WANTS, & YOU SHOULD BE JUST FINE! HEAVENLY FATHER LOVES YOU!
God never made anyone trans. God made male and female. Even science says you are either born with XY chromosomes and you are a male, or you are born XX and are a female. I would count as very brave the person who stands in front of God and tells Him He made a mistake. .
We left the church a year before my oldest came out as trans. I'm forever grateful he didn't have to deal with the church lying to his face, telling him he's unworthy or going to hell.
Praise the Lord!!! So happy you left that pit of deception and lies. Only Jesus is the way, the truth, the life and the light of the world. Follow Jesus, study the bible and He will always be with you and that is all you need. Fellowship out in the community. Tell people about Jesus. :) Jesus saves, religion destroys. God bless.
@@adamgoodword7888 HA HAHA HA.. Ha.. Oh you were serious? You seriously believe that one degree less in this whole crazy Abrahamic chart is the perfect spot? Please. People are perfectly happy without Jesus, in ANY of his many sects. 🙄 Your particular brand of the same Kool aid isn't special or different, honey. Just the same crap.
This video is amazing I’ve been a member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints for 49 years ! No one is going to outer darkness for being transgender! This is a very personal and special thing for many people ! Anyone that judges anyone on this doesn’t know Christ’s doctrine !!!!! This video was beautiful ! Judge not lest he be judged !!! When we are in the service of our fellow beings we are only in the service of our God !!! This “ serving “ of others means loving and living and supporting one another no matter our color, size , gender, sexual orientation or anything that defines us as human beings !!! That’s Christ’s Doctrine !!!!!!!!
Thank you for posting this. As a member of his church and someone who is going through this kind of, it helped me view what my “person” is trying to help me see.
There is no male or female, Jew or Gentile in God's eyes. We are all one. Jesus mentioned that some eunuchs were born that way and some were made into them. We are here to grow up into unconditional love and to experience the fruit of the spirit. It starts with loving self unconditionally so that we can love others. " Love your neighbor as yourself". LOVE is all that matters. When the church judges you, they are not loving you. They should excommunicate all liars, thieves, fornicators, adulterers, etc. if that's the case. Please live fearlessly and be your authentic selves. Love you all xoxo
Mel Flo to the Samaritan woman He said salvation is of the Jews. He was teaching that the truth is independent of common consent .the church is right in its stance yet though we as members of the Church need to Learn the example thought by the simple act of being with the woman on the well. acceptance and tolerance and love .
@@shadreckdangaphotography your misuse of grammar (i.e. punctuation and capitalization or lack thereof) makes this entire comment incoherent and hurts my head
The church has values and principles that are eternal and unchanging just like the God that revealed them .Popular opinion does not change principle.When the Christ told the Samaritan woman "salvation is of the Jews", he was teaching the woman that what was popular belief amongst the Samaritans about God and salvation was wrong. Popular opinion today is not necessarily in agreement with God's laws. The church is always right by taking a stance,based on principle and not common consent. Perhaps being from different hemispheres might be the reason. You speak American and I speak Rhodesian, but I am sure you get the sense.
Amen!! God created man, man created religion. God created man to serve him, man created religion for its followers to serve. Man serves religion more than they serve God. If people draw near to God then God will draw near to them. No matter what our differences or challenges in this life, we need to turn to the Lord for help and guidance, not to men nor religious institutions. Jesus is the way, the truth, the life and the light of this world........ so people only need to turn unto him. But sadly many turn away from Jesus and turn to men. Not good! God bless you Mel Flo! The truth is with you. Praised Jesus and the Father.
I would accept him for who he is and would not judge however if hes going to go to church and start disrespecting their believes and twisting it hes got to be respectful and attend another "church"
The Mormon church has a lot to apologize for to the LGBT people in their congregation. If God made me then why didn't he make me gay. God is of love and not hate. Tired of people hiding behind religion to spread their hatred. That is not of godly that is evil. Just be careful who your worshipping, It might not be Good.
I don't agree with hurting gay people but I disgusts me when people use the whole "God is love therefore i should be able to do whatever I want" logic. Sin is sin so if your against one you should be against all
I'm so happy that someone is able to be religious and happy while being in a community that isn't super supported by a lot of people, much less the church. I'm no longer part of the church because I'm trans and pan, but I'm glad that some people still have that faith
Well thats not really the best way to look at it. There is nothing good in religion. Religion is a deception. True Christians follow Jesus and the bible. There is no judgment and condemnation. No matter who or what we are we need to be following Jesus, not religion. Jesus will always help us and provide us with what we need. Its just a shame that people prefer to turn to religion and to men and to preachers and other religious people for support and guidance. We, all of us, no matter who we are, need Jesus and only Jesus .... and the bible and the Holy Spirit ... and Wisdom. And if we have Jesus then we have the Father. I'm glad you're no longer in the Mormon religion. Many of us have left or are leaving. Its never easy but its the right choice. Praise Jesus and the Father, forever and ever. God bless!
This hit way too hard. I am genderfluid, so I do feel trans sometimes. I am also a faithful member of the Mormon Church. I have told my bishop about my identity and he is one of the supportive ones. I am going to school at BYU- Idaho right now, and just decided to be myself. I have also told my family and they support me. I am starting to transition right now, not medically though, but I feel so happy with finally being myself. I am about to go on a mission as a sister missionary so that will be interesting how that goes.
I was afraid that if I were to be myself that I would be seen as weird and nobody would want to be around me. In actuality, I have found the community here at my college and everybody I have met have actually been very interested in hearing my story and still love and support me.
Trans male ex mormon here. I also served a mission before i transitioned. I left the church and experienced a lot of freedom moving to a place that was more liberal and less religious. You deserve to be treated better regardless of whether you stay with the church. Its tough to advocate for yourself but just remember that you matter.
Humans are just struggling on gender identity. I AM SURE God loves all of us and all who love him and love their neighbor as themselves will be saved. That is STILL the greatest commandment of all. Churches are struggling with this -- but in the end GOD is the ONLY judge. Let's just focus in the plank on our own eye. God have mercy on us all.
Wow!! A huge amen!! Good preaching right there. All these big time evangelists and TV preachers won't preach this stuff when they should be. Sigh... God bless you! The truth is with you! Praise Jesus.
The moment he started crying after seeing his chest, I just wanted to hug him, cry with him and congratulate him because this what he's been wanting for so long and he deserves so much happiness and love! What people seem to forget is that, people who are trans, gay, nonbinary, really anyone in the LGBTQ+ community is still human. They still feel happiness, heartache, anger, and yet people treat them as less than human and that's just so heartbreaking to see. But when you see stuff like this, you can see the happiness that they're experiencing when becoming their true selves and it makes you want to celebrate with them. You may never understand what they're going through, or ever get to feel what they felt, but things like this, certainly help us cis genders understand them better. I know it did with me. I didn't understand anything about being trans, but I was just like "Okay, so you changed genders, that's cool." But I never understood what trans people went through or the internal struggle and this helped me to understand it and I just respect trans people so much because of their courage to fight to become who they are on the inside. People of religion say that God hates gays, trans folk, etc., but in the same breath say that God loves all his children. The way I see it, God wouldn't create you that way if he didn't love you. He always has a plan for you before you're even born, so he knows, and he still loves you even when others don't. So never blame him for those people who interpret the Bible wrong, that's their own fault.
Someone's identity and fundamental existence is not an opinion with which you can disagree. That is a denial of the person's inherent right to exist. Also your point of view has no bearing on reality - Opinions can absolutely conflict with facts. Not every Opinion is valid just because it exists.
Milo M well why is it your opinion that a woman can change to a man. The facts say no and God makes no mistakes. He mad her a girl and that's it. You are ignoring both God and science but still decide to call us closeminded? It is also listed as a mental illness(gender disphoria) but I guess your going to ignore that too.
@@shoulders-of-giants im gonna educate you a little first of all she is being excommunicated becasue she made a COVENANTS in the temple to keep gods commandments to her absolute ability in return for more temporal and spiritual blessing and if she had not made this covenant than she wouldn't have been excommunicated But were all entitled to our own opinions i guess
I don't know if anyone had told you this, but you don't have to be in the Mormon Church. Or any Church. There's no truant officer that will hunt you down.
If you don't approve of a religious teachings, leave it ...but why go off and complain about a religion...you want that church to change their teachings..nobody is forcing you to be a member of that church!
Amen!!! So if you're Transgender then that is who you are supposed to be and you are definitely not a mistake. God knows who you are, how he made you, why he made you and is always there for you!! God loves you no matter what. After all, He made you the person you are. God bless. Praise Jesus, forever and ever.
Once upon a time a man had a private spiritual encounter, where he produced a book which he said was from God. He said it confirmed previous Scriptures, though in actual fact it added fundamentally new doctrines (and by implication, overrode previous doctrines). It never outright criticised the actual Scriptures Christians had, but this Book by implication criticised them. To make sense of their new religion, these followers had to say that the Word of God in the Bible had been corrupted and lost somewhere on the way. This new book produced a whole load of other stories about Prophets. But rather than these Prophets speaking this themselves, with miracles of amazing power that were witnessed by whole communities of people (such as seeing the Red Sea part, or seeing a man raised from the dead), this man instead asked you to believe the book based on your feeling of simply reading that book. The man who declared himself a Prophet used his revelation to justify marrying many women. He also used his book to justify a return to legalism. The effect of his book was to bring the "holy land" to the place where he lived. That man's name was Muhammad and the book he brought was the Quran, and he brought the "holy land" to Mecca and the Kaaba, and used his revelation to justify marrying many women. If that story sounds similar, it's because its meant to- it's been rehashed and repackaged just for you. But if you want the Message that was confirmed by the Prophets themselves, where God promised not to let His Word pass away (Isaiah 40:8), and declared that death would not overcome His Message (Matthew 16:18), then I exhort you to look into the Message of love and grace in the Bible, whereby the "only true God" (John 17:3) who says "besides me there is no God" (Isaiah 45:5), comes and saves you, even when you were counted as His enemy (Romans 5:10). That was done in love. If you want to explore that message more, consider the videos on youtube by the "Bible Project". And if you want to refute me on anything I've said, please feel free. I'm not anti-Mormon, I love Mormons. But I also love the truth and I love the perfect Word of God which is "is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for EVERY good work". (2 Timothy 3:16-17, emphasis added). Love, peace and respect to all.
This should be subtitled. Their pronunciation is quite unclear, I can't even sometimes hear what they are saying. They don't have the best articulation.
I hope leaders get the rigth guidance soon on this lifes. It breacks my heart this are my brothers and sisters who feel this way and I want them to he able to get in the temple. I love u boy you are so so brave and we need you.
I don't think that Emmett should be a part of the mormon church if they can't accept him. Of course it's totally his personal choice/journey .... But he deserves to be where he is loved and accepted. If there is a God, I dont think that rejecting and exiling someone is the kind of behavior he would be proud of. Emmett is just trying to find himself.
I hope to meet you one day, Emmet. I want to go to BYU Provo, but I was afraid of if I'd not find people like me there (I'm bi and gender fluid), thank you for being you!
I have been investigating the church I have an appointment with Elders tomorrow afternoon I am a transgender male to female and have been really scared that I won't be accepted in the church the sister I've been talking to on the phone says that I will be accepted but everytime I bring it up she changes the subject and won't even say the word transgender so my question is will they let me be baptized? I know one of the interview questions for baptism is have you committed a homosexual transgression so I don't know what to do
Please don't investigate or look into Mormonism or any of the religions out there. They are all spiritual death traps. You only need to follow Jesus, study the bible, pray, allow yourself to be lead by the Holy Spirit of God. They should not be asking about your sexuality. That is between you and God. Mormons only ask personal questions such as that so that they can control and manipulate you. When John the Baptist and his followers were baptizing people they didn't ask what sins they committed .... they simply baptized them. Jesus knows that we are all sinners, that we have all sinned and all have come short of the glory of God .... yet He died for ALL men. He shed His blood so that we could all be washed clean in His blood. And after all, the Blood of Jesus is the true baptism. So please, seek Jesus, not religion. Jesus saves, religion destroys. God bless. Praise to Jesus and the Father, forever and ever.
YES Keep coming to church Emmett!! We love you and God loves you, even if some members don't know how to act yet, so they act and treat you wrongfully.
then those true members, if they are true Christians, need to come out of the Mormon religion now. True Christians show love and mercy. Hard hearted religious pharisees will remain with their religion and continue to judge and condemn others.
Adam Goodword the church of jesus christ of latter day saints is not full of hard pharisees. it’s full of people. of good christians. many (maybe most) of us are happy with our church despite the constant judgement of being a “mormon.”
Amen! God bless. There are many of us who worship the Lord on our own. We don't need organized religion nor non denominational churches which are part of the Charismatic/Pentecostal movements.
Religious people turn their religion into idols and worship it. Mormons created an image unto themselves, and expect everyone to conform to that image. God created man, man created religion! God created man to serve Him, man created religion for its followers to serve. Man serves religion more than they serve God. Jesus wants us to follow Him, not religion. Jesus said I Am the way, not religion is the way. Jesus said Follow Me, not follow me then pick some brand of worldly religion to follow also. Jesus never followed a religion. In fact Jesus was against the religious people of His day and He even went as far as to call them the children of the devil. The 12 disciples never followed religion, they only followed Jesus.
I'm Mormon, technically.....haven't practiced it for many many years but still very knowledgeable on my religion and still love the church very much, all I want to say is that, though it sounds harsh and discriminatory, the leaders of the church are merely trying to do right by God, they are not hateful or evil, they just plain do not understand enough about us to make a safe decision, in their eyes....also as far as the being banned or kept out of the temple, MANY of the church's members are not allowed in the temples....there is a pretty rigid set of guidelines that must be followed in order to attain and keep a temple recommend.
It is written ‘who ever accepts this child accepts me’; it is not your faith that is not accepting, it is the body/church those who translate the written word to their belief! Raised Catholic i have been received into the Episcopal Church; my faith hasn’t changed, just those whom I am surrounded by😇🤗🙏🌈
Exactly!! Wow, you and many others here are TRUE Christians. :D You know the Word, the truth, better than the religious pharisees. :) It's all about Jesus, not religion/churches and what they dictate. God bless! Praise Jesus.
Very sad that Emmet feels she cannot be the beautiful young lesbian that she is and is driven to mutilate her body and shoot up lifelong damaging hormones. The church should be ashamed that they drove her to make these irreversible decisions to her healthy young body.
I was brought up mormon but I have no religious beliefs at all now. I remember a lesson we had in class at church (honestly don't remember bc I NEVER paid attention anyways) but I do remember the teacher bringing up "gay relationships are a sin" and that's when I knew that I just had to leave. I don't want to take part in anything that is anti-LGBTQ because I honestly don't believe that God would send someone to hell just bc they like the same gender. Idc what super religious people say. I know not all LDS members are against LGBTQ but in the church that I went to, they were not very open to it. Ngl I'm happy my family stopped going to church bc if we stayed any longer I think we would have made the place burn down due to us never really living as the perfect Mormons. I'm happy for Emmett and glad that he got the surgery he always wanted.
Congratulations, I am so proud of you! People like you inspire me so much with your bravery and wisdom and at such a young age, as well. I wish I could be more like you.
I just wonder if these people that are Mormon and trans actually believe the church is true. As in they have the standard testimony (i.e. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is God's one true church, Joseph Smith restored the gospel, the Book of Mormon is the word of God, Thomas S. Monson is God's prophet today, etc., etc. if you grew up Mormon you know what I'm talking about). Or if they're testimony is more vague, like Mormonism is their spiritual home, and whether they believe the actual doctrine or not does not concern them that much, because either way Mormons are their spiritual family, for better or worse. Or I'm wondering if maybe they believe the Church is true but the Church is just going through some growing pains and eventually the Church will accept LGBT people as full members.
I am Mormon, I grew up Mormon, I remain Mormon, I am Transgender, I know the Book of Mormon is the word of God, I know the Bible is the word of God (but I do not believe in Solo Sciptora), I have a testomony of the 9th article of faith, oh how you don't know how hard I hang on to the 9th Article of Faith. I know Christ is my Savior, I know President Nelson is God's Prophet today, and the only person on earth authorized to exercise all priesthood keys. I also (unavoidably, and despite Five decades of suppressing and fighting, and burying it in myself) am a Transgender Person. My mind and my heart and my spirit feel inextricably female... even though I am in a bishopric (closeted etc). I love the church, I love my Savior, I love the people in my ward, I love my family (who has continued to love me back even though this reality is very hard for my wife), even though I feel... often feel... usually feel... like I would rather just die.(some trolls might say to just go ahead and die, but they are already dead themselves). Suicide attempts among transgender individuals in unsupportive milieus is tragically high (may be up to 40%!)... the only way I am still alive today is by finally accepting myself and I have found in the process that Heavenly Father accepts me too, his church (my church too mind you), has done all but nearly entirely turn its back on me, giving me little hope even for a framework of joy in the resurrection with some of the rhetoric that is out there. Thank God, literally, that he has not turned his back on me and that the Savior knows zactly zactly zactly what we are going through (see Alma chapter 7), that he thereby might know how to succor his people. The only way I have found to stay in the church is to keep my testimony that it is true, but that the people in it, including the prophets, seers, and revelators, are not always right, but that Christ will continue to lead us forward. Remember that President Nelson himself humbly reminded us in his testimony when the First Presidency was announced that he is NOT infallible. I sustain him. Prophets have been wrong before, and were still prophets. I am going to stay in the church, but if it ever comes down to the choice of living or staying in the church... I am going to live, I am going to keep my first covenant, even if the church kicks me out of the temple or the church itself for it. So, since you were wondering... there is a snippet of this transgender girl's testimony, not a "standard testimony" perhaps in that it is not a collection of the typical liturgical testimony phrases you mentioned above, but a blood-money testimony. I know who paid, and although the prophets and seers and revelators have sacrificed much through their service, they are not the ones who paid, and not the ones I ultimately trust with my life. That person would be Christ. Your question touched me, I could not let it go... since you asked. Lona.
I have no idea what to think. Gender, as stated in The Family A Proclamation to The World, "is an essential characteristic of [...] eternal identity and purpose." So spiritually, is she/he a woman or a man?
Why would any trans or gay person stay in the Mormon church? As an ex Mormon, I can tell you all, that the sooner you get out, the sooner you will realize the damage that being in it has done and the sooner you can become a human being.
Amen!!! The question is why would ANYONE want to remain in the mormon religion. When there is so much truth out there exposing the great fraud, the great deception that mormonism is. Mormon doctrines and beliefs are very damaging and it can take years to weed out all the falseness and heal.
Emmet omg!!!!! I was mormon, but did not stay in the church once I started transition. I totally agree the church needs to be more inclusive and I don't think God would be uninclusive. I am glad there others of us fighting for this and making awareness of people. Keep in mind there are many transgenders in the church. We are shamed and made to feel this is a sin. There many in the shadows and are in hiding still in the church but, we all need to awaken them that this is not sinful and completely normal!
@@quentinhoward99 ROFLMAO .... that is the funniest thing I have ever heard. The Mormon religion is WELL KNOWN for changing the rules ... ALL THE TIME!!! They didnt allow black people, people of colored skin, African Americans into their religion for many years. They all of a sudden, because the rights of colored people were changing in America all of a sudden the Mormon church followed suit and allowed colored people in. Then they change the rules on plural marriages because it was against the law. Mormons are always chopping and changing, changing their doctrines, correcting mistakes. Jesus made His position very clear, that in the next life there will be neither male nor female, there will be no marriage.
I wonder why the friend remained anonymous. I wonder if he was scared of BYU and the honor code (because of you aren’t aligned with the views, you can get kicked out of college). That in itself is a sad reality.
I'm a lds member since 2015 & found my self as a bisexual transgender man at Church. I know the members at my country try to respect me but you know, they disagree with me about my orientation & gender. I know Heavenly Father love me as His son & accept me, but I choose to out from LDS church because of members.
Emmet is hoping to raise awareness and acceptance for other trans people living in Utah's large Mormon community.
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I thought that your channel in general about women, not only transgenders and etc
Just leave the Mormon religion!! There are other much older religions out there, and if your belief in God is real , He don't care what religion You belong to, as long as You believe and follow the golden rule !! You know about judging? Right? Only God can judge!! Not these bishops or priest !!! Luv Ya !!
@@guntekin313 just open the channel and LOOK at all of the uploads.. then OPEN YOUR EYES 😕
Broadly “Emmet”, will always be a woman.
God bless this guy Emmet
I myself am transgender and of the Mormon church. I joined the church while I was transitioning, but I hid it from the church, so I got baptized as male. Not only that, but I finally stood up and said something to my bishop, and I can now say I'm being guided down the right path as a wonderful daughter to the father. The church helped me find my testimony now the church is helping strengthen it.
Wait so were you born male or female? and if you were born female how did you hide it from the church?
That is rare, that your bishop accepted you.
No I will never understand being transgender but YES I will always accept and respect people who are. I cannot imagine feeling that way, my love goes out to everyone straight, gay, trans, black, white,etc.
As a (cis) Mormon, I'd just like to say than in my opinion, yes, Emmet is God's son. Forever and for always.
Yup god will always love him even if he is not making the right choices
Be careful in judging his choices Durrant. Many transpersons have made the "right" choices as you may see it going right on down the covenant path to suicide. It is a real thing. Be careful, Be patient. If he ever comes to your ward, don't presume to tell him he made the wrong choice, you... just... might... have... no... idea.
But if God intended him to be a son, he would have been born a man. Gender continues on in the eternity because we have a heavenly Mother and Father. So our gender is connected to our souls. Does that mean if he changes his physical being by removing genitalia his eternal self also becomes a woman? No it doesn't.
Don't for get your testimoney as it is the most powerful thing you have ,some day there will be a way
orrrr maybe god wanted him to go on this journey to show assholes like you exactly what self-love and god's love is!
He’s so mature and brave. He’s right, religion not necessarily the issue. Just people are afraid and ignorant. Him being unapologetically himself and Mormon will help start religious groups get comfortable with the LGBTQ+ community.
Doing what you want for yourself is not brave.. lol
We need to get away from religious groups. They are not of God.
Christians support the LG & T community but religious people won't because they are 'religious'. They have hearts of stone, not of love.
@My life as Monika This is UA-cam the comments aren't disable so guess what minding 1 own business is pointless & mute
@My life as Monika That's the problem plain & simple look homophobia is wrong dead wrong I don't condone it or support it but it will always exist why because it does simple as that .
@My life as Monika It's very sad that it is too but basic well everything needs to be explained which is why society today is a fucking joke
I am Transgender born to the mormon church and this video is so painful to me. I was told aged 19 in 1996 that if I transitioned i would go to outer darkness. I transitioned half way before my "family" cut me off and I was forced to stop. To this day even after a years worth of HRTs in 1996, I still get abuse from my family when I am a major bread winner and I have given away my gender so i can help raise my sister's kids. this video makes me cry. I am a daughter of the winter morning, I have carried my family over and over when they needed someone strong and yet my fundamental being they will NEVER acknowledge. and I am still faithful, I know Jesus will show them their daughter .. one day
TheLflanagan much love to you beautiful being. I grew up Mormon and the conditioning is deep. but keep on your light! we need the beauty you are!! much love and blessings on your journey to self!!
TheLflanagan I can’t believe someone said you’d go to outer darkness. The only people who go to outer darkness are people who literally see god or Jesus and know the truth of their existence but purposely defy it and go against it. You’re OKAY babe ❤️
TheLflanagan the churches view trans is that it's a temptation that you might want to do, but you have to stay your gender for the plan of the plan of the family. I could go into more detail, but I think people would be too triggered at me. I think it's fine to be trans gendered, but I think you shouldn't be Mormon, go to another church that has transgender poeple. I feel really bad for them, and things might change, but god has to say something before things change.
What your family says vs what the church teaches are 2 different things, so don't let your family tell you that. I don't agree with people being transgender, but I don't think your going to outer darkness. Love you my spirit brother in Christ.
who told you that you would go to outer darkness??? that is so doctrinally incorrect. hunny, believe me you're never going to go to outer darkness k no matter what.
Oh my god the comments are so much less hateful here. I came here from the fb vid because it wasn't loading and god ... why are people so fucking hateful? It's so sad that some people can't see how beautiful and inspiring this persons story is.
Jevaun Benjamin Not your god that’s forsure.
❤️ much love I have a child transitioning. I chose to leave the church . My family comes first and I I will protect them from any church telling my children they are bad or wrong and going to hell.
I- this made me cry and I absolutely love this
It is satanic to do this to a CHILD, it is child abuse!
Preach it
Was shunned all my life for acting like a boy and I'm trans
So, you chose to lie to them about THE GOD of Israel, and the bible. Typical heathen woodwose. Our job as parents is to prepare them for this spiritual warfare also known as life, and the most important thing we can do as parents is never to lie to our children..
The secular people that believe in this antiquated religion and ritual of ba'al will reap what they sow, as this is from the author of confusion, the worldly try to force others to accept their hedonism and worship of ba'al, who is also, coincidentally, trans.
This is an act of worship to ba'al, an ancient one, as there is NO new thing under the sun.
Good luck with that.
As trans girl whose dealt with religious discrimination this hit home for me
+RsLeonardo1 only thing people deserve is basic respect
@@screamcc6947 This works both ways. Trans people must respect the church's beliefs that God makes you male or female, and everyone who wants to be a member of the church must accept that, and that, if you want to change what God made you, you will be quite limited in what you can or can't do in the church.
It has nothing to do with hate or fear, it has to do with what we believe, and that those beliefs come from God.
@@lindalds they only believe in some of those think they pick and choose what they can benifit from
@@screamcc6947 what who can benefit from?
@@lindalds Christians can benefit from this obviously, they change things so they can eat clam, and so they can plant diffirent plants on tne same field. Shit like that was in the bible youre not allowed to ear clam, dont plabt 2 different plants on tbe same soil.
You really need to look into the bible and churches
Money is the root of all evil, and yet they make ALOT of money.
Its allso been said that it was a mis-translation it was man who lay with child as they lay with women not man who lay with man
He is so adorable. Glad he is on his way to happiness
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She's probably on the way to suicide.
No She needs Christianity
10/10 would smash
But that’s sexual harassment, so it’s more like 10/10 would give him a massive hug
My family is Mormon and apparently there's a trans guy in our ward. I don't go to church, but my mom told me that she recently met a mother and her now son who just had top surgery. Everyone seems to be cool with it.
Darn. Everyone has been telling me that the church will excommunicate me if I ever let it slip that I was born female; it’s so relieving to hear that that’s not necessarily the case! It gives me hope that I’ll be able to come clean to my bishop someday. I feel so guilty keeping it a secret.
Thank you for the comment 🙏
As a transgender Mormon myself, my missionaries and my branch understand that I’m trans femme. And yes I’m thankful that I’m god’s daughter. I’m so thankful that they understand that this is me.
This is beautiful. What the heck is wrong with being trans and worshipping God? He will still love you no matter what
This gives me so much hope and faith for my future and the Church. You are such a role model for me Emmet
wow i love this mans mindset! i myself am mormon and love the gospel. love that his only focus is on God and what he thinks and not on what the members of the church think. Very Bold. Very Brave.
You need to leave mormonism and follow Jesus.
Only Jesus is the way, the truth, the life and the light of the world.
The true Gospel are the books of Matthew Mark Luke and John. That is what the Gospel is. Truly we need both the old and new testaments of the bible too, whereas the mormons often leave out the old Testament.
If you truly love Jesus then you will leave mormonism and seek out the truth and not allow yourselves to be deceived by the fables of men and doctrines of devils.
@@adamgoodword7888 as a Mormon I can say we don’t leave out the Old Testament
All I can say, God loves all persons...
True but just because he loves them doesn't mean they won't get punished. Stop using this line as justification.
Alex Thompson he won’t get punished not he won’t god ain’t real
@@alexthompson8977 why would god punish someone for the way they were born?
@@beatrixkiddo1171 way they were born? Sorry but facts disagree. Gender dysphoria is gained not a birth condition. It can be gained and lost in both child and adulthood. And statistics show that if left untreated and ignored 85% of the children with it eventually loose it. So please don't spread untrue rumours
@@alexthompson8977 You need to do some more research. That's all I will say
I grew up Mormon and laud this brave person. as a woman born in late 70's just going to college for a career and not a husband was a big shift. keep up your love of self. I left the church when I was 19 and am still going through reconditioning between church doctorine and society. we live with so much cognitive dissonance. be brave it gets easier and clearer. much love to all
Amen!! It's cognitive dissonance that keeps many mormons trapped in that religion. Many know that things aren't right, that there are conflicts between the bible (the truth) and the book of Mormon (fables, deception, lies, plagiary). But they choose to stay because their religion has become their life, their cult. All their friends and in some cases all their family are in the church. If they leave they will be outcast.
It does take time to recondition your mind and understanding of what is true doctrine and what was false and confusing/conflicting.
You will get there!! :)
Keep praying, keep studying the bible, pray for wisdom and for guidance and revelation from the Holy Spirit.
The kingdom of heaven rejoices every time another persons leaves the mormon religion or any other religion.
Love and God bless to you too!! And to all those who have come out of religion and are now following Jesus.
Praise Jesus, forever and ever. Glory to the Father, for there is no one good bu the Father.
xxxxxx
It's interesting that he's going to the mountains to feel close to Heavenly Father; in church doctrine we are taught that they are temples too. I've seen so many people, within the LGBT spectrum like me, letting themselves be pushed away from the church for being who they are and I'm so happy that Emmett understands that it's not God doing this but the limitations of men. The gospel is for everyone and we can only do what we can and love everyone, and work within the failings of a mortal church structure that can never match the love and understanding of the divine 💜
Raðni Neilsson I’m not really a Christian but I’ve done a lot of study and it seems to me that the Mountain is more a church than the modern institutions we call church. In scripture. Jesus preached in the temple sure but the church as it was founded existed as informal relationships between god and individuals and a community and the faith was practiced in nature as much as it was in buildings. In this way lgbt people cannot be rejected from the church as no body can as long as they practice the faith and hold it to be true.
Sophia Neilsson can be love our neighbors enough, that we do not want them to go back to heavenly Father?
Sophia Neilsson Mormon cult. I feel so bad for these brainwashed ppl. They carry so much guilt and 0 happiness even thought they lie to themselves and others in their sad community that they are nothing but happy.
Sophia Neilsson Very well said !! Luv Ya !!
Baby Girl
That's a gross assumption
I’m a lesbian and want to become a member because I believe the church is true. But that would mean never being able to date, get married or have kids. I don’t want to be judged by church leaders. I just feel like there’s so much they don’t understand. Thank you for making this video.
You can date you just can't have intercourse, don't worry about the rest.
@@jamesgornall5731 I’m not giving up a right straight people automatically have. Even after all this time I still love the Scriptures but there’s too much doubt I have about the church. I am better off not joining
@@jamesgornall5731 You can love, date and do whatever you want to your love life. Wdym not to intercourse lol. Imagine you are in that situation, can you resist to never intercourse with your partner and just stare at them for the rest of your life is that what you believe? Anyways love is love dont let them dictate you from what your happiness really are.
@@3411-q9c Please don't join. Not only as someone who was born into the church and has spent nearly 22 years in it, I will be leaving it with so much trauma. Not just about the shame they instil in you for even thinking differently to how they want, but especially as LGBTQIA+ individuals we are shunned by others in the church just for something about us they don't like. Please don't sacrifice your happiness and mental well-being for an organisation that lies to its members and has a history that is filled with lies and terrible things.
@@babastosnyo3586, in the Mormon church, the only people who have intercourse are married husband and wife. The bible says that only husband and wife can have intercourse.
I'm Mormon and I can't imagine being prevented from entering the temple. You're so brave and strong. I'm happy you've decided to embrace yourself and go through with this. I hope soon you will be able to re-enter the temple
The LDS church can't allow anyone in the temple who tells our Heavenly Father that He was wrong.
I don't understand why anyone would WANT to go to the temple who believes that God was wrong.
@@lindalds the mormon god is wrong about a lot of things. He doesn't follow his word hardly ever and nowadays he is pretty impotent as far as gods go: basically a god of lost trinkets, wallets, and keys. He used to send his angels all the time to other generations but it seems his glory days are over since no mass visions of angels ever happen anymore. mormon god won't answer a POW soldier's prayer begging for freedom; instead he will be burned alive by terrorists... ... he might help you find your pen though.
@@christopherrowley7506 *it seems his glory days are over since no mass visions of angels ever happen anymore.*
Just because YOU have not seen them does not mean no one has.
*mormon god won't answer a POW soldier's prayer begging for freedom; instead he will be burned alive by terrorists*
And then what?
Being burned alive would be a horrific death, I grant you that. And those who did it I guarantee have a special corner in hell waiting for them.
But said soldier is now in a MUCH better place than we are, I'm sure. A place where there is no pain, no PTS, no evil. Where he gets a TRUE hero's welcome.
Those left behind are hurt and angry, etc. Grieve, then do something positive to make this soldier's death, and life, mean something, do something to help others.
@@lindalds Heavenly Father was not wrong and she's not saying that he is. God gives us each our challenges and experiences to help us grow. She knows this and has a relationship with God.
Sorry to hear that you have chosen Mormonism and that you believe in these man made temples where they practice Masonic rituals, perform Egyptian baptisms for the dead, perform marriage sealings when the bible clearly states that there will be no more marriage nor male nor female, where they tell a story of the garden of eden and refer to satan as "lucifer" when lucifer was only ever a man, a king of babylon as per Isaiah 14.
Truly the mormon church is so full of lies, deception, corruption, fables of men, doctrines of devils and unGodly practices.
God created man, man created religion!
Jesus wants us to follow Him, not religion.
Jesus said I Am the way, not religion is the way.
Jesus said Follow Me, not follow me then pick some brand of worldly religion to follow also.
Jesus never followed a religion. In fact Jesus was against the religious people of His day and He even went as far as to call them the children of the devil.
The 12 disciples never followed religion, they only followed Jesus.
Mormons are the most deceived church upon the earth.
Mormons belong to: The Church Of Joseph Smith of Latter Day Deceived
The Book Of Mormon is The Most Corrected Book Upon The Earth
The Book Of Mormon is Another Deception Of The Anti Christ
The Book Of Mormon is Joseph's Myth
Christians will always attack religion because IT is not of God.
Mormons will always defend their religion because THEY are not of God.
That is the reason I Left the Church! I am transgender and it's hard being a trans member of the church!
We need more LGBTQ+ support in Utah. More people like Emett and other people in the LGBT community
i couldn't feel loyal to an organization that would excommunicate me for being honest about who i am.. i left the church for that reason. why be loyal to them when they aren't loyal to you at all? you can't be different without punishment. It's not your relationship with God that's the problem it's the church that breaks you down
rainepanda if you were honest to who you are why would you get surgery and take hormones to change yourself? Doesn't seem very honest
Alex Thompson you might want to try and understand the hormones that are distributed from the carrier to the fetus in the third trimester. Gender is on a spectrum and everyone literally has different levels of estrogen and testosterone within each and every cell of ones body. If you look at siblings who are blood related, they still have different amounts of hair on their bodies or have things that are not genetically related and are hormon related ....plus intersex children are born everyday but because of religion and societies, there is only male and female and what is between your legs is the only deciding factor in what your gender is. That belief is not honest to nature. It’s a sex organ, not a gender marker. Being honest is following your natural biological make up. I grew Mormon and it’s a cult. I hope these people actually see they are belong fooled by a con man.
Cari G first of all gender and sex have been the same for hundreds of years(on many documents you see them used interchangablly). Secondly hormone level and being more feminine or masculine does not mean a different gender. You can't say "gender is a social construct" to justify changing it then say "I was born that way" when people say your doing something wrong because that is contradicting yourself. If gender is different from sex then why do you use intersex to justify transgenderism? Seems like you change the meaning of gender just to suit your situation. Also you obvious have little understanding about sex if you think it is as simple as what is between your legs. Chromozomes determine sex. Intersex is just a deformity as being born with 11 fingers is. Finally transgenderism still is not found to be biological as studies done on twins(which have the same genetic and go throught the same womb conditions) show that one can be trans and the not.
Alex Thompson being intersex is a part of being human which is also a part of being trans. Why? Because the hormones dispersed into every cell of the human body includes the brain AND other organs....being intersex is based off of hormones effecting the organs between your legs and ovaries (which are also balls) and trans is hormones effecting the brain. We are all given a genetic code of xx or xy chromosome initially but it is in the third trimester when all our organs are being masculinised and or feminised based off this code, sometimes the hormones given from the carrier (“mother”) are dispersed in areas that effect us and dont complete this code in the areas for instinse, estrogen given to a male body part/s in this trimester.... maybe someone has their ovaries drop down into balls being masculinized but then their clitoris isn’t masculinized with testosterone to grow into a dick. Please educate yourself on what it truly means to be human..... we are all humans on different levels of masculinity and femininity. Fuck gender stereotypes and be you. Peace and love to all yall!!!!! *mic drop*
Cari G
You are 100% correct! Well said!
Grats hunny! The wound looks pretty gnarly now, but I'm sure it's going to look amazing once you heal up. Your reaction made me cry a little bit, I'm so happy for you. You're a very good looking guy, and those shoulders of yours are sexy af!
Congratulations Emmett! You look great. I am a cisgender gay ex Mormon. I know it isn't easy. Trust me I know what it's like except for the transgender part. I'm very proud of you. Thank you for sharing your story.
I'm a trans man in a mormon family. for the past few months I've been trying to do the same thing as emmett, like trying to hold up a banner for the trans community, but that was too much pressure for me and after finding out a lot of shit about the church I decided not to be part of it anymore. I have huge respect for trans people who decide to stay so they can make a difference, though. stay strong, emmett.
Good for you Emmett!! Yes, God loves you too!!!
Rosio Martinez he does but he will also punish her. You don't have to hate someone to tell them they are wrong. Ask any father.
Yes God loves her. She is still a woman no matter what sex change. God loves her but hate the Sin. This is the devil doing but she can still repent and Jesus will forgive him. No one can enter heaven unless born again. Only God will decide.
Emmett Claren, We are with you always and forever. "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself" (emphasis added). Matthew 22:39 "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."
I had never realized that loving myself was a commandment. I had always understood that self-love was important, but I believed the purpose of self-love was primarily to enable us to better serve others. While this is a true and important concept, self-love is also meant for us. I experienced a significant paradigm shift when I realized that God’s commandment to love and serve His children includes loving and serving ourselves-not only because self-love fills us with more love to give others, but also because He wants us to love ourselves the way He loves us.
Jesus Christ-demonstrated self-love many times throughout His life, probably more than what is recorded in the scriptures. There are several accounts in the New Testament of the Savior taking time to be alone. For example, after He performed the miracle of feeding the five thousand with five loaves and two fishes, He “sent the multitudes away . . . [and] went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone” (see Matthew 14:23). Christ’s commitment to self-love in this instance is significant-although He could have continued to serve, He recognized His personal need for solitude and “sent the multitudes away” in order to care for Himself and connect with His Father in Heaven.
I congratulate Emmet. He has the right to be whatever he wants to be. I question why he would still want to be a Mormon. Whatever he decides, I support him.
No, she doesn't. No matter how she changes her body, she will never really be a man.
@@melanieclark7949 I'm wondering if God couldn't have put him in a female body. I realize that's probably not true but just a thought.
@@jacobaarongarner No, I don't believe so.
@@melanieclark7949 But you look like a man. You have manly features. Have you ever wondered why that might be? To us it appears that you've changed your body. Are you not happy being a woman? Then why don't you try to look more feminine and pretty?
It seems we have the situation of the pot calling the kettle black here.
Judge not, lest ye be judged!!!
The more important question here is why would they want to remain a mormon.
@@adamgoodword7888 Ya think?
Oh wow, this was so powerful. Emmet's reaction to his chest was so pure and raw and beautiful. So so happy that he can live in a body more aligned with who he is. So many tears were shed watching this as I've never seen such a personal reveal shared before, thank you for being vulnerable and sharing that Emmet! Wish you nothing but all of the best in life.
I saw this video and had to watch it. I've been transitioning for a year and only returned to the church because of my transition. I have prayed and asked for answers, and the answer I've received from the spirit is I've being asked to follow this path and Our Heavenly Father will reveal why later. For now I'm told have faith. I wouldn't have came back to the church if I hadn't released I'm transgender. ❤ Please stay strong and have faith.
I’m bearing my testimony as a transgender man and I feel grateful every day for walking away from the LDS church when I did. Experiencing the freedom from the constricting hand of “God” and organized religion feels like taking off a chest binder. I will no longer feel ashamed to be my true self!
Honestly, I don't like religion either, but it seems to be important to him. I wonder, does it have to be the Mormon church? Like , can he join a different more accepting church? They're all Christian churches, right? Or do they believe that other Christians are going to hell, and only Mormonism is the one true religion? I grew up Baptist, personally, and when I moved to America, we switch to a different protestant church without much trouble, but maybe it's different for Mormonism? I'm also happy to have organized religion out of my life, as it's run by people, and people are corrupt by nature.
Anyway, grats on your progress and success, and I'm very happy for Emmit too. Best of luck in your future undertakings :)
@@BothHands1 Well thats the point really. People should be choosing Christianity over religion. And many people are today. There are many people who were once caught up in religious institutions who have now fled those religions and are now following Jesus. There are many of us who call us "non religious Christians". We stick to the bible and to the Lord and the Holy Spirit.
God created man, man created religion.
Jesus and the Gospel were no longer enough for man so they created religions with false doctrines (fables of men and doctrines of devils) and set them before them like idols and now worship those idols/religions.
Jesus leads to salvation, religion leads to destruction.
Jesus is the narrow path/gate, religion is the broad path.
And as we're seeing today, all religions are being united by the Ecumenical movement which is being driven by the Roman Catholic Church. They are all being united under a one world, Babylonian mystery religion. This is why it is so important that true Christians COME OUT OF religion NOW and turn back to the Lord. Religion is going to drag everyone to their destruction.
Jesus loves everyone, however He wants you, no matter who you are, to trust in HIM!!!
Too many people are turning away from God because of what religion is saying and doing. But they need only turn away from religion and turn back to God.
Trust in the Lord, always!!
Praise to the Lord and to the Father, forever and ever!!
You don't need people or the religion of the church to accept you. God accepts you and you accept you. So walk your journey keep your faith, you'll find your space in it.
Amen! God wants us to turn to him, not to men nor to religion.
We live in an imperfect world, the Lord knows that, which is why He died for all our sins and will one day make all those who believe in Him perfect.
Trust in the Lord!
Praise Jesus.
Be yourself and do what you are meant to be. God created you. If God didn't want this for us, why did he create us this way. There. Are people who support you.
I am a Mormon mom with 3 boys & 1 daughter. This was very emotional, so moving, so sad but also awesome to see Emmett be brave enough, & strong enough to share his story, & to follow his heart to become the person he is now. Much love to you Emmett and anyone else who is going through the similar changes. I believe in you. Be strong and stay strong. 💪🏽🙏🏽💞
I have male and female friends who are gay and lesbians around my age. I am friends with parents who have gay and lesbian children. My own kids have been friends with both gay and lesbians. They also have friends with a mom or dad or brother or sister who are gay and lesbian. My oldest son had a birthday party when he was in 1st grade and he had a male friend who was African American & not a Mormon, another who was Hispanic who was a Catholic, another who was Samoan & went to The Church of the Bible, one who's last name was Mormon but was not Mormon, another friends who was Is Mormon but I felt from about the age of 2 had very feminine characteristics and I told my husband I felt he was going to be gay or transgender when he came to grips with who he really was. That young man came out in High School that he was gay but a lot of the kids knew before he knew or recognized it himself. I never told my kids who to be friends with and who he couldn't hang out with. I just wanted them to be kind and loving to everyone. Everyone of my 4 children hung out with kids of all different races, different religions, different family dynamics, guys and girls. I was and am very proud of them for loving the Lord, loving themselves, & loving others. None of them served a formal 2 year Mormon Mission but I feel they have been missionaries throughout their lives by living, loving, staying true to themselves, their beliefs, leading by example, accepting others as they are no matter their race, religion, or gender. My husband & I have always told my kids I would love them always and forever no matter what. We may not like what they do but we would always love them. In return we have been very fortunate to have their friends be very respectful and part of our family and always welcome in our home. We've also had our kids talk to us about things they've done or heard it from their sibling or friends and had open & honest conversations. I've always felt I was judged more harshly for me or my family's trials by others who think they are better than everyone else. It's not exclusive to Mormons but I know that it is not for me to judge them back. We've talked to some people who feel they are 'better than anyone else' but I realize that it doesn't matter what race, religion, or gender others are. We are all human beings with our own imperfections and trials. Instead of ostracizing people who are different than us, we should be loving them, talking to them, listening to them and helping them. It is so sad for me when I see people struggling.
Emmett is a good example of how and why we should all reach out and help each other's through our trials and struggles. Maybe we will come out of that trial different but does that really matter in the big picture? We are all in this life together. As a Mormon I can say I am proud of who I am. I believe in the teachings and basic principles of the Mormon religion. I can honestly say that I know we have a Heavenly Father who loves everyone. He loves all of us. We should not ask others if they need help or how we can help, we should be opening our eyes, our minds, & our hearts and just help. Instead of doing this 🙈🙉🙊, we should be doing this 👀👂🏻👄💞🙏🏽
Emmett your story is saving lives. You should feel so proud.
Why are so many people so sure God is talking to them? I mean awesome for Emmet that he found who he was and all that stuff, but he gave himself the answer. I just don't see any evidence that God actually exists and shares with us what we should do next.
Doispe Doi Doi I guess for some it’s a source of comfort and clarity( like praying could be a form of meditation)
When Jesus left us He sent us the Holy Spirit. It is through the Holy Spirit that we receive guidance and counsel and direction.
Its not something that you can see but something that you know. And if at first we ignore or doubt what we've been prompted to know/do then we receive the same prompting again and again until we take action.
Being a Christian is about being in a personal relationship with Jesus and the Father.
When you look at religion and all the religious institutions such as Mormons, Catholics, Baptists etc etc then you will obviously not see any evidence of God because they don't follow God. They preach hatred and judgment and condemnation. They exclude anyone who doesn't conform to their ideals, to their image. They show no love .... and I understand thats what you mean by "don't see any evidence" because only by their fruits will you know that they truly love and serve the Lord and are lead by Him.
With religion all you see is confusion and rejection, very rarely any love let alone true love. Most of the love shown in religion is feigned, its false, its forced, its all for show rather than being genuine. Don't look to religion for evidence!
If you truly want to know if God/Jesus exist then all you need to do is to look AWAY FROM religion and turn to Jesus for answers. Turn away from man and turn unto the Lord. Only the Lord will reveal the truth to you, man cannot do this for you. No one can tell you that God is true and that you simply just need to "believe" and "have faith" because again it is about having your own personal relationship with God. If you truly want to know then pray to the Lord and you will receive your answer.
And God will never ever tell you to go and join some of religion after that, because again, religion is not of God. Religion is man made.
Many people are waking up to what religion is and are coming out of it. We call ourselves non denominational Christians. We are simply just Christians, we dont use any other labels such as Mormon, Catholic, Pentecostal etc.
I hope this helps.
It takes time to understand all this. Allow yourself time. Keep praying and trusting the Lord. Seek Him.
God bless.
Praise Jesus.
I really hope Emmet has a happy life💖
I am transgender and not Mormon . In March it would be 3 yrs since I started T.
I grew up in the church and ftm. I finally stopped letting the fear take ahold of me and and started testosterone 12/4/2017 at the age of 26. I lost everything involving the church but that never stops me for being a member. I’m still his child and god will always love me
God loves all. God loves you Emnet. We support you. God bless you.
Thou im not morman, I a m touched by how delegated Em is to e church.
I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT THIS MUST HAVE BEEN FOR YOU - BRAVE SOULS WILL BE BLESSED AND HIGHLY REWARDED BY GOD ON HIGH!!! STAY FOCUSED ON WHAT GOD WANTS, & YOU SHOULD BE JUST FINE! HEAVENLY FATHER LOVES YOU!
*STAY FOCUSED ON WHAT GOD WANTS*
If God wanted her to be a man, why did He not just make her a man in the first place?
If god didn't want him to be trans, why'd he make him trans?
God never made anyone trans. God made male and female. Even science says you are either born with XY chromosomes and you are a male, or you are born XX and are a female.
I would count as very brave the person who stands in front of God and tells Him He made a mistake.
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Even biological sex isn't strictly binary, you know.
I would guess that 99.99% of the time, it is.
We left the church a year before my oldest came out as trans. I'm forever grateful he didn't have to deal with the church lying to his face, telling him he's unworthy or going to hell.
Praise the Lord!!! So happy you left that pit of deception and lies.
Only Jesus is the way, the truth, the life and the light of the world.
Follow Jesus, study the bible and He will always be with you and that is all you need. Fellowship out in the community. Tell people about Jesus. :)
Jesus saves, religion destroys.
God bless.
@@adamgoodword7888 HA HAHA HA.. Ha..
Oh you were serious? You seriously believe that one degree less in this whole crazy Abrahamic chart is the perfect spot? Please. People are perfectly happy without Jesus, in ANY of his many sects. 🙄 Your particular brand of the same Kool aid isn't special or different, honey. Just the same crap.
Omg I cant stop crying.. This was so good. God bless your Emmett!
This video is amazing
I’ve been a member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints for 49 years !
No one is going to outer darkness for being transgender!
This is a very personal and special thing for many people !
Anyone that judges anyone on this doesn’t know Christ’s doctrine !!!!!
This video was beautiful !
Judge not lest he be judged !!!
When we are in the service of our fellow beings we are only in the service of our God !!!
This “ serving “ of others means loving and living and supporting one another no matter our color, size , gender, sexual orientation or anything that defines us as human beings !!!
That’s Christ’s Doctrine !!!!!!!!
YES!!!
Thank you for posting this. As a member of his church and someone who is going through this kind of, it helped me view what my “person” is trying to help me see.
There is no male or female, Jew or Gentile in God's eyes. We are all one. Jesus mentioned that some eunuchs were born that way and some were made into them. We are here to grow up into unconditional love and to experience the fruit of the spirit. It starts with loving self unconditionally so that we can love others. " Love your neighbor as yourself". LOVE is all that matters. When the church judges you, they are not loving you. They should excommunicate all liars, thieves, fornicators, adulterers, etc. if that's the case. Please live fearlessly and be your authentic selves. Love you all xoxo
The Mormon church should show compassion, but instead they excommunicated Emmet. No, you don’t need church or religion, you have God!
Mel Flo to the Samaritan woman He said salvation is of the Jews. He was teaching that the truth is independent of common consent .the church is right in its stance yet though we as members of the Church need to Learn the example thought by the simple act of being with the woman on the well. acceptance and tolerance and love .
@@shadreckdangaphotography your misuse of grammar (i.e. punctuation and capitalization or lack thereof) makes this entire comment incoherent and hurts my head
The church has values and principles that are eternal and unchanging just like the God that revealed them .Popular opinion does not change principle.When the Christ told the Samaritan woman "salvation is of the Jews", he was teaching the woman that what was popular belief amongst the Samaritans about God and salvation was wrong. Popular opinion today is not necessarily in agreement with God's laws. The church is always right by taking a stance,based on principle and not common consent. Perhaps being from different hemispheres might be the reason. You speak American and I speak Rhodesian, but I am sure you get the sense.
Amen!!
God created man, man created religion.
God created man to serve him, man created religion for its followers to serve.
Man serves religion more than they serve God.
If people draw near to God then God will draw near to them.
No matter what our differences or challenges in this life, we need to turn to the Lord for help and guidance, not to men nor religious institutions.
Jesus is the way, the truth, the life and the light of this world........ so people only need to turn unto him. But sadly many turn away from Jesus and turn to men.
Not good!
God bless you Mel Flo!
The truth is with you.
Praised Jesus and the Father.
Shoulda put his channel in the discription :o
Also, he's so incredibly sweet and handsome. What a cutie
The saddest part of this video is the fact that the church probably still refers to him as a girl, because of his biology. That shit hurts.
I would accept him for who he is and would not judge however if hes going to go to church and start disrespecting their believes and twisting it hes got to be respectful and attend another "church"
The Mormon church has a lot to apologize for to the LGBT people in their congregation. If God made me then why didn't he make me gay. God is of love and not hate. Tired of people hiding behind religion to spread their hatred. That is not of godly that is evil. Just be careful who your worshipping, It might not be Good.
I don't agree with hurting gay people but I disgusts me when people use the whole "God is love therefore i should be able to do whatever I want" logic. Sin is sin so if your against one you should be against all
I'm so happy that someone is able to be religious and happy while being in a community that isn't super supported by a lot of people, much less the church. I'm no longer part of the church because I'm trans and pan, but I'm glad that some people still have that faith
Well thats not really the best way to look at it.
There is nothing good in religion. Religion is a deception.
True Christians follow Jesus and the bible. There is no judgment and condemnation. No matter who or what we are we need to be following Jesus, not religion.
Jesus will always help us and provide us with what we need.
Its just a shame that people prefer to turn to religion and to men and to preachers and other religious people for support and guidance.
We, all of us, no matter who we are, need Jesus and only Jesus .... and the bible and the Holy Spirit ... and Wisdom. And if we have Jesus then we have the Father.
I'm glad you're no longer in the Mormon religion. Many of us have left or are leaving. Its never easy but its the right choice.
Praise Jesus and the Father, forever and ever.
God bless!
Beautiful and noble example of human existence 🖤
This hit way too hard. I am genderfluid, so I do feel trans sometimes. I am also a faithful member of the Mormon Church. I have told my bishop about my identity and he is one of the supportive ones. I am going to school at BYU- Idaho right now, and just decided to be myself. I have also told my family and they support me. I am starting to transition right now, not medically though, but I feel so happy with finally being myself. I am about to go on a mission as a sister missionary so that will be interesting how that goes.
I was afraid that if I were to be myself that I would be seen as weird and nobody would want to be around me. In actuality, I have found the community here at my college and everybody I have met have actually been very interested in hearing my story and still love and support me.
Trans male ex mormon here. I also served a mission before i transitioned. I left the church and experienced a lot of freedom moving to a place that was more liberal and less religious. You deserve to be treated better regardless of whether you stay with the church. Its tough to advocate for yourself but just remember that you matter.
Humans are just struggling on gender identity. I AM SURE God loves all of us and all who love him and love their neighbor as themselves will be saved. That is STILL the greatest commandment of all. Churches are struggling with this -- but in the end GOD is the ONLY judge. Let's just focus in the plank on our own eye. God have mercy on us all.
Wow!! A huge amen!! Good preaching right there. All these big time evangelists and TV preachers won't preach this stuff when they should be. Sigh...
God bless you!
The truth is with you!
Praise Jesus.
I wanted to cry with his reaction when he saw it I was such in awe this is amazing and I just wanted to hug him much love!!😭💕💕
Wow, you're so strong. Keep being awesome, and worshipping God in your own way!
The moment he started crying after seeing his chest, I just wanted to hug him, cry with him and congratulate him because this what he's been wanting for so long and he deserves so much happiness and love!
What people seem to forget is that, people who are trans, gay, nonbinary, really anyone in the LGBTQ+ community is still human. They still feel happiness, heartache, anger, and yet people treat them as less than human and that's just so heartbreaking to see. But when you see stuff like this, you can see the happiness that they're experiencing when becoming their true selves and it makes you want to celebrate with them.
You may never understand what they're going through, or ever get to feel what they felt, but things like this, certainly help us cis genders understand them better. I know it did with me.
I didn't understand anything about being trans, but I was just like "Okay, so you changed genders, that's cool." But I never understood what trans people went through or the internal struggle and this helped me to understand it and I just respect trans people so much because of their courage to fight to become who they are on the inside.
People of religion say that God hates gays, trans folk, etc., but in the same breath say that God loves all his children. The way I see it, God wouldn't create you that way if he didn't love you. He always has a plan for you before you're even born, so he knows, and he still loves you even when others don't. So never blame him for those people who interpret the Bible wrong, that's their own fault.
"Conservative and close-minded". Just because someone disagrees with your opinions, it doesn't make them close-minded.
They push people away for some bullshit that doesn't hurt anybody. What is closed-minded if not this.
Someone's identity and fundamental existence is not an opinion with which you can disagree. That is a denial of the person's inherent right to exist. Also your point of view has no bearing on reality - Opinions can absolutely conflict with facts. Not every Opinion is valid just because it exists.
Milo M well why is it your opinion that a woman can change to a man. The facts say no and God makes no mistakes. He mad her a girl and that's it. You are ignoring both God and science but still decide to call us closeminded? It is also listed as a mental illness(gender disphoria) but I guess your going to ignore that too.
Shoulders of Giants I your brother and your mother asked for your permission to marry each other what would you say or do? ponder. open mind
@@shoulders-of-giants im gonna educate you a little first of all she is being excommunicated becasue she made a COVENANTS in the temple to keep gods commandments to her absolute ability in return for more temporal and spiritual blessing and if she had not made this covenant than she wouldn't have been excommunicated
But were all entitled to our own opinions i guess
I don't know if anyone had told you this, but you don't have to be in the Mormon Church. Or any Church.
There's no truant officer that will hunt you down.
acceptance!
Kim Nguyen acceptance is not always good.
If you don't approve of a religious teachings, leave it ...but why go off and complain about a religion...you want that church to change their teachings..nobody is forcing you to be a member of that church!
It's not the purpose, function, responsibility of any religion to accept anyone with any sex issues. You need to figure that out.
God doesn't make mistakes.He makes you the way you are suppose to be.
Amen!!! So if you're Transgender then that is who you are supposed to be and you are definitely not a mistake.
God knows who you are, how he made you, why he made you and is always there for you!!
God loves you no matter what. After all, He made you the person you are.
God bless.
Praise Jesus, forever and ever.
Once upon a time a man had a private spiritual encounter, where he produced a book which he said was from God. He said it confirmed previous Scriptures, though in actual fact it added fundamentally new doctrines (and by implication, overrode previous doctrines). It never outright criticised the actual Scriptures Christians had, but this Book by implication criticised them. To make sense of their new religion, these followers had to say that the Word of God in the Bible had been corrupted and lost somewhere on the way. This new book produced a whole load of other stories about Prophets. But rather than these Prophets speaking this themselves, with miracles of amazing power that were witnessed by whole communities of people (such as seeing the Red Sea part, or seeing a man raised from the dead), this man instead asked you to believe the book based on your feeling of simply reading that book. The man who declared himself a Prophet used his revelation to justify marrying many women. He also used his book to justify a return to legalism. The effect of his book was to bring the "holy land" to the place where he lived. That man's name was Muhammad and the book he brought was the Quran, and he brought the "holy land" to Mecca and the Kaaba, and used his revelation to justify marrying many women. If that story sounds similar, it's because its meant to- it's been rehashed and repackaged just for you. But if you want the Message that was confirmed by the Prophets themselves, where God promised not to let His Word pass away (Isaiah 40:8), and declared that death would not overcome His Message (Matthew 16:18), then I exhort you to look into the Message of love and grace in the Bible, whereby the "only true God" (John 17:3) who says "besides me there is no God" (Isaiah 45:5), comes and saves you, even when you were counted as His enemy (Romans 5:10). That was done in love. If you want to explore that message more, consider the videos on youtube by the "Bible Project". And if you want to refute me on anything I've said, please feel free. I'm not anti-Mormon, I love Mormons. But I also love the truth and I love the perfect Word of God which is "is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for EVERY good work". (2 Timothy 3:16-17, emphasis added). Love, peace and respect to all.
This should be subtitled. Their pronunciation is quite unclear, I can't even sometimes hear what they are saying. They don't have the best articulation.
I hope leaders get the rigth guidance soon on this lifes. It breacks my heart this are my brothers and sisters who feel this way and I want them to he able to get in the temple. I love u boy you are so so brave and we need you.
I don't think that Emmett should be a part of the mormon church if they can't accept him. Of course it's totally his personal choice/journey .... But he deserves to be where he is loved and accepted. If there is a God, I dont think that rejecting and exiling someone is the kind of behavior he would be proud of. Emmett is just trying to find himself.
WHAT A VERY SAD LIFE TO LIVE. SO LONEY AND FULL OF SADNESS & DEPRESSION.
I hope to meet you one day, Emmet. I want to go to BYU Provo, but I was afraid of if I'd not find people like me there (I'm bi and gender fluid), thank you for being you!
I have been investigating the church I have an appointment with Elders tomorrow afternoon I am a transgender male to female and have been really scared that I won't be accepted in the church the sister I've been talking to on the phone says that I will be accepted but everytime I bring it up she changes the subject and won't even say the word transgender so my question is will they let me be baptized? I know one of the interview questions for baptism is have you committed a homosexual transgression so I don't know what to do
Please don't investigate or look into Mormonism or any of the religions out there. They are all spiritual death traps.
You only need to follow Jesus, study the bible, pray, allow yourself to be lead by the Holy Spirit of God.
They should not be asking about your sexuality. That is between you and God.
Mormons only ask personal questions such as that so that they can control and manipulate you.
When John the Baptist and his followers were baptizing people they didn't ask what sins they committed .... they simply baptized them.
Jesus knows that we are all sinners, that we have all sinned and all have come short of the glory of God .... yet He died for ALL men. He shed His blood so that we could all be washed clean in His blood. And after all, the Blood of Jesus is the true baptism.
So please, seek Jesus, not religion.
Jesus saves, religion destroys.
God bless.
Praise to Jesus and the Father, forever and ever.
what a sad set of circumstances...
we cannot put our lifestyle in the Plan of salvation.
YES Keep coming to church Emmett!! We love you and God loves you, even if some members don't know how to act yet, so they act and treat you wrongfully.
true members of the church except and love the differences we all have.
then those true members, if they are true Christians, need to come out of the Mormon religion now.
True Christians show love and mercy. Hard hearted religious pharisees will remain with their religion and continue to judge and condemn others.
Adam Goodword the church of jesus christ of latter day saints is not full of hard pharisees. it’s full of people. of good christians. many (maybe most) of us are happy with our church despite the constant judgement of being a “mormon.”
Good for him, I was raised evangelical and it was hell. I have nothing to do with organized religion at all, I do my worship on my own
Amen! God bless.
There are many of us who worship the Lord on our own. We don't need organized religion nor non denominational churches which are part of the Charismatic/Pentecostal movements.
The Mormon church turned themselves into God, when in reality, God is everything. That means God is also Emmett's mind.
Shoulders of Giants God is in emmit's mind he doesn't control her decisions and she will certainly be punished even though God loves her.
You sound like a Buddhist！
@@alexthompson8977 punished? How and by who? And why?
@@beckymcdonald9529 😒 you know what I'm talking about
Religious people turn their religion into idols and worship it.
Mormons created an image unto themselves, and expect everyone to conform to that image.
God created man, man created religion!
God created man to serve Him, man created religion for its followers to serve.
Man serves religion more than they serve God.
Jesus wants us to follow Him, not religion.
Jesus said I Am the way, not religion is the way.
Jesus said Follow Me, not follow me then pick some brand of worldly religion to follow also.
Jesus never followed a religion. In fact Jesus was against the religious people of His day and He even went as far as to call them the children of the devil.
The 12 disciples never followed religion, they only followed Jesus.
I must know..if I join the mormon church do I get a free bike?
I'm Mormon, technically.....haven't practiced it for many many years but still very knowledgeable on my religion and still love the church very much, all I want to say is that, though it sounds harsh and discriminatory, the leaders of the church are merely trying to do right by God, they are not hateful or evil, they just plain do not understand enough about us to make a safe decision, in their eyes....also as far as the being banned or kept out of the temple, MANY of the church's members are not allowed in the temples....there is a pretty rigid set of guidelines that must be followed in order to attain and keep a temple recommend.
You are a brave person and I hope you inspire other people who are in this position good on you love
It is written ‘who ever accepts this child accepts me’; it is not your faith that is not accepting, it is the body/church those who translate the written word to their belief! Raised Catholic i have been received into the Episcopal Church; my faith hasn’t changed, just those whom I am surrounded by😇🤗🙏🌈
Exactly!! Wow, you and many others here are TRUE Christians. :D
You know the Word, the truth, better than the religious pharisees. :)
It's all about Jesus, not religion/churches and what they dictate.
God bless!
Praise Jesus.
Emmett, you are so brave. God loves you whoever you want to be. You don't need a church that is so behind the times and not forward thinking!
Right on my friend!! I send you words and thoughts of support. Be good to yourself!!
Very sad that Emmet feels she cannot be the beautiful young lesbian that she is and is driven to mutilate her body and shoot up lifelong damaging hormones. The church should be ashamed that they drove her to make these irreversible decisions to her healthy young body.
If the church doesn't want you why do you even want to be part of it?
I was brought up mormon but I have no religious beliefs at all now. I remember a lesson we had in class at church (honestly don't remember bc I NEVER paid attention anyways) but I do remember the teacher bringing up "gay relationships are a sin" and that's when I knew that I just had to leave. I don't want to take part in anything that is anti-LGBTQ because I honestly don't believe that God would send someone to hell just bc they like the same gender. Idc what super religious people say. I know not all LDS members are against LGBTQ but in the church that I went to, they were not very open to it. Ngl I'm happy my family stopped going to church bc if we stayed any longer I think we would have made the place burn down due to us never really living as the perfect Mormons. I'm happy for Emmett and glad that he got the surgery he always wanted.
Congratulations, I am so proud of you! People like you inspire me so much with your bravery and wisdom and at such a young age, as well. I wish I could be more like you.
I just wonder if these people that are Mormon and trans actually believe the church is true. As in they have the standard testimony (i.e. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is God's one true church, Joseph Smith restored the gospel, the Book of Mormon is the word of God, Thomas S. Monson is God's prophet today, etc., etc. if you grew up Mormon you know what I'm talking about). Or if they're testimony is more vague, like Mormonism is their spiritual home, and whether they believe the actual doctrine or not does not concern them that much, because either way Mormons are their spiritual family, for better or worse. Or I'm wondering if maybe they believe the Church is true but the Church is just going through some growing pains and eventually the Church will accept LGBT people as full members.
I am Mormon, I grew up Mormon, I remain Mormon, I am Transgender, I know the Book of Mormon is the word of God, I know the Bible is the word of God (but I do not believe in Solo Sciptora), I have a testomony of the 9th article of faith, oh how you don't know how hard I hang on to the 9th Article of Faith. I know Christ is my Savior, I know President Nelson is God's Prophet today, and the only person on earth authorized to exercise all priesthood keys. I also (unavoidably, and despite Five decades of suppressing and fighting, and burying it in myself) am a Transgender Person. My mind and my heart and my spirit feel inextricably female... even though I am in a bishopric (closeted etc). I love the church, I love my Savior, I love the people in my ward, I love my family (who has continued to love me back even though this reality is very hard for my wife), even though I feel... often feel... usually feel... like I would rather just die.(some trolls might say to just go ahead and die, but they are already dead themselves). Suicide attempts among transgender individuals in unsupportive milieus is tragically high (may be up to 40%!)... the only way I am still alive today is by finally accepting myself and I have found in the process that Heavenly Father accepts me too, his church (my church too mind you), has done all but nearly entirely turn its back on me, giving me little hope even for a framework of joy in the resurrection with some of the rhetoric that is out there. Thank God, literally, that he has not turned his back on me and that the Savior knows zactly zactly zactly what we are going through (see Alma chapter 7), that he thereby might know how to succor his people. The only way I have found to stay in the church is to keep my testimony that it is true, but that the people in it, including the prophets, seers, and revelators, are not always right, but that Christ will continue to lead us forward. Remember that President Nelson himself humbly reminded us in his testimony when the First Presidency was announced that he is NOT infallible. I sustain him. Prophets have been wrong before, and were still prophets. I am going to stay in the church, but if it ever comes down to the choice of living or staying in the church... I am going to live, I am going to keep my first covenant, even if the church kicks me out of the temple or the church itself for it. So, since you were wondering... there is a snippet of this transgender girl's testimony, not a "standard testimony" perhaps in that it is not a collection of the typical liturgical testimony phrases you mentioned above, but a blood-money testimony. I know who paid, and although the prophets and seers and revelators have sacrificed much through their service, they are not the ones who paid, and not the ones I ultimately trust with my life. That person would be Christ. Your question touched me, I could not let it go... since you asked. Lona.
B the birch is good at bisuness. I have seen them modify or receive revelations when it suits societal monetary pressures.
I HAVE ZERO TIME FOR RELIGION!!! LOVE MY TRANS BROTHERS AND SISTERS!!
I have no idea what to think. Gender, as stated in The Family A Proclamation to The World, "is an essential characteristic of [...] eternal identity and purpose." So spiritually, is she/he a woman or a man?
Why would any trans or gay person stay in the Mormon church? As an ex Mormon, I can tell you all, that the sooner you get out, the sooner you will realize the damage that being in it has done and the sooner you can become a human being.
Amen!!! The question is why would ANYONE want to remain in the mormon religion. When there is so much truth out there exposing the great fraud, the great deception that mormonism is.
Mormon doctrines and beliefs are very damaging and it can take years to weed out all the falseness and heal.
Emmet omg!!!!! I was mormon, but did not stay in the church once I started transition. I totally agree the church needs to be more inclusive and I don't think God would be uninclusive. I am glad there others of us fighting for this and making awareness of people. Keep in mind there are many transgenders in the church. We are shamed and made to feel this is a sin. There many in the shadows and are in hiding still in the church but, we all need to awaken them that this is not sinful and completely normal!
The church can't just change the rules, only God can. God made his position clear, and she made her's.
@@quentinhoward99 ROFLMAO .... that is the funniest thing I have ever heard. The Mormon religion is WELL KNOWN for changing the rules ... ALL THE TIME!!!
They didnt allow black people, people of colored skin, African Americans into their religion for many years. They all of a sudden, because the rights of colored people were changing in America all of a sudden the Mormon church followed suit and allowed colored people in.
Then they change the rules on plural marriages because it was against the law.
Mormons are always chopping and changing, changing their doctrines, correcting mistakes.
Jesus made His position very clear, that in the next life there will be neither male nor female, there will be no marriage.
@@adamgoodword7888 You've clearly never read the Book of Mormon.
Beautiful 😭🙏🏻❤️
I wonder why the friend remained anonymous. I wonder if he was scared of BYU and the honor code (because of you aren’t aligned with the views, you can get kicked out of college). That in itself is a sad reality.
I'm a lds member since 2015 & found my self as a bisexual transgender man at Church. I know the members at my country try to respect me but you know, they disagree with me about my orientation & gender. I know Heavenly Father love me as His son & accept me, but I choose to out from LDS church because of members.
What Emmitt needs to do is leave that stupid cult entirely.
Exactly. But it takes younger people a bit more time. They still need to learn and understand why mormonism is a cult based upon lies and fables.
This is such a beautiful and inspirational video for so many people out there ! I hope this provides comfort and guidance to anyone