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Parents Refuse to Tell Their Child What Gender They Are?! What's Next?

Just when I thought I've heard it all, something comes along that left me appalled, angry, disturbed.

Just when you think you’ve heard it all, you read an article like this.  To say I’m appalled, mad, angry, and disturbed would be an understatement.  This family in Toronto has decided not to tell their baby what gender they are.  They claim that the baby needs to “figure it out,” on his/her own.  They say that no one can tell their baby who they are to be or what they are to do. 

I have multiple arguments against this idea and I would like to warn people about this type of mentality.  To say right and wrong do not exist, or to say there are not gender roles is both scary and biblically inaccurate.

Your gender actually makes a difference

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Men and women are actually different!  Anatomically, psychologically, and socially, WE ARE DIFFERENT.  It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to look at a woman and a man and to see there is a difference.  I’m confused as to why we are trying to make men and women the same when we are, in fact, different.

Now, just because you are a woman doesn’t mean you should never get an education, not be allowed to vote, or sit at home cooking and cleaning all day.  That’s not what I’m saying. But, I am saying God has created us to be different. God has designed man to be the head, the leader, and the provider in his home.  

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If you don’t think we’re different just consider this example: 

  • A husband and wife are at home and they hear a window break.  Someone enters the home.  Who gets up to defend the family?  Who grabs the bat or the gun?  The man!  Why?  Because he was designed by God to be the protector and provider of his family.  WE ARE DIFFERENT!

Different does not mean less or unequal

I think a lot of women hear the word “different” and think “lesser” or “unequal.” That’s absolutely untrue.  As a woman, you were created to be an intelligent, viable member of both society and your family.  You are not lesser; you just have a certain role to play.  In the same way, man is not more important or better, he simply was created for a different purpose. Don’t see it as inequality; see it as intended specificity! ( this paragraph was written by my wife Megan Goodson, she’s not only smart she’s hot too!)

The absence of inherent morality is SCARY

In our society of acceptance and tolerance, we’re losing our identity.  If there is no such thing as right and wrong, we’re in serious trouble.  Or if our concept of right and wrong is subjective, meaning it changes when we don’t like it, then it’s just as bad! 

Only with God and with the Bible can we have a true objective, moral society.  When morality, or right and wrong, is determined by our own society and social norms, we are doomed!  Look at Nazi Germany.  The entire society was convinced that exterminating Jews was not wrong.  They decided that mass murder was socially acceptable, even good.  When we remove God’s Word and are left to ourselves, the slope is slippery and we will inevitably call what is wrong, right and vice versa. 

Just look around. Abortion is seen as “birth control”, homosexuality is “normal”, the list could go on.  Sins (yes, I just called abortion and homosexuality sin) that were socially unacceptable 50 years ago are now the popular norm. 

Unless we as Christians decide to make a stand for righteousness, this country is doomed to fall into moral depravity.  We will soon be in a hole too deep to dig out of.  If you claim to be a Christian, this article should be a trumpet call for you to stand up and speak.  If the only voices being heard are the ones of liberal media, we’re going to lose our nation.  It’s time to take a stand and to resist carnal mindsets like this!

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