Thursday, January 10, 2008

Better Alchemical Gnosticism Thru Surgery

Al seeking to become more Sal-like, sues Catholic hospital for denying him a breast-augmentation procedure. [h/t: Mark Shea]

Meanwhile, Paul McHugh, University Distinguished Service Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University, relates the problems such persons deal with in "Surgical Sex" at First Things.

Disordered passions want to deny the impeccable design of the Creator. Hubris desires to do modifications, alterations, and fabrications to the very beginning places of Natural Law and God-given paths in natural revelation and salvation. It is as though the train doesn't want to be hindered with railroad tracks anymore. They crimp his freedom and self-actualization. He wants to be free to go off the rails and do things his way. Ultimately, as C. S. Lewis pointed out, it is Thy way or my way.

The dude wants big chest bumpers. Why? To nurse a child? Probably not.

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