Will Thibeau authored an essay here exploring the roots of transgender violence.

“But the trans question is a distraction. Gender ideology is a late-stage symptom of a deeper pathology. Feminism is the root, and its quiet, cumulative destruction of the family, of sex-differentiated social roles, and of the Western moral order dwarfs the body count of any individual shooting . . . the trans epidemic is real, but it is downstream. The question we seem to refuse to ask is: What broke these homes in the first place? . . . They are products of a civilization that broke its families, abandoned its sons, and then expressed surprise when those sons broke in return.“

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I agree with much of what Will argues. But he can’t see the forest for the trees. It is not only males that are duped into trans insanity. We see an increasing number of females also engaging in mindless violence, such as the Nashville trans shooter at the Christian school. Something else is happening. Satan of course cannot directly attack his Creator so he does the next best thing by attacking his image bearers. Genesis is explicit that God created us male and female. By blurring the distinction and creating hideous alternatives, the image of God is marred. Transgender insanity represents intense spiritual warfare that strikes at the heart of what it means to be in the image of God.