The mutilations they undergo do not place them in a new, permanent state.
"Sex change" mutilations do not change one's sex.
Utterly fatuous.
Cutting off one's penis is permanent. It ends up in a waste bucket in the operating room and is then incinerated.
Grafting a roll of skin or turning a flap of skin to poorly mimic a penis is not reverting to the "old" state.
Analogous case for female-to-pseudomale.
By admitting one's mistake of mutilating his or her body and considering oneself the sex assigned at birth.
The remains of sin persist after baptism, whether they're bodily apparent (as in the case of body mutilators) or not.
You have ignored my careful and considered use of the word "manifest."
Privately admitting and "considering" one's mistake while remaining
manifestly mutilated does not justify the scandal of
public Baptism.
Just as sincere repentance of theft demands
restitution, sincere repentance of mutilation demands a manifest
reversion to the actual sex. Showing up with fake genitalia and a store-bought chest at the Baptismal font is not manifest evidence of sincere repentance.
Geremia, I am really surprised at you. In the past, even when I have disagreed with you, you have been rational in your arguments. For reasons on which I will not speculate, you have gone off the rails in this matter.