THE WAR ON COMMON SENSE

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The War on Common Sense Reaches the Maternity Ward: SA Upper House Passes Birth Certificate Amendment

The South Australian Parliament is set to debate a private members bill that — if passed — will allow a biological man who identifies as a woman to record himself as the “mother” on the child’s birth certificate.

Like me, you’ve had a gutful of ideology overriding common sense in this country. Especially when it comes to sex. Or gender. Or whatever word we’re allowed to use this week for the fairly straightforward question of what a male is and what a female is. But if you’re exhausted by it, don’t expect relief from the political class just yet.

The South Australian Parliament is set to debate a private members bill that — if passed — will allow trans-identifying parents to alter the parental designation on a child’s birth certificate. In plain English: a biological man who identifies as a woman would be able to record himself as the “mother” of his child on that child’s birth certificate. And a biological woman who identifies as a man could be recorded as the “father”.

The Bill, introduced by Greens MLC Rob Simms, has already passed South Australia’s Legislative Council… with support from Labor. It received virtually no media attention.

Naturally, it was all done in the name of inclusivity… And perhaps it was. The trouble with making inclusivity your highest governing principle is that, eventually, language stops describing anything at all. Simple example… If you say that circles and triangles can be recognised as squares, the term square ceases to have any meaning. In the same way, if the South Australian Parliament decides to let any old man — identifying as a woman — be recorded as “mother”, the term mother ceases to have any meaning. Which is fine… except  birth certificate isn’t a choose your own adventure book.

As the Australian Christian Lobby’s South Australian director Ashlyn Vice pointed out to me this week… “A birth certificate is a legal record that documents the biological realities surrounding a child’s birth and parentage.” Indeed. A birth certificate is supposed to document the child’s birth, not the parent’s state of mind at the time of birth. Every child has a mother and a father. I can’t believe the South Australian Parliament need this explained to them. And the purpose of a birth certificate is to accurately record who provided sperm and who provided egg.

A Child’s Birth Certificate… Is about the Child

You know what’s crazy? If Anthony Albanese is watching me right now, he’ll accuse me of waging a culture war for having said what I’ve just said. I get that a father who identifies as a woman wants to be known as mum, rather than dad. But the birth certificate isn’t actually about him. It’s about the child. The birth certificate is also about truth. Objective fact. If we change that, then we change the nature of birth certificates. They cease to be important documents and instead become… commemorate certificates. Issued not to note the birth of a child, but to note the orientation of an adult for whom the newborn serves as a prop.

The South Australian Liberals have said they’ll vote against the legislation. As they ought. Labor won’t vote for it. Will they? Then again, this is a political party whose federal colleagues describe a broken promise as a change of position. So they quite like turning ordinary words into plasticine when it suits.

Thank goodness this madness will end when Jesus returns to restore righteousness. Based on fulfilled Biblical end times prophecies this is not too far distant. Don’t forget if you want to know more about what is next on God’s agenda for planet Earth go to http://www.millennialkingdom.net

ABANDONMENT OF OBJECTIVE TRUTH AND COMMON SENSE

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Why are people so hostile to the idea of objective truth? They are deeply hostile to the thought of anything that in any sense stands in judgement over them. The idea toward which they are most hostile is, of course, the idea of there being a God. But they are almost as hostile to the idea of there being an objective universe that doesn’t care what they think and could make their most cherished beliefs false.

The abandonment of common sense is exactly because of our deep-seated desire to not have anything, not even an impersonal universe, be in the position of judging us, our actions, or our beliefs. And so to avoid this, we reject common sense in favor of the fancy of theory (e.g. Evolution and random chance as a means of creating this universe of order and complexity beyond our understanding), yet in doing so we confirm not theory, but Biblical revelation itself, particularly “end times” prophecies of what the world will be like prior to Jesus second coming.

“ For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and wickedness of men who by their wickedness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. Ever since the creation of the world his invisible nature, namely, his eternal power and deity, has been clearly perceived in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse; for although they knew God they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking and their senseless minds were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man or birds or animals, or reptiles. Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves. because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.

For this reason, God gave them up to dishonorable passions. Their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural, and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in their own persons the due penalty for their error. And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a base mind and to improper conduct. They were filled with all manner of wickedness, evil, covetousness, and malice. Full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malignity, they are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. Though they know God’s decree that those who do such things deserve to die, they not only do them but approve those who practice them.” Romans 1:18-32 (RSV)

I have included this video but would caution you that it is almost 2 hours long and the content is deep and complex. Jordan is seeking the truth but as yet I doubt He has committed his life to our Lord Jesus Christ. I say that because he makes no mention of the Holy Spirit, nor does Peter Kreeft for that matter. Jesus made it possible for our Heavenly Father to send the Holy Spirit to indwell our spirit so that we can live a Christian life. The Holy Spirit is our counsellor, comforter, and teacher. He produces the fruit of the Spirit (9) in our lives and provides gifts of the Spirit for ministry (9). Once we accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour, He provides the means for us to be Christian by providing the third person of the Trinity to empower us.

Dr. Peter Kreeft and Dr. Jordan B Peterson discuss spiritual endeavor, delving deep into where we came from as a religious species, where we are now in the age of technology, and how we combat hedonism with personal sacrifice. Dr. Kreeft is a professor in the field of Philosophy and teaches at Boston College and King’s College in New York. When Dr. Kreeft was a student, he was asked to examine Catholicism which led to his conversion. He’s written more than eighty books on the subject, such as “Handbook of Christian Apologetics” and “Socrates Meets Jesus.” He gives us many gems of wisdom.