Shape-shifters are Changing America

In the case of the madness of transgenderism parading as civil rights, the entire societal structure is at stake. The eradication of sexual identity in the supposed interest of "equality" produces liminality, a disorientation and ambiguity preceding the collapse of society as new gods replace the God of Judaism and Christianity. The political and cultural changes demanded by the new gods involve the dissolution of social hierarchies, the trashing of tradition, and the complete disjointing of male/female relationships. In addition, they add total uncertainty when contemplating and planning for the future. Of course, the total confusion concerning identity may well be what is actually purposed by those who wish to enable the establishment of new institutions reflecting the new rules of the new gods. Ultimately, we are talking about the complete usurpation of the present paradigm and the substitution of a new one.

A compelling narrative is necessary to persuade the currently numbed populace that radical change is good and necessary. The creation of a new mythology helps to attain the societal malleability necessary to destroy the old order and to establish a new one. The current narrative says that you, too, can be a god. You can be anything you want to be. It is your civil right and constitutionally guaranteed.

As for those who will not bow to the new order and who will not accommodate themselves to the worship of the new divinities, they are the ones to be persecuted as abnormal. After all, one must always be ready to welcome the gods who come in disguise lest those gods be offended.

Some people --- even FReepers --- say "keep your Christian God or god out of this discussion, because this faith stuff is what leads to belief in shape-shifting Greek gods: faith is the problem, not the solution."

I want to tackle that.

The Greeks never acknowledged a Supreme Being who created the heavens and he earth, and all things visible and invisible. The fact that the Christian God brought forth all of reality as an act of self-expression, means that His laws are visible in the Creation around us, as well as in His inspired written law.

In other words, the Book of Nature ("What Really Is") and the Book of Scripture have the same Author.

This is why Christians and Jews think it is worthwhile to study Natural Law, which is the use of human reason to discern what is really good for human flourishing: what is really good for men, women, children, families, and sustainable societies for the present and for future generations.

We have confidence that Natural Law, deeply and truly understood, will never contradict Divine Law.

We use reason AND faith. Both belong to God who is the Logos of reason and the legitimate Object of our faith.

This makes us closer to the logic of Aristotle, and even to the common sense of Aesop, than to the devotees of Olympus.The Olympian gods and goddesses were fallible slapdash rascals and rascalettes. They never made themselves out to be the creators of the structure of reality itself.

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