Is it Harmful to Not Affirm Someone's Chosen Identity?
Vložit
- čas přidán 27. 11. 2022
- Otherkin, gender fluid, Trans-species, transgender... and everything in between. A question that people have asked me about this is… so what? Who is this hurting? People just live their lives and are just doing what makes them happy. Why do I care to speak out against something like this when people are just living their truth? And I have to say that this is a fair question. If we hear enough lies, then we no longer recognize what's true. I address this and more in this video.
RESOURCES:
www.amazon.com/shop/melissado...
Irreversible Damage : The Transgender Craze Seducing our Daughters by Abigail Shrier: amzn.to/3Dny7fe
DONATE:
If you are led, consider donating:
paypal.me/MelissaDougherty77
WATCH:
5 Reasons Why THIS Made me Homeschool my Kids: • 5 Reasons Why THIS Cau...
People Who Identify as Cats, Dogs, Elves, Aliens, Mermaids... and More - My Thoughts: • People Who Identify as...
When Lies Become "Truth" and the Monsters it Makes Us: • When Lies Become "Trut...
"I'm a Woman Trapped in a Man's Body:" Carl Trueman Interview - The Becket Cook Show Ep. 67 • "I'm a Woman Trapped i...
FOLLOW:
My Social Media:
Facebook: / newagetochristianity
Instagram: @melissaldougherty
Twitter: / meldougherty77
My Website: www.melissadougherty.co/
I'd rather be divided by truth than united by error. So true Melissa.
Got my attn too!! Phylosophically true too!!
"You don't invent truth; you discover it!" 🌞🎯🎯🎯🔊📣📢
@@care4thearth they are two kinds of truth, one is a thing, and the other is a person, men truth, and God truth, we humans have our own concept of what is truth, but the real Biblical truth, is in the person of Jesus Christ, until we invite him into our hearts and his spirit begins to convict us of special truth, we're living in a world of deception.
Can you explain her statement to me?
I guess not! I'd like to understand what she meant by the statement, "I'd rather be divided by truth than be united in error. I'd like to understand this statement, as it seems as though I'm the only knucklehead that doesn't.
As Christians, we must love people enough to tell them the truth about the mental, physical and spiritual consequences of this insanity.
Christ said you without sin can cast the first stone. Are you sinless?
So, as Christians, we’re not supposed to condemn perverse acts, molestation of children, abortion, etc.
I don’t think so!
@@michaelnewton5873 I'm probably the worst sinner here. A work in progress submitting daily to the finished work of our Lord and saviour, Jesus Christ. I'll reach heaven because of Jesus, not on my own merits.
@@michaelnewton5873 Read this verse in context, please.
An online friend and I were talking about homosexuality a couple of days ago, and I brought up the fact that it is physically harmful to its participant's, and she said something like "what, that's not true" so yesterday I started gathering evidence that it is harmful. But then I got thinking, what if she's right, what does it matter? It still doesn't change the fact that it's sinful, wrong in the eyes of god, and we weren't made for for It. And even if evolution was true, you could say that we weren't evolved for it. Though, if that was true, it doesn't make it wrong, because in that situation there is no objective moral standard such as god.
honestly i would hope that the people around me who claim to love me wouldn’t allow me to live in delusion
You must be willing to accept the truth then. Are you? I believe that you are, just based on what you've written here.
Same
Are you familiar with delusion? It’s very fixed. My brother has schizophrenia and he is often convinced that there are bugs that live underneath his akin and you absolutely cannot convince him otherwise. He sees the bugs. He smells the bugs. He gets angry at you for telling him there are no bugs.
There is no convincing him.
DELUSION is exactly what it is and I agree with you wholeheartedly!
Demons cause transgenderism, bisexuality, non-binary, etc. I was transgender and bisexual for 24 years before finding out the truth. My testimony: After being an atheist for 8+ years, and "married" to another female, I got the urge one day to say out loud "IF there is an Almighty God that does NOT wish us pain or sorrow, please bring me truth, I wish to know you exist". Then God immediately started bringing me the answers I had been searching 8-11 YEARS for! I witnessed Him take control of my internet and the rest of my reality; He first proved to me that demons exist (I called them "inter-dimensional beings"), then He proved His own existence, which I later found to be Jesus Christ. As soon as I found Jesus at the end of 2020, He IMMEDIATELY took away my transgenderism, bisexuality, depression, daily suicide attempts, self harm, bulimia and anorexia; and He did this all without me asking Him to, because THAT'S how merciful and loving He is! Praise God! Repent of all your sins, love Jesus Christ with all your heart, love your neighbors as yourself, and forgive everyone you haven't already. There's not much time, the Euphrates river is drying quickly, which is Biblical prophecy.
“You don’t invent truth. You discover it.”
Right on
As a health care provider I was taught to NOT go along with someone's break from reality but to gently nudge them back to reality...never go along with the dysfunctional thought processes. I intend to continue pointing to the truth...thank you so much for allowing God to use you and God Bless you and your family
How long before you lose your job? So sad that we are expected to let them believe a lie; will we let a young anorexic believe it is her truth that he or she needs to be even skinnier; where does this end…politics are so very close if not has already arrived that it will be illegal to do anything but affirm even to the detriment of the child
"Truth is not made up, it's discovered." Well-said!
When I was in elementary school I wanted to be a Tyrannosaurus Rex. It would be extremely hurtful for my parents to tell me I actually am a Tyrannosaurus Rex up to the moment of adult life. This is psychologically damaging to a young child.
The imagination is wild as a kid. I used to pretend I was a werecat, and now I subconsciously have my arms bent as I walk all the time.
I also tried to mimic my cat because I liked him, drinking out of bowls, practicing meows and headbutting my mom's leg.
I was a stegasaur until I was told that dinosaurs didn't eat chocolate meringue pie.
My daughter wanted to be a dog - until she learned - or realized that she couldn't change species! I think she was about 4.
Can you imagine what life would be like if your parents allowed you to have your arms shortened and spikes added to your spine? Glad you’re still a human. 😊 God bless.
@@marymarymillidweeb2661 woa, that could be the next thing! Perhaps it already is for those who have power animals (another bad idea from new age)
As a Christian, I'm part of the silent majority, because my personality is not strong and persuasive enough to speak what I know is the truth--out loud. Words falter, and my arguments fall to the ground, and I hate when that happens to me. I am grateful to have people like you to help me in that endeavor. You are great, but this is hard.
I know what it's like to be quieter. Ask God to help you be bold. And you can always practice in the comments on CZcams since you're not actually speaking there. Baby steps. The more you do it the easier it gets.
me too!.
I never got this whole, “my truth, your truth” thing. There’s one truth, and the rest is just experience.
Exactly, if someone believed that there is a green rabbit flying in the sky and farts out clouds, then that means that it’s real for them! Is this what the world is trying to teach!
Experience, feelings, perceptions, and group think.
My understanding was that it started with Oprah. She would invite people on the show who had unusual theories or experiences, and invite them to share "their truth", or their piece of the truth they had had personal, unique experience with. So far, so good. But I guess through some game of intellectual telephone, some people started using "my truth" to mean truth is relative and mine can differ from yours. Kind of like some people cite Heisenberg uncertainty to mean we can't be certain of any truth in life.
thats the problem to now with the whole hate speech to. Who/what decides if something is hate speech or not? Basically you dont agree with the left now its called hate speech for example. For example if you say same sex relationships is a sin its called hate speech but if someone dosnt belive in god it's not called hate speech. What is the difference? There is none its both just a different opinion.
That's because you're using LOGIC. Logic is not allowed anymore.
As detransitioner I have been hurt by harmful gender ideology. 😢
I hope you get the help and support you need. I know the trans activists want to silence you. Don't let them. You should not be denied your voice.
May God the Father draw you to the Lord Jesus ( John 6:44) and set you free (John 8:36).
Thanks for sharing. May you continue to be bold
You are loved, praying for your healing and restoration. Praying you would come to know Jesus and his love for you and all those in the LGBTQ community.
Don't care. Not my circus. If you've been hurt...find a Priest. Like every straight person has to do. Seek help.....for yourself.
'Biology doesn't equal bigotry' is a great line
"YOU DON'T INVENT TRUTH
YOU DISCOVER IT"
Got to make that into a t-shirt! Will send a MOCK UP when I got it done ;)
Frank Turek. He is great teacher, his book and CZcams channel "I don't have enough faith to be an atheist" is a must read if your interested in this
So shocked psychologists don't speak up on this. They know very well that in mental disorders you cannot bend outside reality to your inside world. That's the whole purpose of dealing with personality disorders for instance.
Don't be shocked.
Thier are professional consequences for these people if they speak out. Wherever politics intersects with an industry, truth is thrown out the window.
This particular industry was in pretty bad shape already. Many of these professionals are as ideologically driven as ANY religionist.
It's akin to treating bulimia by hiding food. .
It's not a treatment but playing along .
I won't participate in that.
Too many people enter into psychology to figure themselves out, and it is easier to accept everyone than to try and cure them.
@@goalie2998 Hiding food is not playing along with bulimia. Installing barf-basins in public restrooms would be.
To use a non controversial issue as a parable: I am obese. I don't want that to be glorifoed and celebrated because it is unhealthy and the result of emotional trauma. I also would not want to be mocked or shamed either. Anyone who does either of those things is NOT your friend. Instead true friends would be there when I need to talk so I don't turn to food for comfort, would help guide me on healthy things to eat, maybe even pick me up and take me to the gym with them once a week. That's how I feel anyone should be treated.
“I’d rather be divided in truth, than United in error” 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 thank you, for being so bold in your faith!!!
"I rather be divided by truth than united in error. Any day." -Melissa
Love it! Make a shirt.
God bless you and continue the good work.
I'll buy a shirt!!!😊
@@marygayquigley9672 me too
Yes same
Count me in
She's not the first person to say this.
Favorite quote: "Believing in lies hurts the people who believe in them" Great video Melissa, thanks!
I would buy a “I’d rather be divided by truth than united by error” t shirt if it was in your store!
Wonderful work, Melissa! We’re definitely living in an Emperor Has No Clothes reality. We just have to keep calling it out
That's the exact analogy that comes to my mind, too
@@sharonsgeorgiahomes1457 -Me, too.
Oh my goodness that's a great analogy, if they keep telling us the clothes are there we will start to believe it but it won't make it any more true
I find it far better to be chastised for telling the truth than to be accepted by liars.
That's a great motto! May I use it?
@@bobbyallen7977
Always happy to share the truth...
@@GSpotter63 So I take that as a yes?
@@bobbyallen7977
Yes
@@GSpotter63 thanks!
I totally agree!! I identified as a trans woman, until Jesus called me out of darkness. This has been conditioned into our culture for decades. Movies like Just One of the Boys, She's the Man and so on. As well as the Little Mermaid, giving life to the fantasy of being something other than who you are to be fulfilled and happy. Thank you for speaking on this!! God bless you sis!!
God bless you and keep you!!! Bold testimony ❤
Great video! I will be sharing this with several people. My granddaughter, who is 15, is trans. A couple years ago she told us that we cannot be in her life anymore if we don't use her proper pronouns. Thankfully she has eased up on that stance a bit. But it breaks our heart because she is whole heartedly going down this path, with hormones and she is planning on top surgery too. Please pray for her.
May the Lord open her eye to see the truth, in Jesus name'Amen
Sending my prayers . May she live as who she was created to be. I pray that that The Lords will be done in her life in Jesus name ! Deliverance Lord 🙏🏿
What does she know about Jesus? If you can (or haven’t already), get back to the basic law and gospel as well. Only the gospel can change her heart fully and enable her to want to obey God.
Praying right now
Have you seen the CZcams videos from the people who are or have detransitioned and are speaking out about regretting the surgeries and hormone treatments? Please view them and share with your granddaughter before she does something that's irreversible when she gets older and her brain is fully developed.
"Biology is not bigotry " love it!!
I agree with you, Melissa. I find that unfortunately when trying to have those conversations with people that are non-binary or trans or even gay that my words fall on deaf ears. I am automatically declared a bigot and intolerant. I would appreciate a video on how to break through to those people, if you're able to. Thanks for all you do and being a vioce of truth in a world of lies. Love your channel! God bless you and your family ❤️🙏
yeah, same. i have a friend who's trans who comes over for bible study almost every Thursday, and it's like, "well, what do i even do/say?" That is, IF i'm supposed to do anything. Cause God may not even have this plan for me where i'm even supposed to speak to them about the topic. He may not use me to bring her out of it.
It's not our job to convict. Leave that to the Holy Spirit. We are called to witness & testify of the Truth in Christ. You can't find Jesus or His apostles running after unbelievers begging them to be reasonable & listen. Nor did they ever mince their words when it came to the Gospel. It feels uncomfortable, yes, but God will reward those who sacrifice their own inhibitions to testify of His Son. I've had to learn this one over decades. Not easy. Nothing worthwhile ever is. Peace.
Agreed with Stravo. Start with Jesus. You can’t ask for Spirit-filled thoughts and behavior from someone who doesn’t even have the Spirit. From the conversion stories I’ve heard, the person is first brought to faith and then gradually convicted as they learn to value what God does-the same process the rest of us are going through.
Me also
@katiejohnston Hello!! I'm sorry to hear that people automatically label you as such. This is really off topic but I noticed your pfp of you playing the violin!! I also play the violin. Are you in an orchestra as your career? If so, what was your major and how did you get into a paying orchestra? Thank you for your time :D
My youngest sister started identifying as "non-binary" a while back, and one day she just up and gave me an ultimatum: accept this lifestyle I openly don't agree with, or she wouldn't have a relationship with me. I love her fiercely, so you can imagine how much it hurt to see her throw it away because I wouldn't play along.
I’m sorry, that sounds hard
Melissa---thank you for your boldness in publicly sharing this. Topics like God's love are easy, but topics that go against the grain of our culture are not. But as Billy Graham says, "“When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.”
2 weeks ago, I was on a parenting panel to discuss at my church on how to explain gender ideology to a 7 year old from a Biblical view. Normally, this would be easy for me to speak up. I'm a professor, so public speaking doesn't bother me, and I have a Christian youtube channel. HOWEVER, when I started speaking, I was shaking. When I got home, I felt like I was going to throw up. Why? Because I knew----that even in a church setting, there was a lot of hostility. Many have not yet read the Bible. Many read the Bible but don't think it is all true. But was it worth it? Yes. Did I loose a few friends? Yes. But, many also came up to me and said that they would join me in discipling their own children and now have the tools to do it. Praise God.
Caution: God's love is NOT easy unless you fully believe in God and understand that part of God's love is His consequences. Too often, consequences are misconstrued as UNloving, evil, and even hatred. As a parent, many think we are hateful because we spank, sit in the corner, ground, or take away privileges. In reality, we love our children, we want them to know there are consequences for bad behavior, disobedience, and lying. God does the same to adults, He sometimes allows us to suffer because He loves us, He teaches us lessons, but we have to be in tune with Him and understand why we suffer....to teach, correct, rebuke, and train. In the bible, 2 Timothy 4:2-5 is a fitting scripture for this topic.
That is why teachers like Osteen and Oprah are so popular, few who identify as Christians actually read or believe the Bible. I have heard some strange things in terms of what the Bible supposedly says at many churches I've visited, along with quite a few prayer requests that would be considered quite sinful. Incidentally, I am a member of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, if that helps identify what I believe as a Christian.
A recent survey had shocking results. Large percentages of self proclaiming Christians do NOT believe Jesus is God…do NOT believe Scripture is infallible…do not believe all are born sinners…do NOT believe Jesus is the only way of salvation…in short, they do not believe what Scripture clearly states.
@@k9builder , I don't know anything about the particular Missouri Synod but the Lutheran Church as a whole seems to have bought into the woke/progressive ideology. Is that not the case with the Missouri Synod?
@@veritatemdicam4585It’s not the case. Only the ELCA has bought into it. The Wisconsin Synod and Missouri Synod are like they’ve always been. Most of us don’t even consider ELCA to be real Lutherans.
I’m so glad I read Brave New World this year. For no reason except I kept hearing it mentioned. Scary times we are living in. Or would be scary if I didn’t lean on the truth and the cross.
Who are these people that have decided that not affirming them is damaging?
I’m going to rewatch this 5 times because you explain this SO well!
I agree 100% with everything you said here! I was just talking to a friend about this. Me going along with someone else’s delusion doesn’t benefit either one of us.
Same with the bad non-workers at the job. How dare a supervisor set expectations,🙄
“You don’t invent truth, you discover it.” So good
I struggle with this. I want to be sensitive to people who are struggling with a mental illness, but by accepting it as true it normalizes it and encourages others to chase down the rabbit trail.
I understand totally. I want to be kind to those I disagree with, but I don't want to give in to their mentality. I hope she makes a video on this topic because I don't know what to do!
Beckett cook has a fantastic interview with Rosaria Butterfield that discusses how she was saved out of severe mental illness and sin by Christians reaching out to her in their homw. Highly recommend!
@@bandee903 if you wanted to be kind then you would help them by telling them the truth. Not speaking is unkind. What you actually mean is that you want to be nice. Kind and nice are not the same
@@bandee903 They may hate the truth but if you're not telling them the truth to be mean and your trying to state it in a polite way then you are being kind regardless of how they take it.
@@aw6707 I have watched both testify to their delivery. I have also heard about reintegrative therapy that deals with the underlying trauma that forms the attraction. The "born that way" is a myth.
Agree! I don’t want to agree with someone stuck in their false reality because it’s akin to abuse.
Brilliant! This did not hurt my brain at all. Rather, it eased my mind's frustration, being reminded that I'm not the only one that recognizes the mind-games being played. No one really wins that game when the rules constantly change and the "winner" is predetermined. So kudos to your stance and willingness to share THE truth
"Its NOT loving to affirm an illusion." 👏👏 brilliantly said.
Letting people who suffer in mental illness will ultimately hurt others. Proof. My dad went to rehab twice. Was flown there by the RCMP (they flew out a plane just for him to take him the first time). He had severe ptsd. But the end of his life “his truth” was “I don’t have a problem, everyone is lying about me”. My trauma tells different. He didn’t speak to me for 6 YEARS!! He was allowed to have his pleasure and vices. He left my mom. He died alone. And the last time I saw him was on a slab. Any form of mental illness leave a wake of hurt. For the person, the the people around them. And now my dads siblings reject the truth, and reject me and my family and my children. I’m lying. I’m intolerant. I’m unloving. This is where it is going.
He never met my youngest son. My youngest sons don’t know them. Because my second youngest was one. So yes. I’m passionate about it. This propaganda is filtering into actual real issues. Things was see that really hurt people.
Truth is also something you can test. And get the same answer always. It’s science. It’s facts. And the next generation or the generation will be yelling at us. Like the memes say we do to the boomers. “Wtf millennials! You really messed us up!”
Aw man, sorry that life went that way for ya.
Sorry I’m a little confused, are you saying mental illnesses arent real? Don’t worry I’m not judging at all, I genuinely want to learn
@@vanilla1353 Hey there, if that 'you' means me and Sarah whose comments I replied to, I'll answer that yes, there are legit mental illnesses - the mind involves the brain and the brain is a physical part of a physical body which can have illness. Then there is a wide spectrum of things which can be brought in to conversation; whether mental illness can be faked or exaggerated; whether a thing is a mental illness or a simple defect or bad decision of personality and/or will; can talk about the damage done by evangelical and charismatic churches and church members who deny that mental illness exists; and plenty more.
@@vanilla1353 no. I’m saying mental illness is very real. It’s this idea of accept anyone truth that real mental illness is going untreated. If you believe you aren’t human, say dog or alien… that’s mental illness. Needs to be treated. My dads alcoholism is mental illness and genetic. And being ignored to be accepting and allowing him to “live his truth”. Or I guess he lived it. He’s dead now. Died this year. No reconciliation in our family and trauma and damage just left in his wake. Letting people do what they want, hurts others.
When someone threatens to unalive themselves unless they get their way, it’s not wise to just bow to their manipulation. How does that help? I’ve experienced this with a family member on a subject unrelated to trans/gender stuff. The answer was 1st calling 911 in the moment it happened and then 2nd continuing mental health treatment. I don’t make a fuss about peoples pronouns, I don’t necessarily think it’s my place to correct. But it boggles me that everyone just goes along with the “you have to treat me this way and pay for my surgeries or I’ll unalive myself” threats. How does that not clue you in to the fact that this is not truth, it’s mental illness?
If a person's conflict resolution skill is to make themselves unalive there clearly is something broken somewhere within them.
sounds abusive in a sense
Where a partner threatens su when their partner wants to leave them
Their partner has to be a participant in the other person's happiness
acting like they love them just because they care about their feelings
a comfortable lie that is also very manipulative of other people
Because morality has made victimhood the standard rather than righteousness according to God. If you’re persecuted enough for being or acting a certain way and have enough stories, you’re going to sway morality in a society that roots for the little guy regardless of truth. While it’s true that horrible things have been done to the community, the response should never have been to encourage the delusion. But because people now define love as “acceptance no matter what,” then telling someone from a persecuted background that he/she can’t be the way they identify (a new human “right”) then you’re considered in the wrong for telling the victim to change…because the victim is always right.
A lot of this has to do with shifting definitions. There’s logic in the victim morality system, but none of it is based in truth or reality.
Sorry, but can you explain why everyone is saying "unalive" including yourself? Is it a softer word for "kill"? Is CZcams or social media censoring the word kill? Because unalive means dead so that word really doesn't make sense "I'm going to dead myself" is just strange. I'm honestly curious.
@@sweetsisfat What also doesn't make sense is what words CZcams might decide aren't socially acceptable today; might be different from what they decided yesterday, which might be different from what they decided last month, and might be different from what they decide tomorrow. Or might not be. Or might change in the next five minutes. Or might not. Or might change back. Or might not.
A person could literally say they are a vampire and needs to kill people. It's scary how easily people are excepting.
You have expressed what I have been struggling to express...and you've done it so clearly. You are an important voice in our culture to help us stand against a darkening culture. Thank you.
My thoughts as well! Thank you for sharing this! Truth is not subjective.
It makes me sad to see people who are otherkin or neopronoun users (not sure what those ones are called). I can't imagine how badly you must feel about yourself that you refer to yourself or you want other people to refer to you as a frog. I think if someone called me a frog I would cry. Maybe I'm just sensitive but that hurts me to think that they feel that way about themselves. I think people who are non binary or trans are using this as a coping mechanism for deeper psychological issues, and I genuinely want them to get help.
Thank you Melissa. Great video. I have family members who distance themselves from some of us who don’t go along with the lies. We are “closed minded”. It’s all the spirit of deception and confusion. Praying for them, deliverance and freedom in Christ. And praying over myself and others that we wear The armor of God.
Blessings🙏from NY and thank you so much for your work, ministry and perspective. It is so helpful. All the best and stay up, stay blessed.
Wow! I so much love this video. I have never see trans people as people with right thinking. For most Christian to accept their ideology is sad. I love the examples, like you can't say a circle is a square. You're so smart. Thanks for sharing.
That was an excellent message - thank you! What an eye opener when you said that "you discover Truth...you don't invent it."
It's hard to explain this to someone who's thinking below the belt. The lust of the eyes, which is a state of mind, can cause delusional perceptions like a mirage of beauty. It's like living in a desert and that ain't no fresh spring of water looking at you from across the room.
I need to memorize this!!! so thankful for how you are able articulate this!
Thank you for making this video! This message has been in my mind for a long time, but I lack the gift of wording things correctly. I’ll definitely be sharing your video.
Absolutely agree. Thank you for articulating this so well.
Agree 110%!! Thanks for your boldness! It is very encouraging in the midst of so much discouragement.
Wow that was some of the sweetest and most healing dialog I've heard in years. Thank you.
I couldn't agree more. Thank you Melissa for articulating this topic so perfectly
I absolutely agree. When you take my elderly grandmother suffering from Alzheimer's for example, most of the family would go along with her nonsensical brain attacking her making her think that she was back in her pubescent years, but I couldn't do that. Because when she would come out of the spell she was probably more scared, then in circumstances where I reminded her the truth that I'm her granddaughter she's 98 years old and we're working a puzzle book. Information is key, but truth is eternal!
Thank you so much. This video was needed and ofcourse I'm sharing it!
Such Wisdom Shared. Thank you! I totally Agree 1000%
This is all true. It's difficult to fight the public schools, the media and Hollywood. 😥
this is why God has been raising up detrans christians so they can speak his truth because when you are in sin it is hard to see what is right. for me it took the holy spirit telling me to renounce and repent of homosexuality. i had never been homosexual but i was an huge advocate and had watched the p word alot. i mourned then after sometime i started to advocate for exgay Christians. and people leaving that lifestyle. the joy of the lord is my strength. i love you Jesus !
You are so right! Thank you! I so much needed to hear some sanity. I learned from my dad many years ago, Truth does not change. Personal perceptions are often false and changeable.
Many wise people have taught this same piece of wisdom.
Thanks Melissa ,
Helpful reflection on the issue of power and the value of truth.
Agree 💯, thank you for explaining it this way , it just may help to get through to some people, so far all else has failed and I end up being the bad guy.
I loved this video so much. I've been having a debate with some online friends about this, and your video was spot on about what we were talking about.
Definitely one of the best videos you have done.
I had to watch it like four times to really capture all of it.
This was utterly brilliant way of breaking down this thought of “well who does it hurt?”. Please keep doing what your’e doing.
Melissa you have put into words exactly how I have been feeling on this matter. Thank you
Well-defined. Well thought through. On par with the word of God. You are a blessing to those who appreciate the real truth. Be blessed in your ministry, Melissa.
Very well said. Totally agree. Thanks for this! Great job!
You have hit the nail on the head. Good job.
Amen, very well spoken 👏
Amen!! God bless you❤
Excellent and reasonable observations. Thank you.
Melissa, I spent Thanksgiving with my brother and his wife and his wife’s family. His wife’s brother in law is a trans “woman”. When I joined the family as they were gathered around the kitchen island watching my brother carve the turkey, I noticed the trans woman’s wife, a woman, was not there. I asked their 13-year-old daughter If her mom would be joining us. As the daughter began to reply that her mother was sick, the trans woman snapped, “Her mother is standing right here. I’m a mom. I’m a mom too.” I was taken back and remained quiet for a moment before replying that I hoped she would be feeling better soon. I think my silence allowed the truth to speak for itself. Anyway, I refused to allow this person to coerce me into compliance with his delusion and falsely shame me that I didn’t somehow recognize him as a mother. In his subtle misogyny, he interrupted his daughter who may one day grow up to have a child of her own and become a real mother and he demonstrated disrespect for his wife who was not there who actually gave birth to their daughter. Not to mention, I happen to be a real woman. I tried to be friendly and engage in ordinary dinner conversation with him and made no remarks about his perceived sexuality or gender, however, he remained unfriendly and did not willingly interact with me at all. I feel sorry for him as it must be a difficult life to pretend to be someone you are not and expect others to see you that way and if they don’t they must be rejected. I tried to see past the exterior and realize this is a person in pain who has rejected himself so thoroughly and does not realize God made him just the way he is and just the way he is is enough. I have compassion for him. I know I need God too as I think about the ways I’ve rejected myself for different reasons. Please pray for him and his kids and his wife. Thanks
A superlative video, thank you. So clever to use Huxley and Orwell. You show real mastery here, whilst also being measured and not a show off!
There are days when I think today it’s time to make a video. Then I wake up and you already have! This is so spot on! Excellent work. Thanks for speaking truth!
Well done You! Explained with so much grace and TRUTH
I totally agree with you, we lovers of thruth won't back down. The times are changing so quickly it's going to get rough. Excellent video!
As always Melissa, great content.
It just amaze me how brave and well you expose all these "controversial" topics. Kudos!
Blessings from Mexico.
Excellent video Melissa. You summed up my feelings on this topic so well. I took notes 😊
Well said. Thank you for voicing this so well.
I love Hook too! And that was a great analogy you used. To add, Hook used truth to making his lie convincing. The best lies always have some truth in them.
Even Satan disgusted himself as an angel of light.
*disguised
We live in a society that affirms delusion at the expense of truth.
The irony of a Christian saying this.
@@Maksie0 No irony in it. It's just you. Atheism for example has to discount the truth to affirm their beliefs. I should know. I was one.
Amen! I agree with you! 💯 Beautifully explained as well!
Amen! Fantastic breakdown and analysis.
Critical thinking leads to truth - thank you, Melissa!
Wholeheartedly agree!
You are so right. It’s like George Orwell and Aldous Huxley wrote the script for what’s going on now.
I agree, refuse to live in someone’s delusion!
Speaking about objective truth or just truth for that matter. I really like this definition.
(Objective) Truth corresponds to the world as it actually is in reality. True for everyone everywhere. Regardless of what anyone thinks or how anyone feels.
I wish it could be as simple as
"To my understanding, being a woman means these things"
based on my understanding, are you these things?
"Yes"
woman is a shorthand word of these things, so are you a woman based on that
"Yes"
"To your understanding, being a woman means an inner feeling"
"Yes"
"So based on your understanding of being a woman, are you a woman?"
"No"
"Why is that?"
*Actually explains why they think the way they do and how they act and why it they feel it doesn't line up with with what they are*
"Well, actually, we have this and this in common."-- (more of a productive conversation.)
Most conversations are so emotionally charged and full of "You'll never understand bc you're not trans" or just calling me transphobic.
All I can say is if the thoughts (immaterial) don't line up with the facts (material), then the problem wouldn't be in the body but in the mind. And by that I don't mean brain. If your feelings tell you one thing, and your body tells you the opposite, then the question posed is
"how do you know the inside is telling you the truth rather than the outside? How do you know it's not the outside that is telling you the truth and the inside is lying to you?"
God existing is very rational and reasonable with facts to support that inference from many categories, including but not limited to Philosophical Arguements in several fields Scientific facts also in all fields that apply, and by our own observable knowledge of how the laws of nature works as well as intelligent design in regards to how that applies to everything we know in this world and the universe itself.
I found that "my truth" doesn't exist. That's inserting a subjective constance into an objective field. It doesn’t work. And it doesn't matter if one adheres to Conservative views or Liberal, or even the other group, the Left. It applies to everyone.
What a great video. Awesome job of breaking this down. I work for the public school system and education is trying to “re-educate” us on LGBTQ+ and it’s ridiculous
Nothing but lies being fed to the next generation. In my classroom, I tell the truth, no matter what, with Godly wisdom of course and still in Love
Thanks again
I plan on sharing this video
This was like visiting with good neighbor, like the old days. Thank you so much.
You are so articulate and just spot on ! Well done.
Simple answer no, speak the truth in love to them.
“It often appears that emotions are the determining factor, but emotions are only as valid as the truth on which they are based.” - Neil T. Anderson, The Beginner’s Guide to Spiritual Warfare
Please keep spreading truth, I had to have this conversation with my niece when she told me she was a he, after trying to kill herself. Thought that was the hardest conversation I would ever have. Than had a conversation with I’m Christian too, btw, if a conversation starts that way, it will have no bible, philosophical, psych or scientific knowledge in it. 💯 just affirm, meet them where they are. I just pray for moth of them.
I love this - "You don't invent truth, you discover it."!!! There is only One Truth - it never changes. It is either everything or it is nothing. The Truth, The Way , The Life - Jesus Christ.
Totally agree!! Thank You Melissa for SPEAKING TRUTH!! 🙏
Thank you for courageously speaking the truth.
If "Truth" is hurt then everyone and everything suffers, therefore everybody hurts! Just because they can't see how it hurts people doesn't for one moment mean it doesn't hurt people including them.
Update:I wrote this comment as I listened to the video then at the end of the video realised you said pretty much the same thing. 😂
I'm glad you made a video on this because I remember this had just started when I was a teen on Tumblr, and people brushed it off and this issue is spread all across social media and there are now people in their 20s, almost thirties, and younger children completely engrossed in believing their identities are people from media, mostly anime, and it's disturbing, or came from alternate lives/timeliness as x character, x animal, etc.
Thank you Melissa, on point as usual!
This was so well broken down. Thank you so much!
I won't stay here another night
If I gotta sacrifice
Who I am on the inside
I'd rather be an outsider
That's kinda my default response to everything that says 'you need to affirm this and that and other and everything but the truth'
Great video, Melissa - and God bless you!