Why post-Christian Pagan America has succumbed to transgender (androgyny) By Linda Kimball
Based on an analysis of the foundational presuppositions of Mormon theology, this writer predicted in a 2013 essay entitled, "Why Mormonism will Surrender to Homosexuality," the capitulation of the Mormon Church and by extension the Boy Scouts to inclusion of practicing homosexuals. Now with passage of the Supreme Court ruling, Obergefell v. Wade and by extension the declaration that a man (Bruce Jenner) is now a woman (Caitlyn), post-Christian America has also surrendered to the pagan ideal of transgender (androgyny).
The reason for both Mormon and American acquiescence lies in one of the many crucial differences between Mormon theology and Biblical: the Genesis account of supernatural creation ex nihilo rather than Mormonism's naturalistic and evolutionary account.
"Since Mormons believe that the elements are eternal, it follows that they deny the ex nihilo creation." (Encyclopedia of Mormonism 1:400).
From this it follows that a mere man can transform and/or evolve into a god, as Smith explains:
"It is necessary we should understand the character and being of God and how he came to be so; for I am going to tell you how God came to be God. We have imagined and suppose that God was God from all eternity. I will refute that idea, and take away the veil, so that you may see. and that he was once a man like us; yea, that God himself, the Father of us all, dwelt on an earth, the same as Jesus Christ himself did... Here then, is eternal life – to know the only wise and true God; and you have got to learn how to be Gods yourselves, and to be kings and priest to God, the same as all Gods have done before you, namely by going from one small degree to another, and from a small capacity to a great one..." (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 345-47)
In the Genesis account, the living, three times holy, supernatural Triune God spoke all things into existence ex-nihilo, meaning out of nothing. He is personal, self-existent, eternal, immutable, omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent. He is the sovereign Lord of the universe. He is the God of all creation. He is the God who stands outside of the space-time dimension, thus creation actually began before time came to be as God spoke life, soul/spirit, matter and all else out of nothing. The living, supernatural God is the First Cause of all things. (Psalm 33:6; John 1:3; Romans 4:17; Hebrews 11:3):
"For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together." Col. 1:16, 17
Read more: https://www.renewamerica.com/columns/kimball/180219
How Did the Early Christians of Rome Defeat Pagan Sexuality? - Dr. Peter Jones
Description: "How Did the Early Christians of Rome Defeat Pagan Sexuality?" Over the past century Western Civilization, including the United States, has experienced profound social, culture, and sexual changes. Many of these changes run counter to deeply-held Christian moral teaching. Those supporting the change seem impervious to arguments in favor of traditional morality. With that said, we tend to forget that the early Roman Church lived in a pagan world dominated by its sexual ethos. Yet, the Christian Church's sexual ethic emerged victorious, and that fact prompts us to ask, "How Did the Early Christians of Rome Defeat Pagan Sexuality?" Dr. Peter Jones will address this profound question.
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Pagan Sexuality - Dr. Peter Jones (Renewing Your Mind)
Where is Society Headed? - Dr. Peter Jones (Renewing Your Mind)
The Gods of Sex by Dr. Peter Jones - Christian Research Network
Why is the LGBTQ agenda now proudly affirmed as a valuable lifestyle choice? Why must kindergarten children be taught how gays think and act? Why does Disney risk losing the parents of their young customers by promoting the LGBT agenda in its movies? Why are there huge annual pride parades in so many large cities?... Read more: https://christianresearchnetwork.org/2022/07/01/gods-of-sex/
Dr. Peter Jones gives an honest appraisal of contemporary sexual trends and puts them up again God’s concept of sex as a spiritual expression.
Secular Humanism Fizzles, Cosmic Humanism Flourishes - One Way Jesus
Debunking Transgender Madness - One Way Jesus
We're thrilled to welcome Dr. Carl Trueman back to inContext. Today we're sharing part one of a lecture series originally given at the 2019 Blue Ridge Bible Conference: Gender, Sexuality, and What it Means to be Human. Listen to how the Bible shapes our understanding of human identity, gender, and sexual ethics, and consider how the Church can offer the Gospel to those who are struggling.
In our last episode we heard Dr. Trueman address the psychological nature of the way in which we typically think of ourselves and our identity. In this episode he adds another strand to that: the context in which we think of ourselves as human beings having an identity.
Christopher Yuan joins Michael to talk about sexuality, identity, culture, and how Christian parents can support their children through issues of sexuality. We elevate our experience over truth. The real issue is not: what is male or female? The real, underlying issue is: what is truth? Truth, to the world, is what you feel or what you think. There's no objective truth anymore. That's how we've been living in Post-Modernity. When you get rid of God, you get rid of truth. When you get rid of God, you get rid of meaning, purpose, and identity. But what is the truth? It's a person, His name is Jesus.
Christopher Yuan joins Michael to discuss his newest offering, The Holy Sexuality Project, and what it looks like to teach young people about Biblical sexuality.
Today we're joined by child psychiatrist Dr. Miriam Grossman, author of "Lost in Trans Nation: A Child Psychiatrist's Guide Out of the Madness," to discuss the history of gender theory and the sexual liberation movement. We start off with why it has become so important to speak out against the confusion wreaking havoc on our kids when they're being told ideas that are blatantly anti-science. We talk about gender-specific medicine, which explains why male and female chromosomes make a difference in every cell and function within the body and ultimately matter beyond the reproductive system. We discuss how kids always try to put things into categories and how it's cruel to doom kids to even more confusion rather than offering clarity. Then, what's the tie between the sexual liberation movement and gender ideology, and how are the depraved, pedophilic fathers of gender ideology, John Money and Alfred Kinsey, still making an impact on what we're teaching kids about sex and gender?
Last month, 20-year-old Isabelle Ayala filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit, accusing the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) of civil conspiracy, fraud, and medical malpractice. Ayala claims to have been pressured by AAP-affiliated doctors into so-called “gender-affirming care” as a minor.
Why does the U.S. continue to go full speed ahead even when the UK is starting to put the brakes on?
Morning Wire | UK Gender Guidance | 12.22.23 The UK tells teachers they do not have to use student's preferred pronouns.
England’s National Health Service (NHS) has banned puberty blockers for “transgender” identifying children, according to Breitbart. Back in 2022, research highlighted the potentially severe long-term side effects of puberty blockers, which are prescribed to some children who identify as “transgender.” The NHS’s decision is good news, helping ensure that kids can grow up normal and healthy.
Are Doctors Rushing “Trans Care”? Gender Scientist Thinks So by Ken Ham
The current model for transgender “care” (I use that term loosely!) in most hospitals and gender clinics is an immediate affirmation of the person’s feelings (which are subjective and can’t be trusted because we have a sinful nature) and a complete social transition (new name, pronouns, etc.), quickly followed by hormones or puberty blockers. Now, you may think this sounds extreme and as if providers are rushing into “treatment” without considering other variables. Well, the founding psychologist of the first pediatric gender clinic in the United States thinks so too!
Read more: https://answersingenesis.org/family/gender/are-doctors-rushing-trans-care/
Pro-LGBT Doctors Push Known Dangerous Hormones on Children by Ken Ham
I have to shake my head in sadness at the depravity of some doctors in the US. A recent news article mentioned that top pro-LGBT doctors know transgender hormones cause cancer and death (as well as several other problems) and yet still continue to prescribe them.
Let them grow up - WORLD A pediatric endocrinologist says natural puberty is known to resolve most gender dysphoria
Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey - 'Vanderpump Rules' & the 'No Baby Daddy' Tragedy on Podbean We dive into a disturbing New York Magazine article that argues in favor of sex-change surgeries for all, at any age. Unsurprisingly, its author is a man who identifies as a woman and has quite a disturbing history. Plus, we discuss troubling leaked files from WPATH that shed light on the pseudoscience behind "gender-affirming" care.
Dr. Eithan Haim was completing his surgical training at Texas Children’s Hospital in the spring of 2023. On a Friday morning in June, just before graduation, a knock came on Haim's door.
“I open it, [and] standing outside there are two federal agents with [the Department of] Health and Human Services,” Haim recalls.
The surgeon says he was told he was under investigation in a case involving medical records. Just one month earlier, Haim had worked with journalist Christopher Rufo to blow the whistle on Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston and its gender treatments for minors.
The Daily Signal Podcast | How Biden Admin Is Twisting the Law in New Transgender Foster Care Rule on Podbean Jonathan Skrmetti, the Republican attorney general of Tennessee, has pledged that he will sue the Department of Health and Human Services under President Joe Biden if it finalizes a rule forcing gender ideology on foster parents.
Breakpoint | Gender Ideology Threatens the Most Vulnerable Kids on Podbean
In the past decade, the idea that a person can be born in the wrong body has caused significant harm to many, most of all young people and their families. Now we are learning just how much this idea, whether caught online, in school, or at a counselor’s office, has preyed on the most vulnerable populations.
Today, we’re joined by detransitioner Laura Perry Smalts, author of "Transgender to Transformed: A Story of Transition That Will Truly Set You Free," to share her testimony of how she went from believing she was a man to embracing her womanhood under Christ. We start off with Laura's childhood, during which she became convinced that her mother wanted her to be a boy. This, combined with early sexual abuse and not fitting in with other girls, eventually led her to believe she needed to become a man. Laura shares how desperate she was for male attention and the extreme behavior that led her family to begin worrying, as well as the transgender support group that first convinced her to seek "trans care." We discuss how testosterone initially made her feel amazing, but she quickly realized that the more she transitioned, the more imprisoned she was and that she would never truly become a man despite going through the motions.
Today, we’re joined again by detransitioner Laura Perry Smalts, author of Transgender to Transformed: A Story of Transition That Will Truly Set You Free, to continue her testimony of believing she was a man to embracing her womanhood under Christ. Laura shares the timeline of her hormone "treatments," double mastectomy and hysterectomy, and the moment she realized that these surgeries and treatments wouldn't actually make her a man. We discuss the common claim made by "trans" people that they are truly happier after transitioning, and the truth that it's often a lie to keep up appearances and convince themselves of a lie. Laura shares her heartbreak of realizing she had lost the opportunity to have children, and how God ultimately reached her at her lowest. We talk about the dignity in biblical womanhood and God's love for women, and how these truths led Laura to accept who God made her to be. We also share some advice on how to approach loved ones who think they're trans.
Sascha Bailey, son of a world-renowned photographer father and a fashion model mother, appeared to “have it all.” Rather than saving his life, Bailey now believes that his attempts to adopt a new sex was, in reality, suicide with extra steps: “Transitioning was a way of killing myself without dying, because I was so unhappy with my life.”
Until the ‘gender-affirming’ mutilation of children is illegal, this day of no tolerance rings hollow.
Dylan Mulvaney is probably the most visible transgender person in the US today. If you’re not familiar with him, he’s a biological male who documented his transition to supposedly becoming a woman through a series of TikTok videos a couple of years ago. He quickly rose to TikTok fame and has over 10 million followers there today, and huge followings on other platforms as well. In certain sense, Mulvaney has been pivotal in giving the transgender movement a new face. Today, Alisa and Natasha discuss some thoughts on how he’s become the poster child for transgenderism, and the interesting worldview insights that can come from considering that question.
Pokemon is a type of anime that most people are probably not aware is tied to witchcraft, the demonic realm, and the LGBTQ+ agenda ... There is no formal rating system on manga comic books, which means the content within can be very graphic and openly erotic ... There is a tremendous amount of pornographic material hidden in manga promoting pedophilia, BDSM, and same-sex romance ... Discord channels are a popular place where predators prey on other children
Is there anything wrong with transgenderism? Who could possibly be hurt? Dr. Frank Turek uses sound reason and evidence—not religion— to show that virtually everyone is hurt by same-sex marriage and transgenderism, even those who identify as LGBTQ. There's lots of concise answers to objections about equal rights, discrimination, being born a certain way, and the charge that people who disagree are homophobic or transphobic. Dr. Turek’s message is direct but respectful—correct, not politically correct. It is a message we must not ignore.
We are created male and female in the image of God for specific purposes. But now, some in our culture are in the throes of a delusion which says that biology has nothing to do with male and female, and that anyone can be whatever “gender” they want. From biological men competing in women’s sports to beer advertisements, gender issues have become a cultural flashpoint. Find out what’s happening, why it’s important, and how to respond to it through this "Truths That Transform," as we bring you part one of our special documentary, "The Gender Delusion."
While we, as humans, were once seen as divinely created and made male and female from birth, gender ideology now says biology doesn’t matter. Anyone can be male, female, or any of dozens of other genders based purely on subjective feelings. There is a full-on effort to indoctrinate people into this radical ideology, at younger and younger ages. Find out why on this "Truths That Transform" as we present Part Two of our special documentary program, "The Gender Delusion."
What happens when we ignore God's design for gender and family? Today, we're positioning ourselves at the crux of this question, grappling with the implications of a society straying from the divine image of male and female. Darrow Miller joins us as we take a hard look at the consequences of rejecting this design, which includes the disruption of family units, distorted perceptions of marriage, and the ripple effects of the feminist movements on societal norms. As Darrow releases his newest book, The Grand Design: Rediscovering Male and Female as the Image of God, we get an idea of why he wrote it and what you can expect as a reader. This book provides a helpful exploration into feminism’s history and takes a proactive approach to offer a vision of God's design for each of us–a vision that promotes unity and beauty among the sexes, in families, and even on an individual level. Let's challenge the status quo, become revolutionaries, and strive towards a harmonious society that aligns with the biblical worldview.
The Left’s War on Taboos: Get ready for the normalization of cannibalism - Christian Research Network The left has already normalized (or is in the process thereof) eating insects instead of meat, the sexual grooming of children, men conquering women’s sports, the medical mutilation of adults and children in service to the lie of gender ideology, polyamory, pedophilia – why would cannibalism be off-limits?