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How to compassionately resolve gender identity issues

Posted by whatyareckon on August 25, 2018
Posted in: Gender, Transgender, Uncategorized. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Leave a comment

‘Why is there an explosion of a number of children struggling with gender identity issues? What is the right approach to compassionately resolve their suffering?

Walt Heyer, a former transgender person, who has counselled countless others’ experiencing what he calls transgender regret draws on his enormous experience to help us understand the impact of the gender agenda on our kids.

Voice for Values, ACL’s Director of Research Dr. Elisabeth Taylor continues to speak with Walt about his insights on transgenderism and its influences.’

Thirty two years of continuous assessment reveal first year university biology students in Australia are rapidly abandoning beliefs in theistic involvement in human origins

Posted by whatyareckon on August 22, 2018
Posted in: Australia, Creation, Evolution, Uncategorized. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Leave a comment
The following is a sad report regarding what young people believe concerning God and creation. Perhaps, this is part of the reason why today’s society accepts such things as the murder of the unborn being simply a woman’s right, assisted suicide being called dying with dignity, and so-called gender fluidity!
In part the report states;
‘For the past 32 years, we have polled first-year biology students annually at the University of New South Wales concerning their views about evolution and creationism. The purposes of the research were to identify the level of commitment among incoming students to creationist beliefs that could interfere with their receptivity to evolutionary science and to assess in retrospect whether these creationist beliefs were changing over time.
The results have demonstrated a downward shift over time from 60% of the class in 1986 believing a god had something to do with the origin of humans, to 29% in 2017. Conversely, the percentage of students convinced that a god had nothing to do with the origin of humans rose from 25% in 1986 to 62% in 2017. The creationist belief that a god created the world de novo within the last 10,000 years declined from 10% in 1986 to 3.6% in 2017. The decline in the Australian students’ commitment to religious views about divine creation, especially creationism, considerably exceeded the corresponding beliefs among American students and their general public, where belief in creationism while slowly declining appears to have remained in the 40% range, four times that seen in our Australian survey.
The very low and declining levels of commitment to the creationist view that god created humans de novo suggests this view is unlikely to be a significant obstruction to accepting the scientific evidence for evolution. The results of the survey of UNSW students correlate with changes documented in the census of the general Australian public suggesting that our survey results of first-year biology students reflect overall changes in the Australian community as a whole.’
‘This poll was undertaken to inform science teachers in the University of New South Wales about the level of a priori commitment first year university students had for Creationist beliefs. Assessing the extent of commitment among incoming students was regarded to be important because those students were likely to be relatively unresponsive to conventional teaching about scientific evidence supporting the reality of evolution. The outcome of the poll would then inform lecturers about whether more or less effort should be made to communicate scientific understanding about evolution. As revealed over the years, the percentage of students endorsing creationist beliefs has remained very low and is declining. In contrast, the percentage of students convinced that gods had no part in the evolution of humans has grown steeply over time, representing approximately 62% of students surveyed in 2017. That said, approximately 25% of students surveyed in 2017 endorsed a conviction that a god was somehow involved in or influenced the origin of humans. Although their commitment may be less doctrinaire than that of creationists, it also represents a steadily declining proportion of the student body over the years, dropping by 50% since 1986. In all measures of commitment to a role for a god in the origin of humans, Australian students appear to be more rapidly embracing a non-theistic explanation than students in the USA. This may relate at least in part to a difference in the way the cultures of the two countries have developed over time.‘ https://evolution-outreach.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12052-018-0083-9

 

Boys Training to be Girls?

Posted by whatyareckon on August 17, 2018
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Genesis 1:27 “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them..“

‘Do men and women differ from each other because God gave them different natures or because their environment caused them to be men or women? In short, is it our nature (our genes) or our nurture (our environment) that determines whether we become men or women?

Perhaps a pair of Canadian twin boys can answer the question. When they were a few months old, their parents decided to have them circumcised. After the doctor made a tragic error with one of the boys, the distraught parents did not know what to do. Not long after that, they saw a program on television about the effects of nature and nurture. During the course of the program, a doctor claimed that a surgically altered boy who was raised as a girl would grow into a woman. The parents contacted him. He assured the parents that he could help them raise their son as a healthy, happy girl. However, as the years went by, their new “daughter” grew to behave more like a boy than a girl. Finally, as a young adult he reclaimed his identity as a male. Today he is married and the step father of three children. His experience has led him to call the idea that it is the way children are raised that determines whether they become men or women, “Plainly ignorant.” The doctor who encouraged his parents to raise him as a girl has since been removed from his gender studies clinic.

We are made male or female by God, Who gives each of us the unique characteristics we need for our unique roles as parents. No amount of denial of this truth can change the truth of what God creates.’ https://www.creationmoments.com/sermons/boys-training-to-be-girls-3/?mc_cid=e25aaa45e2&mc_eid=00c1dcff3c

Ref: The Toronto Star, 2/6/00, p. D13, “From boy to girl to boy.”

Harmony Group: Pauline Hanson and Lauren Southern not welcome

Posted by whatyareckon on August 14, 2018
Posted in: Australia, Islam, Uncategorized. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Leave a comment

‘The Canterbury Bankstown Harmony Group has raised grave concerns after the controversial recent visit by Pauline Hanson and Canadian white supremacist Lauren Southern to their local area causing disharmony in the otherwise peaceful Harmony the Islamic waycommunity.

The Group held its 12th Interfaith Dinner on Wednesday 8 August 2018 in Punchbowl, Sydney attended by politicians, interfaith leaders and members of the diverse community from the local area.

The event hosted by the founder and current President of the Group Karl Saleh also included presentation of “Interfaith Dialogue Awards” by the special guest Mr Tony Burke MP, Shadow Federal Minister for Citizenship and Multiculturalism…’

‘The President of the Canterbury Bankstown Harmony group, Karl Saleh announced the 2018  theme for the Interfaith Dinner being “Australian Values: Tolerance and Mutual Respect. ”

Tolerance!? He then goes on to say;

“Pauline Hanson and Lauren Southern visit  to our area should be ignored and not Prsident of Canterberry BankstownHarmony Group said {auline Hanson not welcomewelcomed,” Mr Saleh  said.’ http://www.amust.com.au/2018/08/harmony-group-pauline-hanson-and-lauren-southern-not-welcome/

So, one cannot have opposing views and be welcome to this multi-cultural Harmony Group? Pauline Hanson is an Australian politician but is not welcome to this Harmony Group! Hmmm. Is this Harmony Group slanted toward Islam?

Lauren Southern, a Canadian, is not welcome to attend this Harmony Group! So, each of those attending this Harmony Group are singing from the same page? Is it in Arabic?

Who was in attendance at this meeting?

‘The guests at the interfaith dinner included the following and many more:

  1. The Hon Tony Burke, Shadow Federal Minister for Multiculturalism
  2. Jihad Dib, Shadow NSW Minister for Education
  3. Sophie Cotsis, Shadow NSW Minister for Multiculturalism
  4. Khal Asfour – Mayor of the City of Canterbury Bankstown
  5. Superintendent Kerrie-Anne Lewis,Commander, Campsie Police Area Command
  6. Superintendent Michael O’Toole – Bankstown Police Area Command
  7. Dr Ibrahim Abu Mohamed: The Grand Mufti of Australia
  8. Graeme Watkins: Lakemba Uniting Church
  9. Heather Joyce Topp: Buddhist Council of NSW
  10. Rev Fr Louis FerkhSuperior of St Charbel’s Mission in Sydney
  11. Dr Patric Mclnerney Columban Mission Institute.
  12. Shiekh Shady SulimanUnited Muslims of Australia (UMA)
  13. Shiekh Anwar Souli Head of the Dwaa office -Saudi Embassy
  14. Dr Zachariah Matthews: Imam of Punchbowl Mosque.
  15. Ross Hawkey  – Acting CEO Multicultural NSW
  16. Dr Ashfaq Ahmad Chaudhary:IQRA Islamic Welfare Centre, Lakemba
  17. Sheikh Abdul Goni Chowdhury: Islamic Dawah Circle (IPDC) Lakemba
  18. Pauline Gallagher OAM  Riverwood Community Centre
  19. Representative of: United Muslim Women Association Inc.
  20. Representative of:  Islamic Women’s Welfare Association
  21. Chris Gambian –Federal Labor candidate for the seat of Banks.
  22. Lucy ManneringNSW Labor candidate for the seat of Oatley
  23. Zia Ahmad, AMUST
  24. Mehar Ahmad, Seena Inc
  25. Mobinah Ahmad, Australia Arab Chamber of Commerce & Industry AACCI’

Just wondering, does the Buddhist agree with everything the Muslims believe? If not the harmony is broken especially if the Buddhist speaks openly of those differences. Does the man from the Uniting Church agree with all Islamic teaching such as Jesus is NOT the Son of God? If he does he is not in HARMONY with orthodox Christianity!

This group is scary and too think elected Federal and state officials are not up in arms when a speaker publically declares that “Pauline Hanson and Lauren Southern visit to our area should be ignored and not welcomed”!

This is the way of multi-culturalism?! Muslims need to confess they are sinners and receive the Lord Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour as all of us should. Nevertheless, when there are Islamic enclaves there is soon to be Islamic political power and that is when problems for non-Muslims really begin!

It certainly looks as though the Harmony spoken of in the Canterberry Bankstown Harmony Group is tilted toward Islam.

School District Halts ‘Teacher-Led’ Christian Student Club After Atheists Complain or You can bend the knee in Protest but not in Prayer!

Posted by whatyareckon on August 11, 2018
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I will keep this short but as too sweet, that’s another story. Here it is ‘One of the most notable cases is that of coach Joe Kennedy, who was dismissed from his head coaching job at a high school in Washington state because of his insistence of dropping to his knee in prayer at the end of games.’ https://www.christianpost.com/news/school-district-halts-teacher-led-christian-student-club-after-atheists-complain-226686/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_source=The+Christian+Post+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=0b552ee1b8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_08_09_05_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_dce2601630-0b552ee1b8-2218869

Now, what I found ironic was that this coach was dismissed for bending the knee for prayer but NFL football players keep their jobs for bending their knee in protest against the American flag or any excuse they can think up!

This is the sad reality of Western (supposedly) civilization today!

The Australian state of Victoria’s Singular They, Them & Their Pronouns (They Day Campaign)

Posted by whatyareckon on August 8, 2018
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The Australian Victorian state government has gone crazy! It is said the above video was ‘Produced by Keira Leike on behalf of Victorian Department of Health and Human Services Pride Network A video campaign for singular they/them pronouns’!

What a waste of taxpayer dollars. Why would a government push such an illogical absurd issue? What is the real purpose of this questioning one’s gender? They talk about ‘mental health’ and at the same time promote this nonsense!

One cannot go to any higher authority and He said  ‘But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.’