The origin of the universe and life are unfathomable *even to science*.
Why is God considered any less likely than meaninglessness?
If we allow for the existence of God, should we not search for Him (substitute pronoun of your choice)?
Would He perhaps reveal himself to us? Would He do so in different ways, as we societally advance up Mazlow's hierarchy of needs?
Is there no claim of Revelation that you find morally compelling? Even if the claims imply things that can't be explained by science? If science can't explain beginnings, do you expect it to explain ends?
This was a really good one, Sasha. It triggered a lot that I wanted to say, but I will have to return. Our family went through four terrible years under a RINO judge
in a case that went to our state Supreme Court. At the basis of the case was the question of whether the parents had the authority over the child. The militant left
wants the control over the child, that is the State (Government) to have authority over the child and to do whatever they please. It is the most disrupted goal they have in mind for the demoralization of child and parent. The person who took up the cause to get the Judge removed from the bench was a very smart lawyer, a yellow dog Democrat,
whose own clients were being hammered by the anti legal opinions that this Judge was rendering. The lawyer mobilized the 700 families in this court, put his research in the paper, which became a front page headline which ran for two weeks. The lawyer was a Christian in the Greek Orthodox Church. Our case was about to enter its final stages
Where this judge could have ruled just as he/she pleased, no matter what the law or facts of the case revealed. The Marshall of the Court found cause to remove this Judge and removed this person from the post and turned such person over to the State Judicial Ethics Board.
During this period we had a totally Republican Congress and a Republican White House. They had a bill which had passed both houses stating the the parent was the sole
authority over the child to make this into Federal Law. This was the Republican group who embarrassed us all and let us down on this very important bill. Had they worked and finalized it, these vultures that have destroyed families, children, school systems, education, libraries, sports, etc. iDemocrats would have never had a grip on our children.
So here the Christian lawyer put his faith in action as was RECORDED “ At that time the disciples came to Jesus. Saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of Heaven?And calling to Him a child. He put him in the midst of them, and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of Heaven.
Whoever humbles himself like this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 5. Whoever receives one such child in my name, receives me; but WHOEVER CAUSES ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES WHO BELIEVE IN ME TO SIN, IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR HIM TO HAVE A GREAT MILLSTONE FASTENED TO HIS NECK AND TO BE DROWNED IN THE DEPTH OF THE SEA.” Do you think that Jesus had mutilation of children in mind?
Sasha, amazing piece. So righteous, passionate and moving. You have such a gift. You write with a conscience and moral indignation, saying things that need to be said. Thank you so much.
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. The bigger question is why wasn't this a unanimous decision? I can't imagine how the minds of the 3 liberals on the court work.
Are you forgetting the bloodbaths in Europe like the 30 Years War? Christianity is not what made Western culture succeed. It was Christians and others who lived the values Jesus upheld and not those who conflated religion with politics.
I keep having a frightening thought. And that thought is a 4th Turning climax (and a coming-together spring afterwards) won’t occur until a nuclear weapon is freshly deployed. By who I can’t say. But most likely, Israel against Iran. Or just as plausible - Iran detonating a bomb in their own desert to display they have it, and Israel/USA - back the f*ck off. I can hardly see any other way for cyclical history to reset without this ever crazy world being viscerally reminded of this destructive and Satan-loving weapon. We are now so far removed from the shadow of Hiroshima & Nagasaki that I think it must happen again to show our youth this insanity and (hopefully) shake us all back to our senses.
A missed swing at "Christian nationalism" and its conflating religion and politics. Rather, Max Weber had much to say about this in his "Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism" However, Weber missed too in his ignoring the very important role of the Jews in Western economy and culture.
Ac really fantastic article Sasha, God doesn't make mistakes! I'm 57 and didn't find Christianity until 4 years ago. I'm still a very critical thinker and sometimes that makes it hard for me square Christianity with my past secularism but I just accept that there are not always answers for everything and believing that Jesus is my Lord and Savior is a much better life than not believing. I'm so flawed and definitely struggle to be a good Christian but I find that struggle well worth it and much better than when I thought being a Christian was the worst thing that a person could be.
The Spanish Inquisition was conducted because false converts infiltrated the Church, were preaching heresy from pulpits, and were working with Muslims to invade Spain. Many lies are told about it: https://www.fisheaters.com/spanishinquisition2.html
Absolutely. My friend was tutoring an Afghan refugee who was learning about the Puritans in school. Her comment was "They sound like the Taliban."
Jesus, and spiritual teachers from other religions have said the commandment "treat others the way you would want them to treat you if you were in their position." Too many religious fanatics are following a different commandment "treat others the way I think they deserve to be treated." The first commandment is very hard to live by and leads to salvation. The second commandment is easy to live by and creates hell on earth.
It's grace or law. Jesus fulfilled the law on the cross and the two Commandments cover it all. Love the Lord God with all your heart mind and soul, and love others as yourself.
God loves you, Sasha, more than you can possibly imagine and wants you to spend eternity with Him!
You seem to me to be so fearless. Why are you so afraid to investigate the claims of Christianity and go deeper in your exploration of God and His Son?
You committed to fully learn about the Trump/MAGA world through courage, hard work and openness. Why not do a similar plunge into God, Christianity?
Don’t wait! The resulting joy and peace God provides passes all understanding.
Sasha, I always love your writing but this, this was so transparent, so focused. I have been a Christian almost my entire life yet am still learning, growing, sometimes losing my way. Belief comes first, then one sees. Start with the gospel of John. See how those ordinary men and women received revelations beyond all knowing. Simple faith. “May the God of all hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.” ❤️
From eight or nine years old until I grew into Christianity in the last couple years (mid-fifties) I too had a very tough time with religion. I just had no faith.
It was astrophysics and particle physics, plus having to lock our doors at night, that brought me back, so it can come from anywhere.
Anyway, don’t stop looking. It can come from anywhere to anyone, and you don’t need other people.
I worked in hospitals for over 30 years, and one of the most difficult things to witness were obvious cases of Munchausen's or worse yet, Munchausen's by proxy.
I believe that most of the children claiming they're the wrong sex are victims of Munchausen's by proxy. When you see/read interviews with couples on stories regarding children, the mother is controlling all of the answers, and the father is usually relatively quiet, or parroting his wife. She is reveling in the attention/adoration she's getting from other women about having a 'special' child.
I can't imagine what it would be like to be the father and watch as your child is maimed. It wouldn't be as bad as those mothers who live with a husband that's committing incest, but not much less.
Autism has nothing to do with mutilating anyone. The right can preach "there are only 2 genders" ad nauseum, but it is a fact that not everyone is born "neurotypical". Examples include autism, people with masculinized brains in female bodies or vice versa, and variety of other conditions. I can empathize with the struggles that a parent with a transgender child goes through, while the right just hates them.
"Neurotypical" and "neurodivergent" are new catchphares that attempt to justify the barbarianism of child transgender mutilation from puberty blockers to the removal of body parts. Great Britian has severely limited anything "gender-affirming" for childern because of the lack of science and facts (another catchphrase that's been perverted by the left). Nowhere in human history has any society attempted to encourage its childern to believe that their sex is mistaken and therefore should be surgically altered. And by the way, anyone who defaults to unserious trope of "the right hates..." undermines whatever limp argument they've attempted to make.
As the parent of a son with autism, I can assure you that neurodivergence is real. I think there are also variations in brain development that lead people to be homosexuals or even feel they are trapped in a body of the wrong sex, gender dysphoria.. I have talked to transgenders who have said they felt that way their entire lives. That doesn't mean I think the surgeries are a good idea. I think they should be discouraged because they are so invasive. Parents of adolescents have a dilemma because the transition is more successful especially for male to female if they don't go through puberty which gives them deep voices, facial hair & larger skeletons so I emphasize with them. Most transgenders I know are satisfied with the results of whatever treatment they have chosen (not all have surgery) and don't feel they should disappear. As far as I can tell, the right hates them & transgenders are afraid
You're talking about a very minor part of the population. But the Democrats want to convince everyone that it's a widespread problem.
Why do about 2% of the kids in Indiana consider themselves transgender/ LGBQ while in California, 25% are LGBQ?
Hmmm 🤔🤔
Grooming, anyone?
If children are allowed to go through their hormonal changes in puberty, and not encouraged to misinterpret what their confused feelings are, in the VAST number of incidents of confusion, kids grow through things and are normal afterwards. It's only normal for a kid to be confused at that age because they have all kinds of new hormones going through their system.
That doesn't happen if they're encouraged to get masectomies or castration.
"CA, the most populous state in the nation, is home to the country’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender population—2.8 million people (7.1%). TX is second, on both counts, with an LGBTQ+ population of 1.8 million (5.75%). These numbers are based on the Household Pulse Survey, an initiative of the US Census, which was conducted from Feb. through April,2024. TX is a conservative state which has almost as large a percentage of LGBTQ+ as CA. Do you think there is a lot of "grooming" in TX?
CA's LGBTQ+ community includes a broad range of identities, over half (52%) of LGBTQ+ adults in California describe themselves as bisexual. One in 5 young adults in California identifies as LGBTQ+, compared to only one in 20 older adults. Among LGBTQ+ young adults, the VAST majority (72%) describe themselves as bisexual."
In the past, there was not much publicity about being "bisexual" and probably many people who call themselves bisexual today would have considered them selves "straight" in the past; probably their dominant attraction is to the opposite sex.
The first post was mentioning specifically so-called transgender kids, in regards to Munchausen Syndrome, not autistic or otherwise developmentally impaired kids. Because so called gender care is the maiming of kids by parents or doctors (mastectomies and castration) but no damage is done to the kids, by the parents or doctors, in autism or the like.
I am pointing out that people are born who are not "neurotypical" including people with autism and those that fell their sex is the opposite of their body.
I've adopted the term “Transhausen by Proxy”, it narrows things right down to those disgusting people who would harm their children. As for the “dads”, any father who would sit quietly and let that happen isn't a man at all, and there's a special place in hell for those pansies.
Sasha, I too thought religion was a panacea. Jesus is right there watching, listening, beckoning. He is a perfect gentleman. He waits for you to reach out. He knows you better than you know yourself. I was energetic, willful and very stubborn. He stepped into my life anyway and still uses those traits to bless and interact with others. Bless you.
Dozens of teachers from several midwestern states hosted an online chatroom this week to discuss how to secretly help students "transition" genders without consent from the parents.
The session was hosted by Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center (MAP), an organization funded in part by the U.S. Department of Education. More than 30 teachers from Iowa, Michigan, Illinois, and Ohio attended the session.
During the four-hour workshop, the teachers discussed how to subvert new laws in Republican states that protect children from gender ideology in schools. One teacher explained how to hide a student’s transgender name and pronouns from their parents.
“We’re working with our record-keeping system so that certain screens can’t be seen by the parents … if there’s a nickname in there we’re trying to hide,” said Kimberly Martin, the DEI coordinator for Royal Oaks Schools in Michigan.
Also, a new enlightenment started with the COVID epidemic. That era really gave parents a chance to see the crap that gets forced on kids in schools. Since then, parents are fighting back against Leftist indoctrination. Hope it's not too little, too late.
There's a whole generation of indoctrinated, misinformed idiots in high schools and on college campuses, now.
I found it in the Daily Wire which I am not sure I believe. "Many Daily Wire stories repackage journalism from traditional news organizations while adding a conservative slant. Fact checkers have said that some stories shared by The Daily Wire are unverified, and that The Daily Wire sometimes misstates facts to advance a partisan view."
The article claims that "36%, opposed teaching transgenderism at any level in K-12 education." Do you believe that any of the children from ages 5-18 might encounter any LGBTQ+ people in their lives or families? Some children have "2 mommies" or "2 daddies." Are they supposed to act like they don't exist?
Some of you claim that conservatives accept homosexuality and same-sex marriage. I think Project 2025 wants to eliminate all of it.
“ The Bradshaws accepted their teenager’s new gender identity, but not without trepidation, especially after he asked for hormones and surgery to remove his breasts. Doctors had previously diagnosed him as being on the autism spectrum, as well as with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, PTSD and anxiety. He had struggled with loneliness during the pandemic, and, to his parents, seemed not to know exactly who he was yet, because he had repeatedly changed his name and sexual orientation.
Given those complexities, Mrs. Bradshaw said she resented the fact that the school had made her feel like a bad parent for wondering whether educators had put her teenager, a minor, on a path the school wasn’t qualified to oversee.
The public school that Mrs. Bradshaw’s son attends is one of many throughout the country that allow students to socially transition — change their name, pronouns, or gender expression — without parental consent.“
You know, you can formulate and hold your very own belief in God without professing it or ever going into a church. That's where I've landed at 68 after being largely atheistic most of my life. I think that's the journey you're on.
Too bad you have not been attracted by the fellowship of a church (ecclesia, or gathering). That fellowship's foundation is love for each other and its doctrine. And if that fellowship and doctrine is loving, you will long to attend.
The late Richard Wurmbrand had the same ambivalence towards faith, God, and church as you. But he had a curiosity of what motivated others to attend church services. So, he would go in to services where he observed others doing so with the vague expectancy that if God existed He/She/It would reveal Itself to him. In retrospect he learned that expectancy he had was a prayer that God answered in power and love but not in a church.
What is Christ's invitation?
Matthew 11:28-30
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light
I’m sure Sasha looks back at the four years of Garland as AG and rejoices that he was stopped becoming a Supreme Court Justice. Whew, dodged a bullet. Another big dodge was Harris-Walz. Can we imagine how badly the shape of our country would be if Trump had not prevailed. Obama/Biden’s 4 years did major damage. Thank goodness and God, we have a fighter as our current President!
> " 'Gender-affirming care' for minors. That is the most grotesque example of soft language ever invented by my former side. Call it what it is - sterilization. Top surgery is a double mastectomy. Bottom surgery is castration."
Amen to that. Time to call a spade a flaming shovel. In the same vein, "trans women are women" has to qualify as a mantra to top Orwell's "2+2=5". It still chaps my hide that Canada's own erstwhile "fearless leader" -- Justin Trudeau -- had peddled that schlock, that rather toxic Kool-Aid on, of all times, International Women's Day:
Democrats have invented transgenderism as a large-scale grooming event. It's part of their cult.
Marx didn't have an opinion on it, because it wasn't discussed.
But one of the tenets of Marxism is destruction of religion, and destruction of the family. Subjecting kids to so called gender care (mastectomies and castration) without their parents consent, is supported by Democrats, because it allows the state to ursurp parental rights and come between the child and the parents. State wins, and it damages the family.
It has never been widely discussed before, but suddenly a third of the young population is experiencing it? I think not. Can you say "grooming?"
Why do drag queens always have to read to little kids? What a great way to really screw up your kid's head. Tell them that it's normal for hairy guys to wear dresses. Really effed up.
Please read my reply to another one of your comments which shows that 72% of kids in CA who are part of the LGBTQ+ community actually consider themselves to be "bisexual" who do not normally have any surgeries. Dems did NOT invent transgenderism and it is not "part of their cult". In the US, homosexuality which has always existed, was prohibited and considered deviant until people began questioning this thinking after the start of the "sexual revolution" in the 1960s. First, hatred and laws against homosexuality began to lessen, then other sexual identities began to feel they could "come out" instead of hiding as had always been required.
Cross dressing and people who felt they were males trapped in a female body and vice versa have always existed. It is only in the past few decades that the surgery for transgenderism has become available.
Democrats believe people should be free to live their own lives as long as they are not hurting others while Repubs feel the need to impose their religion and ideas about morality on everyone. For example, Project 2025 envisions a federal government that denies the existence of transgender people, undermines the rights of same-sex married couples and dismantles services for LGBTQ+ Americans wherever possible. It calls for replacing policies related to LGBTQ+ equity with those that “support the formation of stable, married, nuclear families” and would promote adoption and foster care services that refuse to work with LGBTQ+ married couples.
Sasha love this great synopsis! I did not come the world you did being a democrat, but here we are! Of all the dim witted short sighted Marxist dumb ideas the bleeding heart liberals ever came up with the Transing of children angered me the most. #2 was what they did to kavanaugh- despicayhysterics. And tied for one and two was mean girl hateful ganging up on Trump and conservatives.
And number 4 is the all on assault in making Christianity a bad word.
And coming in at number 5 speaks for itself- the Hilliary.
I have been agnostic for nearly my entire life and agnostic about politics as well. Only in my old age have I discovered my problem-I have an intense aversion to group think. I find it highly suspicious.
I think the sneaky left will find some crack in the law to slither into to keep sacrificing children in the name of their virtue status. But as long as I live I will speak out against it. I will speak out for women and their spaces.
I don't think banning food dies is going to lead to any dramatic changes especially in the short term. She may have objected to the fact that RFK, Jr. went to Samoa when they were having a measles outbreak and discouraged people from getting vaccines, leading to 80 deaths. RFK, Jr has many other crackpot ideas.
See Sen. Brian Schatz (D - HI), "RFK Jr., Whose Dangerous Lies Fueled Measles Outbreak in Samoa & Caused Preventable Deaths, Unqualified To Lead HHS"
Do you remember Michelle Obama's public health campaign in the US to reduce childhood obesity and encourage a healthy lifestyle in children? She tried to introduce healthy foods in school lunches and was ridiculed and despised by Republicans.
I am really moved by this post. I believe the courageous fighters you highlighted deserve our massive gratitude. On the flip side, Elizabeth Warren—someone I used to admire—voted against confirming RFK Jr. to head HHS. She apparently supports a healthcare system that has produced the least healthy children in the developed world while spending the most money. I guess she not only supports transitioning minors, but having toxic chemicals in our food and environment that are banned in many other countries. Every single Democrat voted against confirming Kennedy.
I don't think banning food dies is going to lead to any dramatic changes especially in the short term. She may have objected to the fact that RFK, Jr. went to Samoa when they were having a measles outbreak and discouraged people from getting vaccines, leading to 80 deaths. RFK, Jr has many other crackpot ideas.
See Sen. Brian Schatz (D - HI), "RFK Jr., Whose Dangerous Lies Fueled Measles Outbreak in Samoa & Caused Preventable Deaths, Unqualified To Lead HHS"
Do you remember Michelle Obama's public health campaign in the US to reduce childhood obesity and encourage a healthy lifestyle in children? She tried to introduce healthy foods in school lunches and was ridiculed and despised by Republicans.
Both parties have certainly benefited from the largesse of pharmaceutical lobbyists. As the number of them tops all other industries, the health of the American people has obviously not been a top priority. Not surprisingly, there is a lot more to the measles story as there always is in these medical media cases. Remember the universally parroted “safe and effective”? You can find better medical reporting on Del Bigtree’s The Highwire. He has an Emmy and was previously a CBS producer.
Man... If you ever wonder... Real men will show up to defend 'Fort Stone' if needed.
'Conservatives' really don't care if you are gay because that state is as old as man and we do not want to tell you what to do with your bodies as we care about mothers AND children and that applies to bodily mutilation.
You've got to be kidding. Project 2025 envisions a federal government that denies the existence of transgender people, undermines the rights of same-sex married couples and dismantles services for LGBTQ+ Americans wherever possible. It calls for replacing policies related to LGBTQ+ equity with those that “support the formation of stable, married, nuclear families” and would promote adoption and foster care services that refuse to work with LGBTQ+ married couples.
Lots of the LGB are rebelling against the forceful activist nature of the T crowd. Because gays have the same rights as everyone else, including the right to marry like everyone else. And they just want to be left alone, like most everybody else, without the trans crap forced on them.
Sorry you feel that way, but it's happening, whether you admit it, or not.
Lol, I read.
I should ask you, to turn the question around, have you talked to any Project 2025 people? Just as absurd as you asking me if I've talked to any gays. 😂🤣
Gaya are everywhere in your community. There are far fewer project 2025 people, many of whom are in the trump admin. If you haven't talked to any, how do you know gays are revolting against transgenders?
HOW do you know anything about the world? You read! Duh.
You can think that you know the world by talking to 5 people, but that's just your personal experience. It doesn't expand to have the world conform to your experiences. Sorry to break it to you.
Nobody's rights are being undermined. LGBTQ people have the same rights as anybody else.
But that doesn't mean, just because people are tolerant of them, that they have to embrace their behavior and lifestyle. They want the "special" rights to be able to force their ideology down everyone's throats. People are sick of it.
Used to be, liberals would say "get the government out of my bedroom."
In reply to that, I say, KEEP it in the bedroom. You don't need to advertise everything to the public. People don't really give a shit what other people do in their own lives, just don't force your ideology down everyone's throat.
Yes I know I had a typo -- "runneth" not "runeth" - it's fixed now!
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Psalms-Chapter-23/
1 (A Psalm of David.)
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
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Praying for you, Sasha.
God bless you and your family and your efforts!
Unfathomable is not the same as unreal.
The origin of the universe and life are unfathomable *even to science*.
Why is God considered any less likely than meaninglessness?
If we allow for the existence of God, should we not search for Him (substitute pronoun of your choice)?
Would He perhaps reveal himself to us? Would He do so in different ways, as we societally advance up Mazlow's hierarchy of needs?
Is there no claim of Revelation that you find morally compelling? Even if the claims imply things that can't be explained by science? If science can't explain beginnings, do you expect it to explain ends?
"The origin of the universe and life are unfathomable *even to science*."
But But....David Farina (Professor Dave Explains) says we do. And He has a popular Youtube channel...so It Must Be True!
This was a really good one, Sasha. It triggered a lot that I wanted to say, but I will have to return. Our family went through four terrible years under a RINO judge
in a case that went to our state Supreme Court. At the basis of the case was the question of whether the parents had the authority over the child. The militant left
wants the control over the child, that is the State (Government) to have authority over the child and to do whatever they please. It is the most disrupted goal they have in mind for the demoralization of child and parent. The person who took up the cause to get the Judge removed from the bench was a very smart lawyer, a yellow dog Democrat,
whose own clients were being hammered by the anti legal opinions that this Judge was rendering. The lawyer mobilized the 700 families in this court, put his research in the paper, which became a front page headline which ran for two weeks. The lawyer was a Christian in the Greek Orthodox Church. Our case was about to enter its final stages
Where this judge could have ruled just as he/she pleased, no matter what the law or facts of the case revealed. The Marshall of the Court found cause to remove this Judge and removed this person from the post and turned such person over to the State Judicial Ethics Board.
During this period we had a totally Republican Congress and a Republican White House. They had a bill which had passed both houses stating the the parent was the sole
authority over the child to make this into Federal Law. This was the Republican group who embarrassed us all and let us down on this very important bill. Had they worked and finalized it, these vultures that have destroyed families, children, school systems, education, libraries, sports, etc. iDemocrats would have never had a grip on our children.
So here the Christian lawyer put his faith in action as was RECORDED “ At that time the disciples came to Jesus. Saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of Heaven?And calling to Him a child. He put him in the midst of them, and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of Heaven.
Whoever humbles himself like this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 5. Whoever receives one such child in my name, receives me; but WHOEVER CAUSES ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES WHO BELIEVE IN ME TO SIN, IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR HIM TO HAVE A GREAT MILLSTONE FASTENED TO HIS NECK AND TO BE DROWNED IN THE DEPTH OF THE SEA.” Do you think that Jesus had mutilation of children in mind?
Sasha, amazing piece. So righteous, passionate and moving. You have such a gift. You write with a conscience and moral indignation, saying things that need to be said. Thank you so much.
Nit pickey people….🙄
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. The bigger question is why wasn't this a unanimous decision? I can't imagine how the minds of the 3 liberals on the court work.
"I can't imagine how the minds of the 3 liberals on the court work."
I don't believe they do.
I hear ya’!!! I chalk it up to crazed liberals who are not working for the good of the American people!!
Don't do that. We don't want (or need) to see your confession of a typo pinned to the top.
If that's her worst mistake, let her have her Moment. Sir.
The main reason for the success of
Western Culture is Christianity.
Are you forgetting the bloodbaths in Europe like the 30 Years War? Christianity is not what made Western culture succeed. It was Christians and others who lived the values Jesus upheld and not those who conflated religion with politics.
I keep having a frightening thought. And that thought is a 4th Turning climax (and a coming-together spring afterwards) won’t occur until a nuclear weapon is freshly deployed. By who I can’t say. But most likely, Israel against Iran. Or just as plausible - Iran detonating a bomb in their own desert to display they have it, and Israel/USA - back the f*ck off. I can hardly see any other way for cyclical history to reset without this ever crazy world being viscerally reminded of this destructive and Satan-loving weapon. We are now so far removed from the shadow of Hiroshima & Nagasaki that I think it must happen again to show our youth this insanity and (hopefully) shake us all back to our senses.
Or by Trump to show off or get revenge on someone.
That's not how he rolls. If that's what you think of him, you are reading too many left wing lies.
Doing a thing "in the name of" a thing does not make it that thing.
But you knew that.
A missed swing at "Christian nationalism" and its conflating religion and politics. Rather, Max Weber had much to say about this in his "Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism" However, Weber missed too in his ignoring the very important role of the Jews in Western economy and culture.
Ac really fantastic article Sasha, God doesn't make mistakes! I'm 57 and didn't find Christianity until 4 years ago. I'm still a very critical thinker and sometimes that makes it hard for me square Christianity with my past secularism but I just accept that there are not always answers for everything and believing that Jesus is my Lord and Savior is a much better life than not believing. I'm so flawed and definitely struggle to be a good Christian but I find that struggle well worth it and much better than when I thought being a Christian was the worst thing that a person could be.
"not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching."
Hebrews 10:25
In Other Words Go To Church!
Right there with you.
The Spanish Inquisition was conducted because false converts infiltrated the Church, were preaching heresy from pulpits, and were working with Muslims to invade Spain. Many lies are told about it: https://www.fisheaters.com/spanishinquisition2.html
Absolutely. My friend was tutoring an Afghan refugee who was learning about the Puritans in school. Her comment was "They sound like the Taliban."
Jesus, and spiritual teachers from other religions have said the commandment "treat others the way you would want them to treat you if you were in their position." Too many religious fanatics are following a different commandment "treat others the way I think they deserve to be treated." The first commandment is very hard to live by and leads to salvation. The second commandment is easy to live by and creates hell on earth.
It's grace or law. Jesus fulfilled the law on the cross and the two Commandments cover it all. Love the Lord God with all your heart mind and soul, and love others as yourself.
Amen. So well said in so few words.
God loves you, Sasha, more than you can possibly imagine and wants you to spend eternity with Him!
You seem to me to be so fearless. Why are you so afraid to investigate the claims of Christianity and go deeper in your exploration of God and His Son?
You committed to fully learn about the Trump/MAGA world through courage, hard work and openness. Why not do a similar plunge into God, Christianity?
Don’t wait! The resulting joy and peace God provides passes all understanding.
I second that truism!
Great idea.
Sasha, I always love your writing but this, this was so transparent, so focused. I have been a Christian almost my entire life yet am still learning, growing, sometimes losing my way. Belief comes first, then one sees. Start with the gospel of John. See how those ordinary men and women received revelations beyond all knowing. Simple faith. “May the God of all hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.” ❤️
From eight or nine years old until I grew into Christianity in the last couple years (mid-fifties) I too had a very tough time with religion. I just had no faith.
It was astrophysics and particle physics, plus having to lock our doors at night, that brought me back, so it can come from anywhere.
Anyway, don’t stop looking. It can come from anywhere to anyone, and you don’t need other people.
He sends us signs, if we are alert to them...
I worked in hospitals for over 30 years, and one of the most difficult things to witness were obvious cases of Munchausen's or worse yet, Munchausen's by proxy.
I believe that most of the children claiming they're the wrong sex are victims of Munchausen's by proxy. When you see/read interviews with couples on stories regarding children, the mother is controlling all of the answers, and the father is usually relatively quiet, or parroting his wife. She is reveling in the attention/adoration she's getting from other women about having a 'special' child.
I can't imagine what it would be like to be the father and watch as your child is maimed. It wouldn't be as bad as those mothers who live with a husband that's committing incest, but not much less.
I have a special child (autism) and certainly never got any attention or adoration for it.
I have an autistic brother NW. I feel you 🙌
Conflating autism with the trans-mutilation of childern is odd.
Autism has nothing to do with mutilating anyone. The right can preach "there are only 2 genders" ad nauseum, but it is a fact that not everyone is born "neurotypical". Examples include autism, people with masculinized brains in female bodies or vice versa, and variety of other conditions. I can empathize with the struggles that a parent with a transgender child goes through, while the right just hates them.
"Neurotypical" and "neurodivergent" are new catchphares that attempt to justify the barbarianism of child transgender mutilation from puberty blockers to the removal of body parts. Great Britian has severely limited anything "gender-affirming" for childern because of the lack of science and facts (another catchphrase that's been perverted by the left). Nowhere in human history has any society attempted to encourage its childern to believe that their sex is mistaken and therefore should be surgically altered. And by the way, anyone who defaults to unserious trope of "the right hates..." undermines whatever limp argument they've attempted to make.
As the parent of a son with autism, I can assure you that neurodivergence is real. I think there are also variations in brain development that lead people to be homosexuals or even feel they are trapped in a body of the wrong sex, gender dysphoria.. I have talked to transgenders who have said they felt that way their entire lives. That doesn't mean I think the surgeries are a good idea. I think they should be discouraged because they are so invasive. Parents of adolescents have a dilemma because the transition is more successful especially for male to female if they don't go through puberty which gives them deep voices, facial hair & larger skeletons so I emphasize with them. Most transgenders I know are satisfied with the results of whatever treatment they have chosen (not all have surgery) and don't feel they should disappear. As far as I can tell, the right hates them & transgenders are afraid
You're talking about a very minor part of the population. But the Democrats want to convince everyone that it's a widespread problem.
Why do about 2% of the kids in Indiana consider themselves transgender/ LGBQ while in California, 25% are LGBQ?
Hmmm 🤔🤔
Grooming, anyone?
If children are allowed to go through their hormonal changes in puberty, and not encouraged to misinterpret what their confused feelings are, in the VAST number of incidents of confusion, kids grow through things and are normal afterwards. It's only normal for a kid to be confused at that age because they have all kinds of new hormones going through their system.
That doesn't happen if they're encouraged to get masectomies or castration.
Well, that is YOUR theory, certainly not proven.
"CA, the most populous state in the nation, is home to the country’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender population—2.8 million people (7.1%). TX is second, on both counts, with an LGBTQ+ population of 1.8 million (5.75%). These numbers are based on the Household Pulse Survey, an initiative of the US Census, which was conducted from Feb. through April,2024. TX is a conservative state which has almost as large a percentage of LGBTQ+ as CA. Do you think there is a lot of "grooming" in TX?
CA's LGBTQ+ community includes a broad range of identities, over half (52%) of LGBTQ+ adults in California describe themselves as bisexual. One in 5 young adults in California identifies as LGBTQ+, compared to only one in 20 older adults. Among LGBTQ+ young adults, the VAST majority (72%) describe themselves as bisexual."
In the past, there was not much publicity about being "bisexual" and probably many people who call themselves bisexual today would have considered them selves "straight" in the past; probably their dominant attraction is to the opposite sex.
Bisexuals don't usually have surgeries.
See https://www.ppic.org/blog/californias-lgbt-population/
You were not responsible for his autism.
Physically maiming your own child is something totally different.
See reply above to Jen Todd.
The first post was mentioning specifically so-called transgender kids, in regards to Munchausen Syndrome, not autistic or otherwise developmentally impaired kids. Because so called gender care is the maiming of kids by parents or doctors (mastectomies and castration) but no damage is done to the kids, by the parents or doctors, in autism or the like.
I am pointing out that people are born who are not "neurotypical" including people with autism and those that fell their sex is the opposite of their body.
I've adopted the term “Transhausen by Proxy”, it narrows things right down to those disgusting people who would harm their children. As for the “dads”, any father who would sit quietly and let that happen isn't a man at all, and there's a special place in hell for those pansies.
Sasha, I too thought religion was a panacea. Jesus is right there watching, listening, beckoning. He is a perfect gentleman. He waits for you to reach out. He knows you better than you know yourself. I was energetic, willful and very stubborn. He stepped into my life anyway and still uses those traits to bless and interact with others. Bless you.
The Left made their fatal error when they came for our young children in public schools.
They woke up the sleeping bear parents.
When did they do that?
June 20, 2023
What happened then?
Dozens of teachers from several midwestern states hosted an online chatroom this week to discuss how to secretly help students "transition" genders without consent from the parents.
The session was hosted by Midwest and Plains Equity Assistance Center (MAP), an organization funded in part by the U.S. Department of Education. More than 30 teachers from Iowa, Michigan, Illinois, and Ohio attended the session.
During the four-hour workshop, the teachers discussed how to subvert new laws in Republican states that protect children from gender ideology in schools. One teacher explained how to hide a student’s transgender name and pronouns from their parents.
“We’re working with our record-keeping system so that certain screens can’t be seen by the parents … if there’s a nickname in there we’re trying to hide,” said Kimberly Martin, the DEI coordinator for Royal Oaks Schools in Michigan.
Sick and disgusting.
Also, a new enlightenment started with the COVID epidemic. That era really gave parents a chance to see the crap that gets forced on kids in schools. Since then, parents are fighting back against Leftist indoctrination. Hope it's not too little, too late.
There's a whole generation of indoctrinated, misinformed idiots in high schools and on college campuses, now.
See reply to Scott below. Why do you say "this week" when it happened in 2023? Anyway, I thought Trump was shutting down the Dept. of education.
I found it in the Daily Wire which I am not sure I believe. "Many Daily Wire stories repackage journalism from traditional news organizations while adding a conservative slant. Fact checkers have said that some stories shared by The Daily Wire are unverified, and that The Daily Wire sometimes misstates facts to advance a partisan view."
The article claims that "36%, opposed teaching transgenderism at any level in K-12 education." Do you believe that any of the children from ages 5-18 might encounter any LGBTQ+ people in their lives or families? Some children have "2 mommies" or "2 daddies." Are they supposed to act like they don't exist?
Some of you claim that conservatives accept homosexuality and same-sex marriage. I think Project 2025 wants to eliminate all of it.
“ The Bradshaws accepted their teenager’s new gender identity, but not without trepidation, especially after he asked for hormones and surgery to remove his breasts. Doctors had previously diagnosed him as being on the autism spectrum, as well as with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, PTSD and anxiety. He had struggled with loneliness during the pandemic, and, to his parents, seemed not to know exactly who he was yet, because he had repeatedly changed his name and sexual orientation.
Given those complexities, Mrs. Bradshaw said she resented the fact that the school had made her feel like a bad parent for wondering whether educators had put her teenager, a minor, on a path the school wasn’t qualified to oversee.
The public school that Mrs. Bradshaw’s son attends is one of many throughout the country that allow students to socially transition — change their name, pronouns, or gender expression — without parental consent.“
. -NYT, Jan. 22, 2023
Lol, NW. You are not sure you believe the Daily Wire.
Welcome to the real world.
The other 50% of the country doesn't believe the Mainstream Media. Bunch of Democrat hacks.
You know, you can formulate and hold your very own belief in God without professing it or ever going into a church. That's where I've landed at 68 after being largely atheistic most of my life. I think that's the journey you're on.
Too bad you have not been attracted by the fellowship of a church (ecclesia, or gathering). That fellowship's foundation is love for each other and its doctrine. And if that fellowship and doctrine is loving, you will long to attend.
The late Richard Wurmbrand had the same ambivalence towards faith, God, and church as you. But he had a curiosity of what motivated others to attend church services. So, he would go in to services where he observed others doing so with the vague expectancy that if God existed He/She/It would reveal Itself to him. In retrospect he learned that expectancy he had was a prayer that God answered in power and love but not in a church.
What is Christ's invitation?
Matthew 11:28-30
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light
That is possible Steven, but it’s not an easy path for most. There is a reason the 4 main religions of the world have flourished.
Of course. It works for me. Your mileage may vary. God and I made a deal, ultimately.
Such a great article. Thank you.
I’m sure Sasha looks back at the four years of Garland as AG and rejoices that he was stopped becoming a Supreme Court Justice. Whew, dodged a bullet. Another big dodge was Harris-Walz. Can we imagine how badly the shape of our country would be if Trump had not prevailed. Obama/Biden’s 4 years did major damage. Thank goodness and God, we have a fighter as our current President!
> " 'Gender-affirming care' for minors. That is the most grotesque example of soft language ever invented by my former side. Call it what it is - sterilization. Top surgery is a double mastectomy. Bottom surgery is castration."
Amen to that. Time to call a spade a flaming shovel. In the same vein, "trans women are women" has to qualify as a mantra to top Orwell's "2+2=5". It still chaps my hide that Canada's own erstwhile "fearless leader" -- Justin Trudeau -- had peddled that schlock, that rather toxic Kool-Aid on, of all times, International Women's Day:
https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/statements/2023/03/08/statement-prime-minister-international-womens-day
Marx was mentally ill and all followers of Marxism are mentally ill.
And who are followers of Marxism in the US? Did Marx have any opinion about ransgender people?
Progressive Democrats.
Democrats have invented transgenderism as a large-scale grooming event. It's part of their cult.
Marx didn't have an opinion on it, because it wasn't discussed.
But one of the tenets of Marxism is destruction of religion, and destruction of the family. Subjecting kids to so called gender care (mastectomies and castration) without their parents consent, is supported by Democrats, because it allows the state to ursurp parental rights and come between the child and the parents. State wins, and it damages the family.
It has never been widely discussed before, but suddenly a third of the young population is experiencing it? I think not. Can you say "grooming?"
Why do drag queens always have to read to little kids? What a great way to really screw up your kid's head. Tell them that it's normal for hairy guys to wear dresses. Really effed up.
Please read my reply to another one of your comments which shows that 72% of kids in CA who are part of the LGBTQ+ community actually consider themselves to be "bisexual" who do not normally have any surgeries. Dems did NOT invent transgenderism and it is not "part of their cult". In the US, homosexuality which has always existed, was prohibited and considered deviant until people began questioning this thinking after the start of the "sexual revolution" in the 1960s. First, hatred and laws against homosexuality began to lessen, then other sexual identities began to feel they could "come out" instead of hiding as had always been required.
Cross dressing and people who felt they were males trapped in a female body and vice versa have always existed. It is only in the past few decades that the surgery for transgenderism has become available.
Democrats believe people should be free to live their own lives as long as they are not hurting others while Repubs feel the need to impose their religion and ideas about morality on everyone. For example, Project 2025 envisions a federal government that denies the existence of transgender people, undermines the rights of same-sex married couples and dismantles services for LGBTQ+ Americans wherever possible. It calls for replacing policies related to LGBTQ+ equity with those that “support the formation of stable, married, nuclear families” and would promote adoption and foster care services that refuse to work with LGBTQ+ married couples.
In the US it should be against the law to cram the gay/trans agenda down everyone’s throats. Keep your sexual practices in your own bedroom...
It is a religion (cult) unto itself, and should not be forced on our kids in school.
Much as I cannot force my religious beliefs on kids in school, this should not be forced on them, either.
Fourth graders don't need "gender studies." Let them be kids without forcing this crap on them.
The real problem, is not that LGBTQ people don't have equal rights. They do. They can do everything that any other person can do, in this country.
The issue is, they want everyone to embrace their behavior. Believe that their behavior is "normal." It's not.
They wanted Tolerance.
We tolerated.
They wanted acceptance.
We accepted.
Now they want their behavior to be normalized. Embraced.
Nope.
So, how many genders are there?
I say there are 2...
But Democrats, lots of them, claim dozens.
All this LGB PDQ crap is mental illness.
Mankind survives eternities with two sexes, two genders... and suddenly, Democrats discover dozens more.
Nope.
And, adults can partake in whatever perversions they want. But they need to leave children out of it.
All great civilations that have fallen, have had their social structure destroyed from within. We are well on our way. Congratulations, Democrats!
" They wanted acceptance. We accepted"
Accepted? Sounds like hatred to me.
Sasha love this great synopsis! I did not come the world you did being a democrat, but here we are! Of all the dim witted short sighted Marxist dumb ideas the bleeding heart liberals ever came up with the Transing of children angered me the most. #2 was what they did to kavanaugh- despicayhysterics. And tied for one and two was mean girl hateful ganging up on Trump and conservatives.
And number 4 is the all on assault in making Christianity a bad word.
And coming in at number 5 speaks for itself- the Hilliary.
I have been agnostic for nearly my entire life and agnostic about politics as well. Only in my old age have I discovered my problem-I have an intense aversion to group think. I find it highly suspicious.
I think the sneaky left will find some crack in the law to slither into to keep sacrificing children in the name of their virtue status. But as long as I live I will speak out against it. I will speak out for women and their spaces.
I hope to see you again soon on Megyn!
Carry on sister for real women, mothers!
I don't think banning food dies is going to lead to any dramatic changes especially in the short term. She may have objected to the fact that RFK, Jr. went to Samoa when they were having a measles outbreak and discouraged people from getting vaccines, leading to 80 deaths. RFK, Jr has many other crackpot ideas.
See Sen. Brian Schatz (D - HI), "RFK Jr., Whose Dangerous Lies Fueled Measles Outbreak in Samoa & Caused Preventable Deaths, Unqualified To Lead HHS"
Do you remember Michelle Obama's public health campaign in the US to reduce childhood obesity and encourage a healthy lifestyle in children? She tried to introduce healthy foods in school lunches and was ridiculed and despised by Republicans.
I am really moved by this post. I believe the courageous fighters you highlighted deserve our massive gratitude. On the flip side, Elizabeth Warren—someone I used to admire—voted against confirming RFK Jr. to head HHS. She apparently supports a healthcare system that has produced the least healthy children in the developed world while spending the most money. I guess she not only supports transitioning minors, but having toxic chemicals in our food and environment that are banned in many other countries. Every single Democrat voted against confirming Kennedy.
I don't think banning food dies is going to lead to any dramatic changes especially in the short term. She may have objected to the fact that RFK, Jr. went to Samoa when they were having a measles outbreak and discouraged people from getting vaccines, leading to 80 deaths. RFK, Jr has many other crackpot ideas.
See Sen. Brian Schatz (D - HI), "RFK Jr., Whose Dangerous Lies Fueled Measles Outbreak in Samoa & Caused Preventable Deaths, Unqualified To Lead HHS"
Do you remember Michelle Obama's public health campaign in the US to reduce childhood obesity and encourage a healthy lifestyle in children? She tried to introduce healthy foods in school lunches and was ridiculed and despised by Republicans.
Both parties have certainly benefited from the largesse of pharmaceutical lobbyists. As the number of them tops all other industries, the health of the American people has obviously not been a top priority. Not surprisingly, there is a lot more to the measles story as there always is in these medical media cases. Remember the universally parroted “safe and effective”? You can find better medical reporting on Del Bigtree’s The Highwire. He has an Emmy and was previously a CBS producer.
Man... If you ever wonder... Real men will show up to defend 'Fort Stone' if needed.
'Conservatives' really don't care if you are gay because that state is as old as man and we do not want to tell you what to do with your bodies as we care about mothers AND children and that applies to bodily mutilation.
What a great, heartfelt piece. Bigly respect.
Defending Fort Stone! Sign me up!
:-D
You've got to be kidding. Project 2025 envisions a federal government that denies the existence of transgender people, undermines the rights of same-sex married couples and dismantles services for LGBTQ+ Americans wherever possible. It calls for replacing policies related to LGBTQ+ equity with those that “support the formation of stable, married, nuclear families” and would promote adoption and foster care services that refuse to work with LGBTQ+ married couples.
Lots of the LGB are rebelling against the forceful activist nature of the T crowd. Because gays have the same rights as everyone else, including the right to marry like everyone else. And they just want to be left alone, like most everybody else, without the trans crap forced on them.
If you say so. Have you talked to any gays?
Sorry you feel that way, but it's happening, whether you admit it, or not.
Lol, I read.
I should ask you, to turn the question around, have you talked to any Project 2025 people? Just as absurd as you asking me if I've talked to any gays. 😂🤣
Gaya are everywhere in your community. There are far fewer project 2025 people, many of whom are in the trump admin. If you haven't talked to any, how do you know gays are revolting against transgenders?
My favorite books are,
"I Have Two Dads",
"Heather Has Two Mommies",
"Gender Queer",
"I Shouldn't Have a Penis" and
"Isn't Everbody Gay?"
This isn't suitable reading material for 6th graders, let alone preschoolers.
Leftist Queer Indoctrination.
HOW do you know anything about the world? You read! Duh.
You can think that you know the world by talking to 5 people, but that's just your personal experience. It doesn't expand to have the world conform to your experiences. Sorry to break it to you.
Nobody's rights are being undermined. LGBTQ people have the same rights as anybody else.
But that doesn't mean, just because people are tolerant of them, that they have to embrace their behavior and lifestyle. They want the "special" rights to be able to force their ideology down everyone's throats. People are sick of it.
Used to be, liberals would say "get the government out of my bedroom."
In reply to that, I say, KEEP it in the bedroom. You don't need to advertise everything to the public. People don't really give a shit what other people do in their own lives, just don't force your ideology down everyone's throat.
Have you read Project 2025? I'm not forcing anything down your throat.
We haven't read it and neither has Trump, fellow citizen. His staff are full of gay folk(Bessent, Grenell, etc.). Calm down.
Maybe you could cite some passages from Project 2025?
NW,
DEI, CRT, gender studies for 4th graders..
June being "gay month" celebration...
You sure as hell are forcing your LGBTQ crap down everyone's throat.