A Boy On A Girls' Softball Team

Recently, I read an article about a 17 year old boy who was accepted on an all girls high school softball team in Azusa, California. He was accepted on the team because the district superintendent agreed that he "felt like a girl." I guess this is called "transgender." The reason I cannot accept such a thing is because it is prohibited by the Word of God. Hatred is also prohibited by the Word of God, so I refuse to hate anyone. But am I obligated to agree with every lifestyle a person selects? I wrote the following comment as a response to the decision stated in the article. "This is all unfortunate. There is more than one issue involved here. A boy on a girl's team, or a girl on a boy's team, are not new issues. I coached both baseball and football and was confronted with similar circumstances at times. I will not go into detail about it except to say I handled it. However, there is a distinction here. This boy "feels" like a girl and wants to assume the role. To condone, accept, and settle for this, is to deny this young man a realistic education. In the human world there are only two genders: male and female. Pat needs to "play the cards he was dealt" at birth. The school system is not helping him. It is enabling him. His upbringing? I cannot comment on that. I know nothing about how he was raised. I do know this, however. People in high places are making decisions that are not in line with the Word of God. Is the following verse from Proverbs 22:6 so hard to understand? "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."

Another Letter To Yahoo News

About a month ago, I defended the point of view of a famous athlete who declared his belief regarding homosexuality. He said it was a sin. He said God is against it. I agree, and I made it known. I was lambasted for it. I was called many unkind names. The following letter contains just a few of some of the things I have said in defense of the Word of God. I must also say that many people agreed with me as well. Most of those who disagreed with me were very rude. They were truly unable to use reason. Most were just angry. Here is a portion of the letter: "If I claim the truth is not the truth, this makes me not responsible for the truth. What I have done, in my own selfish way, is convert the truth into a "lie." But if I stand up for truth, I am then called a hater, religious bigot, a cancer, intolerant, pathetic, stupid and much more. Standing up for the truth has a price. Standing up for a lie also has a price.............but it is much, much greater."

The Freeman

Lies and lying truly harm people. And yes, lies are freedom thieves. They are because they subject people to false notions and inexistent information. I am not stretching a point. Jesus made it perfectly clear in the Gospel of John chapter 8 and verse 32: "And you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free." Do you like people to lie to you? This is an eternal truth. "He is the freeman whom the truth makes free." William Cowper (1731-1800) English poet,

Coming to Terms

It is not in the best interest of some people to get along and/or agree with those with whom one might be in competition. It really does not matter to some if their opponents are absolutely correct. What really matters is that one get paid, one not lose face, be humbled or not appear to be knowledgeable. I think Upton Sinclair understood the concept. “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on not understanding it.” Upton Sinclair

The Majority Of Enslaved People

There are approximately 30 million enslaved people in the world. The majority of enslaved people dwell in India, China, Pakistan, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Russia, Thailand, Democratic Republic Of The Congo, Myanmar and Bangladesh. These ten countries account for 76% of the total of enslaved people.

Comedy That Measures Freedom

The last phrase of the quote by Eric Idle is what really grabs my attention. In a free society, talent, cleverness and humor should not be restricted. It should be protected by law. Obviously, accusations, safety, and total defamation of character need to be considered. However, freedom is freedom, and in the marketplace of ideas, much should be allowed. Comedy has a special place in our society, and yes, one of its functions is to "measure freedom." The following is a quote by Eric Idle, regarding this subject. "At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and clearly a healthy society permits more satirical comment than a repressive, so that if comedy is to function in some way as a safety release then it must obviously deal with these taboo areas. This is part of the responsibility we accord our licensed jesters, that nothing be excused the searching light of comedy. If anything can survive the probe of humour it is clearly of value, and conversely all groups who claim immunity from laughter are claiming special privileges which should not be granted." Eric Idle (1943- ) British Comedian

Another Jefferson quote

Shall man be allowed to govern himself? Apparently this has been a question for a long time. Thomas Jefferson thought that it was an issue throughout all history. "The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite." Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President