Transgender is on the fast track. Christian and non-Christian voices are raising concerns about privacy, safety and intellectual coherence. The threat of dissenters being silence by those in political power is a real threat. Philosophies, worldviews and movements should be able to withstand scrutiny, including Christianity.
PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEMS FACING TRANSGENDERISM
(1). The Transgender Movement Is Incoherent - The movement believes that gender is an emotional or psychological category. They argue that it's simultaneously innate and culturally constructed. This is confusing and inconsistent.
(2). The Transgender Movement Is Incompatible With Other Progressive Ideas - Feminism and gay rights are part of the progressive thought. For feminism to make sense, there has to be the objective truth of a feminine category. Homosexuality entails the notion that a biological male is attracted to another biological male. The same is true for homosexual women. Transgender ideology denies either sex is objective. The LBG has little in common with T.
(3). The Transgender Movement Undermines Womanhood and Motherhood - If men can be "mothers," too, then motherhood does not exist.
(4). The Transgender Movement Undermines Social Stability - Pop culture doesn't think about philosophies or worldviews, but ideas have consequences. Basic to human existence is knowing who we are in the form of the bodies we possess. To say that our bodies are of no significance is dangerous.
(5). The Transgender Movement Undermines Fairness And Equality - Apples and oranges are both fruits but you can't judge the taste of an orange based on the taste of an apple. Orange quality must be compared to other oranges. This analogy applies to human athletics. Women should not have to compete against men in sports where only females are competing.
PRACTICAL PROBLEMS RESULTING FROM TRANSGENDERISM
(1). The Transgender Movement Relies On Problematic Medical Philosophy - Some medical professionals are concerned about the way gender dysphoria is being treated through cosmetic, surgical and social transitioning. It doesn't address the mental health aspects. Puberty blockers prevent the very thing that is likely to help a child with gender-dysphoria. Many transgender therapies are irreversible like sterilization or amputation.
(2). The Transgender Movement Undermines Parental Rights - Parents are being pitted against children by the state. Some states are intervening and making strides towards taking children away from their parents when the parents don't agree with their children who wish to identify as transgendered.
(3). The Transgender Movement Is Coercive And Challenges Religious Liberty And Conscience Rights - Where institutions like church and individuals like Christians dissent from transgender ideology, religious liberty and freedom of conscience will be challenged. More than a call to remain silent, we will be expected to affirm these ideas. Freedom of speech and freedom of religion will be challenged. We are already called bigots for disagreeing.
(4). The Transgender Movement Undermines Public Safety - Opening sex-segregated restrooms to anyone increases the chance for sexual crimes. Better to offer single-occupancy restrroms for one and all.
(5). The Transgender Movement Ignores Its Own Refugees - Detransitioners are rejected by the transgender movement.
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