WILL THE REAL HATER PLEASE STAND UP

 

 

On Monday, 3/17/23, 28-year-old Audrey “Aidan” Hale, a woman who identified as male, shot and killed three children and three adults in the Covenant School, a Presbyterian private school.  

 

LifeSiteNews reported that the Trans Resistance Network (TRN), issued a statement that the killer:

 

·       “felt he had no other effective way to be seen than to lash out by taking the life of others, and by consequence, himself [Hale].”

 

Therefore, Hale can hardly be held responsible for what she had done! Perhaps Hale had been made to feel that she was a victim of those who had caringly warned against the hope of a genuine and fulfilling life through becoming a “man.” Reportedly, she had attended the Covenant School in her youth. What had caused her to return with her assault-type weapons? It is easy to hate those who do not agree with you or even the way you vote. Was Hale driven to murder six because: “he felt had no other effective way to be seen than to lash?” Hardly! Hale could have found legal ways to express her rage, whether through her art or by writing…

 

Instead, groups like the TRN must share the guilt for making murder an acceptable response to the transgendered. TRN correctly states that the lives of transgender people are difficult, but TRN makes it more difficult for everyone, especially those they claim to help:

 

·       “We do know that life for transgender people is very difficult, and made more difficult in the preceding months by a virtual avalanche of anti-trans legislation, and public callouts by Right Wing personalities and political figures for nothing less than the genocidal eradication of trans people by society,”

 

However, considering the horrible outcomes for the transgendered, those who are passing such legislation have a legitimate right, duty, and concern for their welfare, especially for the young who choices are molded by the schools and the culture, as the proliferation of those willing to pursue sex-change clearly testifies.

 

TRN went on to threaten that “hate…has consequences.” https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trans-extremist-group-calls-death-of-nashville-shorter-more-complex-tragedy-than-her-6-murders/?utm_source=daily-usa-2023-03-31&utm_medium=email

 

However, it is obvious that the TRNs are the real haters. LifeSiteNews reported that The Florida Department of Health (DOH) Guidance stated:

 

·       Based on the currently available evidence, ‘encouraging mastectomy, ovariectomy, uterine extirpation, penile disablement, tracheal shave, the prescription of hormones which are out of line with the genetic make-up of the child, or puberty blockers, are all clinical practices which run an unacceptably high risk of doing harm.

 

·       A Florida state legislator claimed that Republicans are “erasing our trans babies” by seeking to restrict harmful transgender drugs and surgeries.

 

There is no evidence that there is such a thing as “trans babies.” Instead, we are trying to save them and to love even the adult trans-person, as our Christian duty requires of us. Consequently, I have never heard anyone in church speaking contemptuously of them—just the self-destructive choice they had made.

 

·       Democratic Florida Rep. Anna Eskamani made the comments on March 13 at a rally held by pro-LGBT activists while a Florida Senate committee debated Senate Bill 254. The legislation would prohibit gender-confused minors from receiving puberty blockers and surgeries that would permanently sever their reproductive capabilities and remove other healthy organs.

 

Perhaps, instead, the Republicans are trying to protect these babies from what Hale had experienced along with the six she had murdered. LifeSiteNews further commented:

 

·       “When you strip away access to gender-affirming care, you are erasing trans people. You are erasing our trans babies!” Eskamani said during the rally. She also claimed Governor Ron DeSantis “wants to commit genocide on trans people” before defending drag shows. https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/florida-democrat-claims-republicans-are-erasing-our-trans-babies-desantis-wants-to-commit-genocide/

 

Who are those who are hated-filled and most prove to violence? A study entitled "Meaning in Life, Future Orientation and Support for Violent Radicalization among Canadian College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic," found that:

 

·       "Transgender and gender-diverse youth emerge as the group at the highest risk of support for VR [Violent Radicalization against others]," the study in the journal Frontiers of Psychiatry by five Canadian academics states. "This is in line with results of a recent survey conducted during the [COVID] pandemic that highlighted high levels of support for VR as well as psychological distress among gender minorities."

 

·       students, ranging in age from 16-25, rated themselves while answering a series of online questions, including this one: "I would continue to support an organization that fights for my group's political and legal rights even if the organization sometimes resorts to violence.” https://www.wnd.com/2023/03/study-reveals-prone-violent-radicalization/

 

 

In the same article, WND magazine reported:

 

·       In the wake of the Nashville tragedy, the web is awash in images for trans activists brandishing weapons as an in-your-face response to the huge and growing backlash against the leftist trans agenda that includes: advocating body-mutilating "gender-confirming surgeries" and cross-sex "hormone treatments" for youth; "crusading for allowing biological boys and men who claim to be "trans girls" or "trans women" to participate in competitive sports with actual girls and women; and perverse "drag queen" shows and "children's" book-reading events for toddlers that involve cross-dressing homosexual men.

 

WND also reported:

 

·       (2011) Swedish study of "Transsexual Persons Undergoing Sex Reassignment Surgery." That study in the journal PLOS ONE, like so much of academic research on transsexuals and individuals pursuing "gender change," is loaded with data exposing the extremely disproportionate pathologies associated with those pursuing what was once called "sex change," then "sex re-assignment," and now, "gender confirmation" procedures.

 

·       The follow-up study of 324 transsexuals found that, "Sex-reassigned transsexual persons of both genders had approximately a three times higher risk of all-cause mortality than controls." That included elevated rates for "psychiatric hospitalization," "violent crime," suicide attempts and substance abuse.

 

In light of these findings and the participation of trans males in violent groups like Antifa, it is nothing short of criminal incitement to promote transgenderism, especially in view of the availability of better alternatives.

 

Those who are interested in these alternatives can consult https://sexchangeregret.com/the-sex-change-i-had-40-years-ago-was-a-scam-not-medicine/ and Walt Heyer’s website: SexChangeRegret.com.

 

MORMONISM (LDS)

 

 

Apotheosis, or simply “theosis,” is the belief that humans can become gods. This belief is found in many forms throughout the religions of the world. In much Eastern thought, we are already God, the universal consciousness. We just have to realize it. Meanwhile, panentheism claims that everything is God, even the physical world, while pantheism maintains that God is in all things.

 

Mormon (LDS) doctrine claims that as both God and Jesus had become Gods through their labors, we too can become Gods. One popular Mormon quote, which is often attributed to the early Mormon leader Lorenzo Snow (1837), reads, “As man now is, God once was: As God now is, man may be.”

 

This is consistent with other Mormon writings:

 

·       God undoubtedly took every opportunity to learn the laws of truth and as He became acquainted with each new verity He righteously obeyed it…As He gained more knowledge through persistent effort and continuous industry, as well as absolute obedience, His understanding of universal laws continued to become more complete…until He attained the status of Godhood…He became God by absolute obedience to all the eternal laws of the Gospel. (The Gospel Through the Ages)

 

According to Mormonism, if god was able to become God through His great diligence, so should we. However, this will prove humbling as we see ourselves as we truly are. In response, we will feel coerced to suppress the ungodly aspects of ourselves and to continually experience this battle.

 

More importantly, Scripture does not support apotheosis. The saints in heaven are not seen worshipping each other but God alone (Revelation 6:10; 7:10, 15-17). These portraits demonstrate that we will not be equal with God but dependent upon Him.

 

Nor should we worship those who seem to be further along the road to God-ness. Instead, we are a brotherhood. Consequently, we mutually love and submit to one another:

 

·       giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ. (Ephesians 5:20–21)

 

Nor should our elders demand submission:

·       So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly; not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock. (1 Peter 5:1–3)

 

There are no Gods among us. Instead, we are all one in Christ:

 

·       There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. (Galatians 3:28)

 

This is consistent with other verses which consistently claim that we were all created in the likeness of Him (Genesis 1:26-27; 9:6) but not identical with Him. We are also emerging from our fallen-ness to become more like Him:

 

·       …be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness. (Ephesians 4:23-24)

 

Meanwhile, He is working everything for the good of each of us. This is a process:

 

·       …He has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. (2 Peter 1:4; 2 Cor. 3:18; Romans 8:29)

 

However, we become partakers of our Lord and not co-equals. However, this process of being conformed into Godlike-ness will not be completed until He returns for us:

 

·       Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure. (1 John 3:2-3)

 

·       Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven. (1 Corinthians 15:49, 51; Phil. 3:21)

 

The Biblical promise is not that we shall be gods but God-like. Therefore, in heaven, we shall not be worshipping one another but God alone. This is why Jesus prayed:

 

·       “Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.” (John 17:24; Revelation 21:22-23)

 

Instead of becoming God, we are weak and dependent upon God:

 

·       Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God. (2 Corinthians 3:5)

 

·       “Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.” (John 15:4–5)

 

 Besides, God does not change. He always is  God:

·       Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. (Hebrews 13:8)

Knowing these things should dash any false expectations that we can work our way up to God-hood. Therefore, we should be seeking to glorify our Savior rather than our own glorification.