Pop singer Demi Lovato recently made headlines posting a gender announcement on her Instagram page that she has ‘discovered’ that she identifies as ‘non-binary.’ She also declared that she is changing her preferred pronouns to they/them. That means if I were referencing her, I would now have to call her ‘they’ or ‘them.’ Besides the fact that I have no idea what non-binary means, calling yourself essentially more than one person is not only absurd but also disturbing.
The transgender snowball has been barreling down the hill of social acceptance decimating everything in its path for a number of years now. Long gone are the days of Mrs Doubtfire, where a divorced man dresses as a woman to be hired as a nanny so he can be with his kids all the time. Men dressing as women? That is so 90’s. Today it is non-binary.
At the end of the Mrs Doubtfire movie, when the farce is discovered, Robin Williams’ character is given a tongue lashing by the judge, and even forced to undergo a psychiatric evaluation for his behavior. Lovato’s self-discovery is not only light years beyond anything Mrs Doubtfire, but to even suggest some form of psychological issues at play is equal to cultural blasphemy nowadays.
As someone who spends hours every week carefully crafting messages based on logic and reason and truth, the statement “I have decided to change my pronouns to they/them” reeks of inherent contradictions and self-defeating statements. I wonder how a person who does not identify as either a man or a woman (the definition of non-binary) warrants a plural pronoun designation. English grammar teachers are cringing.
However, there is something more nefarious at work here than just violations of grammar. We all know that the transgender phenomenon is just another Satanic assault on the Word of God and the design of God. The Scripture declares that God created man male and female (Genesis 1:27). In today’s culture, not only is the transgender world challenging that truth of God, they are defying it by announcing that a person can actually be neither male nor female.
But to get down to the nuts and bolts, it is a little scary for an individual to actually claim to be more than one person. Not only is it not a ‘discovery’ of self-reflection to come to this conclusion, it is also evidence of possessing an actual mental health disorder (schizophrenia). And even more than that, I am reminded of a particular story in the gospels of a man calling himself ‘Legion’ because he had more than a mental health problem, he had a spiritual problem. He was demon-possessed (see Mark 5). Now, I am not saying that all people who are transgender are demon-possessed, but I am confirming the link between unbiblical ideas and Satanic lies. Is non-binary really the new multiple personality disorder, or is it modern day demon possession? Either way, this person needs help and not encouragement in this illogical pursuit.
I truly feel heartbreak for people like Lovato and others who follow the same path. How do you go about in day to day activities all the while rejecting your most basic reality: you are either a male or a female? Without assurance on that basic level of humanity, everything in your life must come into question. Transgenderism is also an assault on the very nature of truth as well. And shame on anyone who would encourage a person to follow this road that leads only to confusion and contradictions. It is a sad day when a young woman, with a history of mental illness, goes through a time of ‘healing’ only to conclude she is neither male nor female. What kind of healing is this?
As Christians living in Satan’s world we must understand that transgenderism is here to stay and the bounds for where it can extend knows no limits. No matter how much this worldview violates basic biology, consistent grammar, or even plain reality, those that do not know the Lord will pursue a life that is in violation with what the Lord has said and with what is true. We need to pray for these individuals and trust that the gospel alone can shatter a stony heart and lead to true healing.