The spiritual aspects of the trans epidemic is something PITT rarely discusses. Perhaps there's good reason for this, since theology and religion risk separating a group like this one. But this essay is very welcome and very sensitive to the idea that some here will come from a variety of religious backgrounds.
However, if you're a WEIRD (and almost everyone here is Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich [by global standards], and Democratic) The Bible is the philosophical basis for moral compass. Even if you are an atheist, your philosophy of the world and your definitions of right and wrong are mostly derived from Judeo-Christianity. Man's original sin didn't have to do with sex. In the Genesis narrative, the original sin was pride -- Satan (and later Adam & Eve) placing his (and their) own will above God's.
Thinkers as diverse as Buddha, Confucius, Aristotle, Augustine, Abu al-Ghazali, Aquinas, Luther, Victor Frankl and Jordan Peterson (that's 2700 years of philosophy) have all recognized the danger of pride. Which is why various manifestations of pride have been subject to social, moral, and sometimes legal restrictions. In the last 50 years, we've transitioned from sanctioning it to celebrating it. After 2 generations, the results aren't particularly promising.
Beautiful article. I remember my son saying to me one day that all that matters is getting to heaven. A year later he said he was trans and made fun of me for thinking it was satanic. I’m debating mailing him a copy of the Life of the Beloved.
Beautiful! I am so happy for you, and yes you are a victim of the modernism era and its ideologies that don't work as you well said it, humans are made to look for God (purpose of life)and we are restless until our hearts rest in Him!
Thank you for sharing your writing with us. It is a beautiful and deep piece. I would encourage you to read Holy Sexuality by Christopher Yuan. Or listen to his testimony. He has been so helpful in understanding how modern Western culture has messed up even mainstream Christians view of sexuality. I have been doing his online video series with my teens and they are seeing so many of the things he talks about like the obsession with labeling people.
Amen- this cross has brought me closer to the Lord than any other struggle. My daughter too seems to have a fascination with spiritual things. I am continually praying she will return to her first love, the One who fearfully and wonderfully created her.
So well written and is why parents especially must keep Grace alive for their children as they will need you to help them. Parents and God are the only ones who truly love their children and want the best for them even when they fail to live up to standards as we all do. Religion should pierce the sinful desires of our hearts and restructure those back into sacrifice of self for Him, children and others. Keep Grace and Love alive in your homes and hearts for your lost children. 1 John 5:14 "This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us."
You are a blessing - thank you for sharing this knowledge with all of us. It gives us hope. I believe that the transgender ideology is not of God and is a cult, a very evil and dangerous cult. The Covid isolation period played a huge part in appealing to bored, lonely, insecure, frustrated kids locked up at home. The very thought of becoming the opposite sex was suddenly attractive and inviting. Being able to belong to "something" during the dark and fearful Covid months (even though it was very farfetched to suddenly figure out that you were born in the wrong body) seemed to be the answer for many kids. After all, the Covid monster was lurking around every corner ready to pounce on us and make us all sick or kill us. Escaping the fear of Covid seemed to be a relief for so many kids by suddenly being able to pretend they were someone else, like playing a new game of sorts. In reality, the trans game is very dangerous, and the rules are terrifying. You must come-out as trans, change your appearance, reject yourself, take cross-sex hormones, have surgery to alter your body, turn on your parents and have no contact, leave home and act like everything is fine and dandy. I am a strong woman of faith, a Christian since I was a young girl, and I know that God answers prayers, and that God is the only way to help a child caught in the trans-trap. I have said more prayers in the last few years for strangers than ever before in my life because of this sub stack. My nephew got caught up in the trans ideology during the Covid lockdown and it was a difficult journey to watch him travel. He broke my sister's heart when he suddenly left home and had no contact with her for over a year. He desisted, and I believe he made a connection with God, as he said once, "I believe in heaven" and he also made a reference to the Prodigal Son. The writers and readers who comment on this sub stack often talk about God and reference praying. I believe that those of us who have been painfully introduced to this evil-cult do cry out and ask for help, and that God is our only answer. I will continue to pray daily for all of you, as I know that it is God who can cleanse, heal, and help us all.
Wonderful. My daughter was captured by the trans cult and satanism. I pray she follows your footsteps. She’s 17. Started at 11. She claims religious trauma as I was a lost Christian and missed the mark. I’m going through my own rebirth right now; this after my husband of 22 years left us for my best friend with no word not even a goodbye- sent me into a tailspin and my poor daughter doesn’t even know how to process that. No wonder she doesn’t know who she is.
Wonderful piece! I too wish I could send it to my no contact daughters. It’s exactly what I want to say to them. Praying they encounter it some other way.
Thank you for sharing this with us! I would love to send this to my no contact daughter but I’m also afraid she would completely cut me out. I’m down to instagram only as far as I can tell. I pray she will see these things on her own and I will nudge her thru my prayers. God bless you!
Thank you for this - I've long thought that the trans movement is a cult, and you have explained it very well. I thank God that you have experienced His steadfast love and grace, and pray that He will strengthen you and guide you in your walk back to reality, and that your restoration to all He has for you will be exceedingly and abundantly above all you ask or think.
The spiritual aspects of the trans epidemic is something PITT rarely discusses. Perhaps there's good reason for this, since theology and religion risk separating a group like this one. But this essay is very welcome and very sensitive to the idea that some here will come from a variety of religious backgrounds.
However, if you're a WEIRD (and almost everyone here is Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich [by global standards], and Democratic) The Bible is the philosophical basis for moral compass. Even if you are an atheist, your philosophy of the world and your definitions of right and wrong are mostly derived from Judeo-Christianity. Man's original sin didn't have to do with sex. In the Genesis narrative, the original sin was pride -- Satan (and later Adam & Eve) placing his (and their) own will above God's.
Thinkers as diverse as Buddha, Confucius, Aristotle, Augustine, Abu al-Ghazali, Aquinas, Luther, Victor Frankl and Jordan Peterson (that's 2700 years of philosophy) have all recognized the danger of pride. Which is why various manifestations of pride have been subject to social, moral, and sometimes legal restrictions. In the last 50 years, we've transitioned from sanctioning it to celebrating it. After 2 generations, the results aren't particularly promising.
Beautiful article. I remember my son saying to me one day that all that matters is getting to heaven. A year later he said he was trans and made fun of me for thinking it was satanic. I’m debating mailing him a copy of the Life of the Beloved.
Beautiful! I am so happy for you, and yes you are a victim of the modernism era and its ideologies that don't work as you well said it, humans are made to look for God (purpose of life)and we are restless until our hearts rest in Him!
Thank you for sharing your beautiful, hard-earned wisdom. I pray that all of our kids come to realize these truths. 🙏🏼
Thank you for sharing your writing with us. It is a beautiful and deep piece. I would encourage you to read Holy Sexuality by Christopher Yuan. Or listen to his testimony. He has been so helpful in understanding how modern Western culture has messed up even mainstream Christians view of sexuality. I have been doing his online video series with my teens and they are seeing so many of the things he talks about like the obsession with labeling people.
Amen- this cross has brought me closer to the Lord than any other struggle. My daughter too seems to have a fascination with spiritual things. I am continually praying she will return to her first love, the One who fearfully and wonderfully created her.
So well written and is why parents especially must keep Grace alive for their children as they will need you to help them. Parents and God are the only ones who truly love their children and want the best for them even when they fail to live up to standards as we all do. Religion should pierce the sinful desires of our hearts and restructure those back into sacrifice of self for Him, children and others. Keep Grace and Love alive in your homes and hearts for your lost children. 1 John 5:14 "This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us."
Thank you for sharing your well-written essay, it expresses such beautiful hope! God bless you on your journey of drawing ever closer to God.
The Lord bless you and keep you;
the Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you;
the Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace. Numbers 6:24-26
"The most destructive form of chronic self worship". I never thought of it.
Many gems in your essay.
Thanks for sharing.
You are a blessing - thank you for sharing this knowledge with all of us. It gives us hope. I believe that the transgender ideology is not of God and is a cult, a very evil and dangerous cult. The Covid isolation period played a huge part in appealing to bored, lonely, insecure, frustrated kids locked up at home. The very thought of becoming the opposite sex was suddenly attractive and inviting. Being able to belong to "something" during the dark and fearful Covid months (even though it was very farfetched to suddenly figure out that you were born in the wrong body) seemed to be the answer for many kids. After all, the Covid monster was lurking around every corner ready to pounce on us and make us all sick or kill us. Escaping the fear of Covid seemed to be a relief for so many kids by suddenly being able to pretend they were someone else, like playing a new game of sorts. In reality, the trans game is very dangerous, and the rules are terrifying. You must come-out as trans, change your appearance, reject yourself, take cross-sex hormones, have surgery to alter your body, turn on your parents and have no contact, leave home and act like everything is fine and dandy. I am a strong woman of faith, a Christian since I was a young girl, and I know that God answers prayers, and that God is the only way to help a child caught in the trans-trap. I have said more prayers in the last few years for strangers than ever before in my life because of this sub stack. My nephew got caught up in the trans ideology during the Covid lockdown and it was a difficult journey to watch him travel. He broke my sister's heart when he suddenly left home and had no contact with her for over a year. He desisted, and I believe he made a connection with God, as he said once, "I believe in heaven" and he also made a reference to the Prodigal Son. The writers and readers who comment on this sub stack often talk about God and reference praying. I believe that those of us who have been painfully introduced to this evil-cult do cry out and ask for help, and that God is our only answer. I will continue to pray daily for all of you, as I know that it is God who can cleanse, heal, and help us all.
That is beautiful.
Wonderful. My daughter was captured by the trans cult and satanism. I pray she follows your footsteps. She’s 17. Started at 11. She claims religious trauma as I was a lost Christian and missed the mark. I’m going through my own rebirth right now; this after my husband of 22 years left us for my best friend with no word not even a goodbye- sent me into a tailspin and my poor daughter doesn’t even know how to process that. No wonder she doesn’t know who she is.
My heart goes out to you. I hope you have support.
Very well written and beautifully said. Brava!
Wonderful piece! I too wish I could send it to my no contact daughters. It’s exactly what I want to say to them. Praying they encounter it some other way.
Thank you for sharing this with us! I would love to send this to my no contact daughter but I’m also afraid she would completely cut me out. I’m down to instagram only as far as I can tell. I pray she will see these things on her own and I will nudge her thru my prayers. God bless you!
Thank you for this - I've long thought that the trans movement is a cult, and you have explained it very well. I thank God that you have experienced His steadfast love and grace, and pray that He will strengthen you and guide you in your walk back to reality, and that your restoration to all He has for you will be exceedingly and abundantly above all you ask or think.