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Perhaps the most disturbing cultural trend I have seen in the last 5 years is the destruction of childhood innocence in an attempt to validate adults.
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Robin Atkins
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Robin Atkins
@TruthAgape
LMHC specializing in reproductive mental health. Politically homeless. Proponent of bodily integrity. Purveyor of vintage and antique lovelies.
Island of Misfits Katılım Kasım 2008
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This is such a beautiful testament and reflection of agapé. Loving others means we open ourselves up to pain, but it is not in vain. The pain we bear for the opportunity to love others is the gift of sacrifice modeled for us by our Creator. The richness and depth of fulfillment we receive when we love well far surpasses what we endure.
May God grant this family years upon years of warm memories, tears of love that wash away anxiety, and peace thay surpasses all understanding.
Liz Wolfe@LizWolfeReason
King Solomon died yesterday at two and a half months old. We loved him really well, and we don't have any regrets. We got nine days at home with him after 61 days in the NICU. Nine will never feel like enough, but we must accept what is given to us––we were never in control. Let's take stock of all God's mercies, how He worked through people: My OB, who heard my conviction about carrying Sol to term even with his disabilities, and supported it fully, with empathy and respect; the nurses in the Lenox Hill NICU, where he spent the majority of his time, who loved him so tenderly, like he was their own; his physical therapist, who saw extreme hope for him despite his disabilities, and tried to make it so; my mom, who put her own life on hold to come live in New York with us for the whole winter, to watch Zev and keep our household running; Zev, who wanted to wear matching pajamas with his brother each night he was home (and some of the nights Sol was in the NICU), who was eager to come to the hospital with us to play in the lobby even though he wasn't often allowed in the NICU, who chose not to be afraid of hospitals or tubes but to touch and kiss and snuggle his brother whenever he was able; @nwilliams030 and @rSanti97, who camped out at the hospital during Sol's final days so we would never feel alone, who watched Zev whenever our family had to dip back down to Texas; the people who covered us in prayer all over the country. Perhaps most of all, I'm grateful for my husband: He wasn't Catholic or pro-life when we met, but life experience has brought him to these beliefs. They ground us now; his faith is steadfast. He didn't leave Sol's side during those final, hardest days. He doesn't falter. Something tragic happened to our family, but we won't become permanently sad or dark; we really believe in God's promises. We're called to hope, no matter what, and the best we can do is serve our children with everything we've got. That's what we did, and in the process we got to glimpse the goodness of the Lord over and over again.
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This isn't permission to sin. God never wants harm to come to me. It is patience with as well as grace and mercy for the sinner.
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God won't disavow me, even if I break every commandment. He is always waiting, patiently, for me to turn back to him. His desire is first and foremost relationship, followed closely by wanting good for me.
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As a Christian, one of the biggest lies I believed prior to understanding God was that his commandments were about control, as if breaking them meant I would be cast out or disavowed. This is a petty lie straight from the pits of hell steeped in pride and self-righteousness.
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Mental Health Reminder of the Day
People increasingly want to put others in boxes in order to code whether they are "us" or "them". They then assume "us" = safety and "them" equals evil. It is an illusion of moral superiority and security. Group identity doesn't confer morality. Morality is not a destination. It is affirmed or denied in every decision we make. There is also no absolute security in any group that demands total conformity.
#MHRoD
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This is an excellent thread. I no longer get caught up in the concern about what people will call me or say about me. Ad hominiem responses to claims reveal an inability to address the claims rather than a truth about the person being labeled.
The Arbourist@TheArbourist
1/6 - Short thread 🧵 One of the most dishonest habits in current politics is the way plain factual claims get recoded as partisan contamination. Not bad arguments. Not weak evidence. Facts. When reality collides with a moral script, reality gets called “right-wing.”
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@esfemboy Please, someone offer me money to speak the truth. I would be happy to accept it as I am going to do that anyway.
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Hi Jules. I am a mutual admirer of The 1975. It is nice to see we have something in common.
As a mother of 4, I am reminded on a daily basis that kids need parents for love, protection, nurturing, and guidance. Humans have a hard enough time making good choices when their frontal lobe is fully developed.
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There were a few things that tipped me over the edge to speaking boldly against the exploitation of children by the trans movement.
1) over half of my daughter's friends were identifying as trans when she was in middle school
2) adults I loved and respected traded their secure known identity for uncertain pronoun fluidity, revealing the cult-like nature of the movement
3) a few local therapists attempted to cancel me for refusing to join a movement that wanted to strip parents of their rights in the name of "love"
4) I researched the history of the transmovement and learned it has always been based on normalizing pedophilia. The sexualization/sterilization of children for the pleasure of adults was always the goal.
Mia Hughes@_CryMiaRiver
This is actually the tweet that caused me to go public on here in my own name. I’m embarrassed to admit that at the time, I was scared of Fae and all like him. But seeing it spelled out like this, so clearly, triggered such rage in me that I threw caution to the wind and revealed my identity. Not long after, I got offered a job covering gender for the Post Millennial, then had the incredible opportunity to work with Michael Shellenberger on the WPATH Files. I’ve been invited to speak all over the world, and now write for one of Canada’s top think tanks while being the director of Genspect Canada and the lead on the campaign to repsychopathologize wanting body parts chopped off. So I guess I should say: Thanks Fae!
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In times such as these, a single Proverb protects from much folly:
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. - Proverbs 27:6
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Talarico makes explicit the religious fanaticism at the heart of the Trans Child ideology.
What were once understood to be ordinary children struggling with their identities as many adolescents do, in need of love, compassion, watchful waiting, and to be told the truth, have been transmuted into fetish objects by a heretical cult operating within progressive Christianity -- magical little sages to be brainwashed into yearning to be chemically castrated and dismembered as part of a cult ritual of child mortification that reverts this post-modern society back to the childhood of humanity.
Brandon Gill@realBrandonGill
HOST: "Something that you love that's not family or friends?" TALARICO: "Trans children." Now that's just creepy.
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This is such a lovely compliment. My very short answer to a very deep question is this:
I suffer daily. I also find deep joy and beauty daily. It is much harder for me to speak publicly about my suffering, partially because there is a autoimmue issue no one can helo me with and the reat of my suffering involves others who I don'twant to speak publicly about.
So, it is easier for me to speak about joy, beauty, philosophy, or politics.
I try to discern when to speak about what, but am far from perfect.
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close to my own interpretation: thoughtful, literary perhaps, believers who learned to bear suffering well.
Mrs. Erika Kirk has so challenged, inspired, emboldened, and moved me, too; though she presents a conundrum for me (complicated 😬).
Of course, the lovely @TruthAgape is~
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✝️Is being a Christian only meant to be suffering? I see joy in other believers but, as usual, am struggling to see the light (metaphorically/spiritually) even turning toward it.
What I would give for 5 minutes with Flannery O’Connor (devout Catholic), C.S. Lewis, or others 1/6
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@OliLondonTV This is a man cosplaying what he imagines an overly sexualized thirsty woman
would be like for other men. This ad has nothing to do with women.
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Elon Musks’ estranged transgender son Vivian Jenna Wilson models women’s sports bra for Rihanna’s Savage x Fenty brand.
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@TrueBlackTea I understand there is controversy over who actual wrote the book. I am not here to argue that as much as to make the point that what Talarico is doing is misrepresenting the writings in heretical ways as to force them to mold to his worldview.
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@TruthAgape The Gospel of Thomas is not written by Thomas. It's 2nd century.
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Wonderful. Now Talarico is smearing Thomas while pushing a faux religion.
While the Book of Thomas is not canon, Thomas was also not woke.
What Thomas was referring to was the perfection of Eden, a place men and women could cohibitate without shame of nakedness, without the need to procreate, without the need to fight off bears or open pickle jars.
He wasn't declaring male and female as the same or interchangeable. He was saying that in heaven, before God, biological sex won't be a measure or a focus of concern. Women won't need protection from predators. Men won't need to protect women.
Protestia@Protestia
Texas senate hopeful James Talarico uses the gnostic 'Gospel of Thomas' to prove that Jesus was a feminist, offering that men must not be male, but must be female, and vice versa.
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This is the most dangerous type of heretic. He promises salvation through the Church of Government of which he desires to be the leader. This is how Iran ended up with the Islamic Regime: pretty promises covering up tyranny and abuse.
Frank J. Fleming@IMAO_
“Talarico may be saying all the same crazy stuff leftists say, but he’s doing it from the pulpit with a cross behind him.”
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@Acyn "They will say all these true things about me, but don't believe them. I am the real victim." Classic abuser move.
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Talarico: They're going to throw everything they have at us. They're going to call me a radical leftist. They're going to call me a fake Christian. They'll call our movement un-American. They'll call us a threat. The only truth is we are a threat to their corrupt system.
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This is deeply troubling and not at all an anomaly. This is the manipulation abusers use to confuse the vulnerable. It is also a core component of wokeness. About a month ago a woman I knew in high school told me she loved me (we weren't particularly closenon high school and haven't spoken since) on Facebook while chastising me for being critical of anti-Ice activism.
"I love you too much to let you continue believing what you believe."
This type of language is designed to make you feel bad if you put up boundaries or disagree. It is designed to make you look mean, cold, or cruel in the eyes of onlookers if you state you are uncomfortable with such vapid displays of affection. It is designed to put you in the role of dependent who is lesser than the omniscient, all loving ruler just trying to mold you in their image.
It is faux agapé, and the most dangerous weapon false Gods, false prophets, and false leaders use to captivate those hurting and desperate for a Savior.
Jamie Reed Whistleblower@JamieWhistle
I fear this post might be controversial…but here goes. I don’t think secret transitions in the education system occurred in a vacuum. I had two experiences today in our elementary school that had me concerned- First, during a challenging conversation the principal stated they “love” my children- um what? Second, on the inside of a classroom door, I saw a message that said, “no matter what happens when you leave this room know that I love you and believe in you.” I don’t know when the language from teachers and administrators shifted like this but it was troubling.
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