Your point is well taken.Yet the conundrum as it pertains to social ,cultural issues,is the ability to speak out as Christians,without glossing over the issues for fear of being called bigoted,hateful. We are called to be a voice for Christ ,how do you propose we walk that fine line?
I don’t think it’s a fine line at all. Descriptors like “Monstrosity”, “Horrifying”, “Insane”, and “Demented” are not necessary to speak the truth.
Exactly. And a lot of people may fancy themselves active Catholics, but they’ve succumbed to the widespread malady known as “Moralistic Therapeutic Deism.” That explains much of the false compassion we’ve been reading and hearing.
Comparing a trans person to their son thinking he is a dinosaur, or mocking them by suggesting it’s the same as someone waking up one day thinking they are a pine cone, is willfully ignorant, unnecessarily mean and spiteful, and completely disregards the real struggles and hardship of trans people.
Yes, speaking the truth may fall on deaf ears. But this is not a case of arguing theological or philosophical truths. This is a matter of just recognizing reality. When a society has gone so far into living fantasy as if it were reality, I don’t know what is called for.
Charitably, as Christ Himself walked it. I might suggest that we have two approaches already identified here: 1) we use uncharitable analogies and descriptors like “vile” and “disgusting,” or 2) we point out factual content and offer prayers and compassion. We may encounter ugliness even when using the second approach – but only one of these two approaches is truly in line with Christian values.
Well said.
But it also a matter of how we do so. I’m not sure describing the feelings of these individuals as fantasy is going to start things off positively discussion-wise.
Yep.
Ignoring the fact that evolution is accepted by the Catholic Church?
Saying it’s photshopped while providing no evidence to support the claim?
Yup the charitable thing for Catholics to do is to mock what is perceived to be a mental illness…Vile. Disgusting. The fact that this isn’t being roundly condemned–and made mockery of–from pillar to post just illustrates that we are at a socio-economic stage where nothing matters except monetary profit and self-fulfillment. A late stage indeed. We all know that Bruce Jenner is, and always will be male, and there’s nothing he or anyone else can do to change this. Sadly, I think this is just another hint of the approaching End Times. And yes, we can never be sure of when exactly that will be. But, if we happen upon a woman who is obviously pregnant, we can be pretty sure she is going to give birth, even if we do not know exactly when. Thus it is with the End Times. They are “pregnant”; it’s only a question of when.
this!!I may not have been clear in the point I was trying to make. My point is that the reaction from the cultural revolutionaries is the same whether you call Bruce Jenner a degenerate or decline to participate in a same-sex marriage. You’re a h8ter. People inclined towards compassion really don’t want to deal with that, which leaves the field for the people who don’t mind being hateful.
Apples and oranges. Different disorders.
Because, believe or not, there are actually standards of care for this disorder and surgeons don’t chop up healthy organs just for the heck of it. Jenner will have been evaluated by at least two mental health professionals and would be undergoing ongoing evaluation. My understanding is that Jenner has not yet had genital surgery.
So what if it’s a different disorder? And what if an anorexic person claims to still be fat after lengthy medical study? Do we accept the person’s claim or appeal to the biological evidence to the contrary?
