What Is True?
It is harder and harder to trust the news media, which increasingly is not just picking sides with the left in the culture war, but also making bold claims. CNN, a network that insists we need to trust science, ran this bold claim in a news story, not an opinion piece.
“There is no consensus criteria for assigning sex at birth.”
The author of the piece is not far removed from college and undoubtedly believes this is a statement of fact, but it is no more a statement of fact than to claim Dominion Voter Systems machines used an algorithm to steal votes for Joe Biden.
A belief is not a fact. When CNN takes the position that we should believe the science behind COVID, more and more people will not believe the network if it makes statements so contrary to science that it employs a reporter who believes “there is no consensus criteria for assigning sex at birth.” (You know you want to click that link)
In a post-modern world, more and more people have decided to make what they believe and turn it into universal truth. As we approach Easter, I think Christians have to be as committed to truth as possible. I continue to believe it is going to be hard to tell people the truth of the gospel when we’re committed to confirmation bias and nonsense.
The world is full of nonsense. It is on display in the news article above. We need to gently push back and defend truth that we might defend the truth of the resurrection.
I’m wondering how many of these “journalists” have gender on a regular basis? I doubt it as fun as sex, but maybe it will prevent them from multiplying.
Boss lady and I took our kids to the Georgia Aquarium a couple weeks ago. There was a very nice display there about how to identify male vs female penguins.
Why is it scientifically and socially acceptable to assign a sex to animals? Do not the penguins have a say? Have they chosen their preferred pronouns?
It is not hard to imagine a particular faction getting upset by this. Penguins have rights, too, you know.
Of course this points to the ridiculousness of fluid gender and the uniqueness of a screwed up (dare I say “fallen”?) human psyche. As far as I can tell, no other animals have poets, priests, pontificators, or purveyors of perversity among their ranks. (Further alliteration would puncture propriety’s partition). :p
At least Christians admit we humans are screwed up.