Not so much "specifically" from the "planneddemic" point of view, as you addressed it in your paragraph here. But, more from on "overall" point of view of how and why "things" are going upside down, and are more and more determined to remain that way, and even get worser!
Kinda goes like "How much worser does God have to allow things to become until people called by His Name, get off of their shiny hineys and DO something?"
And? The "spitting" in the eyes of God, from those who prefer to "act" the opposite of the gender they were born with. And not only boast about their Godless, and lawless behavior, but, have infiltrated the government (at least in the states here) to the degree that "they" pass laws and legislation mandating that we YOKE ourselves WITH this vermin! AND LIKE IT!
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@NayborBear ... Well... I guess that is indeed part of this thread.
I agree that the world is a cesspool of evil events. I live in Canada... and have no problem admitting/revealing that our Government has an evil agenda...( which is why I have never voted... and I never will )... With that said... I absolutely understand that voting is a liberty and a privilege. I just have never been able to find myself able to compromise on the lesser of two evils.. as I believe ALL secular organizations are anti-God and most corrupt. Therefore I do not see ANY side as being BETTER. ( I know this view is frowned upon and not popular... I am ok with that and I am not saying I am RIGHT ).
Somehow... like you have pointed out.... things have gone very badly... but I do not see this as a SUDDEN thing... I believe that many Americans seem to think that AMERICA is still the land of milk and honey... and that it's still the 1950's where homes had a mom... dad.. and kids... and a house with a white picket fence. The American Dream. This America in my estimation has been gone for DECADES...
It has been a slow fade... a creeping in ever so quietly fade... until one day.... you realize things have changed... and it's not good.
WE (as Christians ) should have said some things sooner... we should have done things differently... We should not have allowed ALL these specific groups to DEMAND special entitlement... but this did not start with the LGBTQ issues.... It started with the women's liberation movement.
Piece by piece.... the family unit has been stripped away to nothing... It was only a matter of time where all these other ideologies would come in to fill in the cracks... Hindsight is 20/20 indeed.
For me... It took 20 years simply to find out who GOD was... Basic and simple truths about HIM that should have been EASY to ACQUIRE were no where to be found... I had Catholicism to break free from... legalistic relatives to flee from and.... the "haunting" thought that I might lose my salvation at any given point and time... so... in essence.... I am just now... in this very moment and time... FEELING secure in my FAITH. It is all I have and it is SACRED. I do not allow others to tamper with it.
With the above said... it is my view point that it is NOT the job of the government to decide the MORALITY of a nation... nor do I believe this is even possible to achieve... SO yes... it looks good on paper to say... abortion is illegal... and I absolutely agree... one should NOT be part of such matters ... but... in all honesty.... how effective are government measures? I don't have an answer to that question.
I joined this site in June of last year.... took a few months off and returned just in time for the United States election. I tried with all my might to understand American patriotism... at the cost of some very nasty comments... and not getting an inch closer to understanding... To me land is just dirt and water... I was born in Canada... someone else was born in America... I am not proud to be Canadian... I am BLESSED to be a CHRISTIAN.
I am not able to see things as so many do... and I have honestly come to see that I am FINE with that... I don't boast to anyone that I am better or even right.... but I am right for me.
As for your point regarding the transgender issue... I live in a bachelor apartment. One of my landlords is transgender... When I moved here ... they were a he... and a year later... they announced themselves to be a she. I had never even heard of such a thing. Nor did I have the foggiest idea how I was going to process everything. However.... I prayed... and prayed some more... and I came to a place of learning how to love the sinner without loving the sin. This person is NOT a believer... and what she does believe about God is NOT very positive.
Therefore... I am unable to condemn this person. She changed her name... and I choose to call her by her new name... as well as refer to her in the female form. I do not feel I have the RIGHT to give her my opinion... and I certainly do not feel she needs to be SHUNNED... and treated as VERMIN.
I guess perhaps I am not a GOOD CHRISTIAN... I simply am unable to see the world as so many see it...
I believe that GOD is ALMIGHTY... HE SEES ALL THINGS... KNOWS ALL THINGS... and is in CONTROL OF ALL THINGS... at ALL TIMES. It is us... as humans who so often cannot see what HE is doing... and so we GUESS... and SURMISE... and that is where OPINIONS come from.
I am not sure what you would define as getting off your shiny hiney... but I define it as living life in such a way that is pleasing to God.
I don't know how many times I have said this in the last weeks... but I seek to live in peace... ( many seem to perceive this as putting my head in the sand and not wanting to face the EVILS that lurk )... but that is not how it is.... I KNOW what lurks out there... I choose to live a quiet life... and I meditate on things that are worthy of thought. Things that are lovely ... and noble to God.
God is the one who must deal with sin... NOT me. Anyways... I have rambled on here.