Theists and Atheists: What is a hermaphrodites place in this world?

Question

If straights have a place, and gays have a place, then what is the "fate" of hermaphrodites and does the bible, Qu'ran, Torah, or any other "holy" book speak of such people?

(No, I am not a hermaphrodite).

Answer 1

Corrective surgery.

Answer 2

The Bible does not address this condition, which is also termed “intersexed”. Since the Bible considers marriage to be one man with one woman Gens 2:23-24 it doesn’t address it.
But in my minor study of the subject, it seems that neither set of reproductive organs is functional, and in some cases there is not even a visible difference between an intersexed and non-intersexed male or female. Either hormone therapy or an operation was recommended to enhance one aspect, usually to make the individual look more like the gender which they are genetically.

Answer 3

I'd say the local sideshow, but there aren't too many of them around these days. Looks like hermaphrodites are fated to be guests on Maury.

Answer 4

From an atheistic point of view, it is simply an anomaly that requires no more "place in the world" than someone who is left-handed, gay, balding, with a hairy back, or has crooked teeth.

I'm right-handed.

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Answer 5

Yes, there is evidence that in the Roman Empire (1st century BC), there were herms.

They were models for sculptures, still pretty human

Answer 6

Six feet deep with the rest of the human species.

Hermaphrodites don't get special dispensation, they're human too.

Answer 7

They are human, just like everyone else.

Answer 8

99% of them choose which sex they want to be, and then live their lives as either a man or a woman.

Answer 9

They just go through life like anyone else, I guess.