54mm (1:32 scale) toy soldiers by Imperial Productions of New Zealand. (from here)

If You Are Not a Liberal at 25, You Have No Heart. If You Are Not a Conservative at 35 You Have No Brain. (from here (quoteinvestigator.com))

Contemplate those toy soldiers. Imagine ordering millions of real men and women into bloody combat. Many of the same people, pacifists who abhor war, have no qualms about social engineering. Why? Social engineering, using the government to make society better, seems like the most laudable of goals. “We” are going to care for the aged, cure the sick, feed the hungry, stop racial discrimination, make sure everyone has a job, educate the ignorant, and so forth. Unfortunately, there are problems.

• We cannot trust our leaders with the kind of power required for efficient social engineering. We elect people to protect our rights. If we give our leaders the power to…

Because the Transgender Ideology is riddled with contradictions (see Transgender Ideology Is Riddled With Contradictions. Here Are the Big Ones. (heritage.org)),  we can expect to see all kinds of problems when its supporters try to implement it in Virginia’s schools. Dr. Meg Meeker, a pediatrician, has some advice for parents on this subject. Here is her interview with Eric Metaxas.

Alternatively, if you prefer the audio without the video, here is the audio, The Transgender Fad’s Effect on Culture (christianoutlook.com).

In every era, some group must be especially singled out for hatred and ridicule. Some group must serve as the butt of our jokes. Some group must be blamed for our troubles. Some group must be identified as the enemy of the state. In this era, that group is Christian Fundamentalists.

A Personal Story

I came of age during the sixties. Then “Jesus freak” was the the favored expression for Christian evangelists, and the mass media taught everyone to dread being nagged by such a creep. Unfortunately, it was not until latter I realized the nature of the lesson I had learned.

When I was a college student, I once participated in a small group discussion on the merits of the Christian belief. How the group came together I no longer remember. Exactly what I said I have forgotten. I just remember saying that Christians believe in the Bible because…

The reason people like me make distinctions about what it means to be “Christian” is because the term has been rendered meaningless by centuries of mind-numbing confusion, people behaving badly, and absolutely wrong ideas about it. And a lot of those wrong ideas have come from… Christians.

But this is also why I don’t let Christian despisers get away with the straw men they erect in order to dismiss our faith. As I like to quote G.K. Chesterton in this regard, “The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.”