Ken wrote: ↑Mon Dec 19, 2022 9:46 pmThis thread isn't about so-called "gender confusion" in the the tiny insular CA community. It is about larger society.
I can’t change broader society but can follow the scriptures: “come out from among them, and be ye separate.”
Society is full of wickedness and evil. Those who seek to follow Christ would do well to separate themselves from this evil.
And I think my point is entirely accurate. Namely that in the larger society about 99% of what kids get in terms of messaging is hyper stereotypical heterosexual gender roles. In toys, in traditional media, in social media, in retail and advertising. In fact you have to look really really hard to find anything resembling any sort of pro-trans or supportive trans message as illustrated by this example of one or two pages out of a 19-book series of thousands of pages. That is extremely weak evidence for the proposition that teens are bombarded by pro-trans messaging. The exact opposite is actually the truth.
Mass media is full of evil and that is why the Christian should call all good men to withdraw from it and refuse to pollute their families with it.
That doesn't mean there aren't teens out there struggling with mental health issues. Clearly there are. There are kids struggling with depression, suicide, anorexia, overeating, violent tendencies, and yes, sexual identity. Which means we should be focusing on more mental health care for teens rather than some hysterical over-reaction to trans kids driven by right-wing media that is all out of proportion and absolutely smacks of hatred and bigotry.
It is not hated and bigotry to want to protect children from evil influences.
I don’t appreciate the left’s decision to frame traditional biblical morality as “hatred and bigotry”.