Professing to be wise, they became fools

The title comes from Romans 1:22, where Paul is discussing idolatry and the downward spiral that comes as a result of the choice to reject the true God for any and every substitute. One result is a loss of rationality ('futile in their speculations' in 1:21)--the basic ability to think clearly. This was on full display last night as I watched the new documentary What is a Woman from Matt Walsh at The Daily Wire. In this documentary, Matt goes around asking for people to define what a woman is, from the academy, to the random person on the street, to the politician, and even to a tribe in Africa! The documentary is more than just trying to define a woman, but is investigating the gender ideology space, including transitioning. One of the most poignant moments in the film was the complete inability of the people--with multiple degrees--to define a woman. Professing to be wise, they truly have become fools. Meanwhile the tribe in Africa laughed, gave a very simple answer--a woman bears the children. 

The most horrifying reality of the twisted gender ideology is how it encouraging hatred for and destruction of the human body, especially for teenage girls. Being a teen is already a tough period of life with physiological changes and the last thing needed is for adults to encourage making major medical decisions that have lifelong destructive consequences. In the Walsh video, one of the doctors admits that the drug used for puberty blockers has been used for chemical castration. And worse, much of this is irreversible--especially once you go down the surgical route.

It is the responsibility of the church to develop a healthy view towards the human body and sexuality and to encourage people to embrace their biological gender. What God has created is good and we must learn to rejoice, even in the fallenness, of being fearfully and wonderfully made (Ps 139:14). And parents--protect your children from this gender nonsense. Read Abigail Shrier's book Irreversible Damage. Look at some of the resources that Scott Newgent provides.