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I think often about the parents of children who grow up to commit violent crime. Especially those who have been seduced by crazy-making ideologies. I think about the FTM trans shooter at the Christian school in Tennessee who killed 4 and the terrible manifesto she left behind. Sadly, I think we will see more of this from young adults filled with hatred of themselves and the world. I pray for the victims’ families and for the family of the criminal. I believe that the love of Jesus displayed at the cross and his victorious resurrection will have the last word, that even in this life we can sometimes have welcome glimpses of good coming from the destructive ashes of evil, such as reconciliation of broken relationships or finally seeing the truth from the murkiness of lies. For those interested in Christian theology, you know how Satan has his evil imitations of God (the dragon, beast and anti-Christ like an unholy Trinity in the book of Revelation and other parallels). I recently read somewhere that the trans movement could be seen as Satan’s evil counterfeit of becoming “a new creature in Christ” or being “born again”. Trying to remake the self into something totally new and different by cutting and drugs, both features as well of pagan religions in their worship (ie priests of Baal cut themselves on top of Mt Carmel) and both Old and New Testament celebrate moderate drinking of wine (who knows what the alcohol content was) but “much wine” and drunkenness is clearly forbidden. So the prohibition is on changing one’s mental state with drugs.

Satan’s counterfeits always lead to death and destruction. I pray those on that path will turn from it before it’s too late. That their eyes will be opened to the path they are on.

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