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Blocking Puberty in Transgendered Children Unethical

July 12, 2020 / Wesley J. Smith

Blocking Puberty in Transgendered Children Unethical

Postmodern theory propounds that reality is a social construct, and thus that we are men or women according not to our bodies but our beliefs. Worse yet, many think that reality sometimes needs more than a little coercion to conform to the social construction. It is becoming increasingly common for the bodies of children to be drugged and mutilated to force them to adapt to the … [Read more...] about Blocking Puberty in Transgendered Children Unethical

Freeing the Soul: Reflections on Thirty Years as an Orthodox Confessor Part I of II

January 21, 2020 / Mother Nectaria McLees

Fr. Artemy Vladimirov

Why, you might ask, was the article removed? We removed it because a book containing the article will be published on Amazon. One the rules Amazon has is that nothing in the book can be published elsewhere. So we took it down. MEANWHILE...you can take a look the offering on Amazon here (click the image). … [Read more...] about Freeing the Soul: Reflections on Thirty Years as an Orthodox Confessor Part I of II

Sex Reassignment Doesn’t Work. Here Is the Evidence.

November 2, 2019 / Ryan T. Anderson

Did you know that ten to 15 years after surgical reassignment, the suicide rate of those who had undergone sex-reassignment surgery rose to 20 times that of comparable peers? Much of the confusion (and sometimes propaganda) surrounding the question of the malleability of sexual (gender) self-identity, occurs because proponents are not educated in the biological sciences, … [Read more...] about Sex Reassignment Doesn’t Work. Here Is the Evidence.

The End of Identity: Charles Williams, Sex Robots, and Hell

November 24, 2018 / Jane Clark Scharl

The End of Identity: Charles Williams, Sex Robots, and Hell

“What is hell?” Elder Zosima asks in Dosteovsky’s "The Brothers Karamazov." His answer draws from St Isaac the Syrian’s “Ascetic Homilies,” a book that Dostoevsky kept by his bedside: Hell is “the suffering of being no longer able to love.” And if the Christian understanding of sexuality places it within the mystery of … [Read more...] about The End of Identity: Charles Williams, Sex Robots, and Hell

The Transhumanism Revolution: Oppression Disguised as Liberation

July 20, 2018 / Libby Emmons

Source: Quilette By Libby Emmons Transhumanism is an ideology which holds that humans must harness technological advancements to take an active, intelligent role in our own evolution and the evolution of our species. When we think about these developments as a society, we tend to consider them in relation to the improvement of the human race as a whole. However, we must … [Read more...] about The Transhumanism Revolution: Oppression Disguised as Liberation

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