Galadriel
Well-Known Member
Okay, the whole Bruce Jenner thing has been all over my FB and Twitter feeds. I thought this opinion piece by Matt Walsh shares similarities to my own thoughts about the issue:
http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/calling-bruce-jenner-a-woman-is-an-insult-to-women/
Before I even read the opinion piece, it did occur to me that it's not only against God's design, but also an insult to women, that a man can grow out his hair, throw on makeup, put on a dress and then proclaim himself a woman. I'd like to think being a woman encompasses more than a trip to Sephora and wearing gowns. Just as if I'd be disturbed by a Caucasian person saying he "feels black" and wants to from now on identify as black (and vice versa), you cannot throw aside reality, your biology, and identify yourself as something you are not.
A man is a man.
A woman is a woman.
There are two, distinct biological sexes--MALE and FEMALE.
You cannot change this because you "feel" like you should belong to the other camp.
An anorexic "feels" she is fat when in reality she's 45 lbs and her organs are about to shut down. We don't praise her as brave or beautiful. We at least try to get her help. But a man says he "feels" like a woman and all of a sudden he's lauded as a hero? I don't understand. Bruce needs help. He needs counseling. I feel sad that he is an unhappy person, but encouraging him to mutilate himself won't help.
Scripture says God created man and woman in His image, male and female He created humanity. There is something biologically, spiritually, and emotionally women bring to the world that men do not. Women are not a different *type* of man, nor are we a sub-category of men--we are not men at all--we are WOMEN. It *IS* an insult in my eyes for a man to play dress up and tell everyone "Call me she."
Although the ancient Greeks had some of the greatest philosophers the world has ever seen, they still had their sins and faults as a society. One of those faults was the belief that women were inferior to men because women were deformed versions of men. How about that! I certainly am not a deformed version of a male. I am a female, and my attributes (biological, mental, spiritual) are beautiful, strong, and God-given--these aren't weaknesses or flaws in my eyes, nor are they to be absorbed into some sub-male category.
It was a Woman to whom God entrusted the coming of salvation of mankind (the Blessed Virgin Mary), who gave birth--something a man could never do--to God in the Flesh. Jesus Christ elevated women and affirmed their dignity. Among His most devoted followers were women, even to the bitter end when even Peter the Rock fled. Because of injustice and oppression, women have often endured a difficult and bitter history in the world, but you know what? We've also endured and displayed Beauty, strength, life, truth, and courage.
All of that will mean nothing if a deluded father/grandfather can tuck in his genitals, slap on lipstick and call himself one of us.
Sorry. Not buying it.
If Bruce Jenner said he shared the Kardashian women's affinity for blackness and loved everything about being black, and felt like he was living a lie going through life as a white man and felt he was truly black and wanted to be legally identified as such, what would the reaction then be?
Our society has become so twisted, warped, and fallen away from God that we don't even recognize reality when we see it. We've already torn down the institution meant to unite one man and one woman for their personal good and the good of their children and by extension the good of greater society. Now the day will come when society will say, there is NO male or female, just people.
http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/calling-bruce-jenner-a-woman-is-an-insult-to-women/
Before I even read the opinion piece, it did occur to me that it's not only against God's design, but also an insult to women, that a man can grow out his hair, throw on makeup, put on a dress and then proclaim himself a woman. I'd like to think being a woman encompasses more than a trip to Sephora and wearing gowns. Just as if I'd be disturbed by a Caucasian person saying he "feels black" and wants to from now on identify as black (and vice versa), you cannot throw aside reality, your biology, and identify yourself as something you are not.
A man is a man.
A woman is a woman.
There are two, distinct biological sexes--MALE and FEMALE.
You cannot change this because you "feel" like you should belong to the other camp.
An anorexic "feels" she is fat when in reality she's 45 lbs and her organs are about to shut down. We don't praise her as brave or beautiful. We at least try to get her help. But a man says he "feels" like a woman and all of a sudden he's lauded as a hero? I don't understand. Bruce needs help. He needs counseling. I feel sad that he is an unhappy person, but encouraging him to mutilate himself won't help.
Scripture says God created man and woman in His image, male and female He created humanity. There is something biologically, spiritually, and emotionally women bring to the world that men do not. Women are not a different *type* of man, nor are we a sub-category of men--we are not men at all--we are WOMEN. It *IS* an insult in my eyes for a man to play dress up and tell everyone "Call me she."
Although the ancient Greeks had some of the greatest philosophers the world has ever seen, they still had their sins and faults as a society. One of those faults was the belief that women were inferior to men because women were deformed versions of men. How about that! I certainly am not a deformed version of a male. I am a female, and my attributes (biological, mental, spiritual) are beautiful, strong, and God-given--these aren't weaknesses or flaws in my eyes, nor are they to be absorbed into some sub-male category.
It was a Woman to whom God entrusted the coming of salvation of mankind (the Blessed Virgin Mary), who gave birth--something a man could never do--to God in the Flesh. Jesus Christ elevated women and affirmed their dignity. Among His most devoted followers were women, even to the bitter end when even Peter the Rock fled. Because of injustice and oppression, women have often endured a difficult and bitter history in the world, but you know what? We've also endured and displayed Beauty, strength, life, truth, and courage.
All of that will mean nothing if a deluded father/grandfather can tuck in his genitals, slap on lipstick and call himself one of us.
Sorry. Not buying it.
If Bruce Jenner said he shared the Kardashian women's affinity for blackness and loved everything about being black, and felt like he was living a lie going through life as a white man and felt he was truly black and wanted to be legally identified as such, what would the reaction then be?
Our society has become so twisted, warped, and fallen away from God that we don't even recognize reality when we see it. We've already torn down the institution meant to unite one man and one woman for their personal good and the good of their children and by extension the good of greater society. Now the day will come when society will say, there is NO male or female, just people.
and 
at GMO Jenner.
