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By David Harsanyi
The Federalist
Samuel Johnson’s “Dictionary of the English Language,” first published in 1755, defines the word “woman” as, “The female of the human race.” And until October of 2022, the word “woman” was still defined as, “An adult female human being” in the Cambridge Dictionary. What transpired on the topic during the intervening 267 years? Not much. Science confirmed what men and women have known since Adam and Eve began talking past each other — not only do the sexes have immutable physiological differences, down to their genetic matter, but they observe, act, and think differently as well.
Yet Cambridge now says the definition of woman is, “An adult who lives and identifies as female though they may have been said to have a different sex at birth” (and the definition of a “man” is someone who “identifies as male though they may have been said to have a different sex at birth.”) How does one use “woman” in a sentence? One of Cambridge’s examples is, “Mary is a woman who was assigned male at birth.” Who assigned Mary’s sex? Her parents? God? Evolution? The SRY gene? And what other human characteristics does Cambridge believe can be altered according to one’s feelings? Lexicographers have a responsibility to offer clarity and accuracy — which is, of course, impossible in this case. Click here to continue reading.
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(female/male symbols from bigstockphoto.com; used with permission)
Matthew 12:37, KJV: For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Most people don’t think this applies to them but it applies to EVERYONE and to EVERY WORD that comes out of EACH PERSON’s mouth.
They will be sorry when their time comes to meet either God the Father or Jesus Christ on judgment day! BUT then it will be too late either way to change what you have said. As long as your are alive there is hope for forgiveness for what you have done. Think about it and do what you know is right. It is written on your heart what is right.
Ecclesiastes 12:13,14 AKJV:
V 13: Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. (V 14) For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
PS. When it says Commandments that is not just the 10 but all the commands in the bible that God has set forth. It is the only book God ever wrote and he meant every word in it. You changing them doesn’t change the truth at all.
This type of changing God’s Word and Designs and Definitions will only lead to one road and that is the road to destruction and many there are that go in there.
In the words of a friend, “Pay day is coming.” Those who practise and those who condone all this sexual perversion WILL be held accountable for everyone they lead astray.!
When I read of things like this redefining of facts to suit a political or social agenda I think of sodom and other cultures in the Bible. In Jeremiah 1 God tells us he formed the prophet. There is no doubt to Bible followers that God is the creator and decision maker as to gender. Mankind is arrogant and filled with self righteousness in this latest craze of transgenderism. Those who participate in this are going against Gods design and intent and will not be blessed in their activities which is a theme of the old testament repeated many times over. How sad churches are not taking the plain truth of the new testament and making followers of Christ instead of allowing abuses such as transgenderism to capture the young and uninformed.