Posts Tagged ‘transgenderism’
Fatal Flaws in Transgender Brain Studies
Source: Colin Wright, “Transgender Brain Studies are Fatally Flawed,” City Journal, 14 March 2025. “The notion that males can have ‘female brains,’ and vice versa, rests on a flawed interpretation of ‘brain sex’ studies that in no way demonstrate or even suggest a definitive biological basis for ‘gender identity.’” “The theory is advanced for relatively…
Read MoreThey Call it Hate
by Terry Wane Benton Calling something “sin” that separates you from God and the righteous is the modern idea of “hate speech.” But the truth is that pointing out sin is love. It is like a doctor pointing out cancer. It may not be what we want to hear, but it is what we need…
Read MoreThe Collision Between Homosexuality and Christianity
by Dennis Abernathy The agenda of the LGBTQ is to redefine the family. Bumper stickers are seen all over that say: “Burn the Binary.” What does that mean? It means to destroy the distinction between man and woman or male and female. Apparently, such foolishness is making inroads in our culture, since more and more…
Read MoreWhat would you do if your child came out as trans?
Question: I am a transgender woman and I listen to one of your sermons and have explored your site quite a bit, and I am just disturbed. I will be honest I am not a Christian, I am an atheist. I grew up a Southern Baptist, I used to hold Bible studies every morning in…
Read MoreMale and Female
by Andy Diestelkamp Male and female are not defined by the cultures and generations in which we grew up. They are not defined by the present culture. They are not defined by the cultures in which Abraham, Moses, or David lived. They are not defined by the ancient nations of Israel, Greece, or Rome. They…
Read MoreLies People Protect
by Terry Wane Benton In the first century, Paul exposed the lies people were telling each other. It was that an animal is a god to be worshiped (Romans1:18-26) and that such gods allow us to make up our moral standards as we desire. Thus, one lie protected all kinds of sin. Since the moral…
Read MoreWhat if I change my gender and marry my best friend?
Question: Hi, I have someone who I love deeply. He is more of a best friend because of how we experience each other. He is like a friend or best friend than a lover, which is a spouse. I want more than anything to get married, have a child, and have a family. But I…
Read MoreHow do I advise someone who claims to have gender dysphoria?
Question: Good day! I hope you are doing well. I have a friend who’s a transgender atheist, though she did not surgically alter her body (since she’s barely a teenager). She inwardly feels that she is a he. She has even demanded us to call her by a male name, as her sort of new…
Read MoreThe Law of Contradiction
by Ken Green Larry P. Arnn, president of Hillsdale College, delivered a speech on Nov. 17, 2020, which was digested in “Imprimis,” a publication of the school. It is titled, “Orwell’s 1984 and Today.” He says, “I taught a course this fall semester on totalitarian novels. We read four of them: George Orwell’s 1984, Arthur…
Read MoreSex Reassignment Doesn’t Work
Source: Ryan T. Anderson, “Sex Reassignment Doesn’t Work. Here Is the Evidence.” The Heritage Foundation, 9 March 2018. “… the medical evidence suggests that sex reassignment does not adequately address the psychosocial difficulties faced by people who identify as transgender. Even when the procedures are successful technically and cosmetically, and even in cultures that are relatively…
Read MoreMen and Women Cannot Change Genders
Source: “New Israeli Research Reveals that Men Are Men and Women Are Women,” CBNNews.com, 13 May 2017. “… researchers found that a man cannot become a woman by simply “identifying” as one and vice versa.” “Geneticists from Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science discovered certain genes that are only expressed in women, while others are only…
Read MoreInconsistent Treatment of Transgenderism
Source: Michelle Cretella, “I’m a Pediatrician. Here’s What I Did When a Little Boy Patient Said He Was a Girl.” The Daily Signal, 11 December 2017. “Biological sex is not assigned. Sex is determined at conception by our DNA and is stamped into every cell of our bodies. Human sexuality is binary. You either have a…
Read MoreThere Are Only Two Sexes
Source: Michael W. Chapman, “Biologists in WSJ: Only Two Sexes, Male and Female, There is No Sex ‘Spectrum'”, CNS News, 14 February 2020. Source: Colin M. Wright and Emma N. Hilton, “The Dangerous Denial of Sex,” Wall Street Journal, Opinion, 13 February 2020. Colin Wright is an evolutionary biologist at Penn State. Emma Hilton is a developmental biologist at…
Read MoreYou Cannot Say There Are Only Two Sexes
Source: Alex Griswold, “Denver Post Columnist Fired After Arguing There Are Two Sexes,” The Washington Free Beacon, 20 January 2020. Often there are multiple reasons a person is fired from a job, but that this issue is included is a sad comment on the lack of tolerance for opposing views, especially when those views happen…
Read MoreNo Evidence People Are Born Gay or Transgender
Source: Tyler O’Neil, “Johns Hopkins Research: No Evidence People Are Born Gay or Transgender”, PJ Media, 23 Aug 2016. Source: Dr. Lawrence S. Mayer and Dr. Paul R. McHugh, “Sexuality and Gender,” The New Atlantis, No. 50, Fall 2016. “The understanding of sexual orientation as an innate, biologically fixed property of human beings — the…
Read MoreTwo Genders
by Terry Wane Benton Male and female made He them (Genesis 1-2). God said it and did it. That settles it. There is no third and fourth gender option. I was not able to “decide my gender.” That was fixed at the moment of conception. I operate under the fact of my gender assigned by…
Read MoreShould the church accommodate transgender members?
Question: What is the church’s position on those who are transgender? Are there three genders: Male, Female, and Transgender? If someone has transitioned from male to female or female to male, would they be welcomed at your congregation? For example, would Bruce Jenner (now Caitlyn) be welcomed or does she have to go back to…
Read MoreTrapped in a Lie
https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/TrappedInALie.mp3 by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: James 3:8-14 I. I ran across an article titled, “The Philosophical Contradictions of the Transgender Worldview” by Ryan T. Anderson A. The transgender movement claims “that people are what they claim to be, regardless of contrary evidence.” B. The lengths the promoters of transgenderism go to deny the obvious is mind…
Read MoreIf It Feels Right then Go with It
by Edward O. Bragwell, Sr. If “it feels right then go with it” is the prevailing philosophy of too many in our time. Along with this, we are told by “experts” that it is unhealthy to suppress one’s feelings. Folks are encouraged to let it all out. The idea of exercising self-control and discretion to…
Read MoreDoes Galatians 3:28 support gender diversity?
Question: Hi Mr. Hamilton, I’ve found out that a large number (possibly a majority) of my friends are LGBTQQIAA+. Some are genderqueer, transgender, gay, lesbian, pansexual, and asexual. A very large percentage of my year group is not straight or cisgender. I know that having homosexual sex is wrong. Should I rethink my friendship with…
Read MoreHow should transgenders be treated in business?
Question: I am an HR manager I must uphold laws that protect transgender rights. As a Christian can I do that? Answer: “Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets” (Matthew 7:12). As best that I can tell, the laws basically demand…
Read MoreStatement Against Encouraging Transgenderism
Source: “Gender Ideology Harms Children”, American College of Pediatricians, 2016 The American College of Pediatricians issued a statement in 2016 stating that not accepting your biological sex is a disorder that should not be encouraged in children because of the harm it can do. Feelings do not change the truth regarding who a person is,…
Read MoreWithdrawing is too judgmental
Question: You said, “Because he is persisting in his sin, he must be withdrawn from. For a church not to do so is to given permission to sin,” in A man now attends church as a transgender female. Should he be withdrawn from? I think that is way off. That seems judgmental to me. God…
Read MoreYou don’t understand the depth of despair transgenders go through
Question: Dear Sir (must be), Your answer is very condescending and full of your own opinions. God will undoubtedly judge you for this, also. Do you know the depths of despair that this person may have gone through just to get to the point where they are willing to ask someone a question like this and you…
Read MoreWho Are You?
https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/WhoAreYou.mp3 by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: I Timothy 4:1-2 I. The news has been filled with people who claim to be something different than what they are. A. Bruce Jenners, claims he always felt he was a woman. Yet, he married three times and has six children (two from each marriage). His words and his action…
Read MoreStudents Decide Their Gender and Those Disagreeing Face Punishment
Source: “Guidance for Massachusetts Public Schools: Creating a Safe and Supportive School Environment: Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity,” Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Source: Ryan Boehm and Lisa Barstow, “Transgender Access to Public School Bathrooms Now Required in MA by Commissioner,” Massachusetts Family Institute, 15 February 2013. Source: Todd Starnes, “Students Who Refuse to Affirm…
Read MoreTax Payers in San Francisco Now Fund Sex Change Operations
Source: “Gender spenders: San Francisco to foot bill for sex changes,” FoxNews.com, 09 November 2012 San Fransico has long been noted as a town lacking in moral restraint. Now, residences of this town are being told they must fund sex-change operations. Actually, this is a misnomer. A person cannot change their sex. Their DNA remains the…
Read MoreEpiscopals Approve Transgender Clergy
Source: “Episcopal bishops approve blessing for same-sex unions,” Associated Press, Omaha World-Herald, 10 July 2012. “In a separate vote Monday, the full convention approved new anti-discrimination language for transgender clergy candidates and church members. Some dioceses already ordain transgender people or elect them to positions of parish leadership. But advocates for the amendment argued that…
Read MoreI’m transgender and I hate men!
Question: I’ll try to keep this short since you probably won’t post it to your website, but I am not the asker of anything you’ve answered under the “Transgender” topic. However, I will say that I am a twenty-something “biologically female” Gemini who has had short hair since age 10, refusing to wear dresses from…
Read MoreA man now attends church as a transgender female. Should he be withdrawn from?
Question: The ex-minister of a Baptist church now attends as a transgender female. Can this person be ex-communicated? This person not currently in leadership. His presence is very difficult for his now-divorced wife and children. God Bless. Answer: “It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is…
Read MoreCounterfeit Sexuality: Sexuality as Identity
by Ethan R. Longhenry Sexuality remains one of the most sensitive and yet “hot-button” issues within our culture and among Christians today. Such a controversial issue features a lot of passion and debate regarding the surface level issues of proper and improper forms of sexuality, and in such an environment, digging deeper and finding a Biblically…
Read MoreIf a person feels they should be a different sex, didn’t God make a mistake?
Question: Hello there! You answered a question for me the other day on transgenderism. I have a few other questions, so this might get kind of long. Transsexuals will say that the body they were born into is a birth defect. How do we know for sure that’s not the case? There are birth defects…
Read MoreDoes the existence of intersex justify the transgender’s claim of a mistake?
Question: If God does not make mistakes, then how do you explain people that are intersex? I’m not saying God makes mistakes, but I can see how easily someone could argue that since people that are intersex exist, then the gender they were born could easily be a mistake. Answer: When a child forms in…
Read MoreWhy are there birth defects? And is changing your gender fixing a defect?
Question: If God made man in His own image and said that it was excellent, then why are there birth defects, and isn’t fixing a birth defect the same as changing your gender if you’re homosexual? Answer: For your first question, see the sermon outline “Does God Make the Handicapped?” No, birth defects and changing…
Read MoreIs it wrong to have a sex change?
Question: The greater part of my life, I dare say my entire life, I have felt that I am in the wrong body. I am a female but have always felt that I should be a male. As young as 2-3 years old I have had these feelings. Is it wrong to have a sex…
Read MoreIf a woman has surgery to become a man, does God see her as a male or a female?
Question: I have written to you before and was well satisfied with your answer. I believe you do a wonderful work on this site for God. My question is: We were discussing Chasity Bono at work, who is about to have surgery to become a man. As far as we know she has been living…
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