Being Human – Sex, Sexuality, Gender and the Inhumanity of 21st Century Humanism – Part 1

Nov 15, 2016 by Jill

by David Robertson, theweeflea:

As we talk about this subject we need to realise that we are dealing with individual stories. This is not theory. This is not political ideology. We are talking about real people. Last week I watched a BBC Scotland programme about individuals who were transgender. It was one of the saddest and most depressing things I had seen for a long time. Human beings made in the image of God, confused, hurting and being offered a solution based on falsehood and a fantasy.

These issues are very much part of society today – as they have been in different forms throughout human history. I think of Jane (note – the names used are are of course general) who thinks she is a boy trapped in a girls body; John who was bullied at school and who now wants to marry his boyfriend; Susan who finds that she is attracted to other women but for some reason feels guilty about it. Everyone’s story is different and yet everyone’s story fits into a bigger picture.

The Freedom of Love and the Repression of Humanity

For many people in our culture the bigger picture the narrative that 21st century liberal humanism teaches. This is the narrative that is predominant in education at all levels, in the secular media and amongst most politicians. It is taught as fact, although in reality it is a big picture story that does not really fit the facts.

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