March 30th, 2022: Swimming Against The Wave of Common Sense


Is it fair for a trans athlete to compete in a women's competition?

Lia Thomas has become the center of attention.

Since her declaration as a trans person, she has beaten her female swimming competitors.

What do her victories reveal her true character?


She has no shame in beating female athletes with her physique of a male.

Her declaration of being a woman has real tales.

For more than twenty years, she developed biologically as a man.

It is unfair and unjust for her to swim against those who are naturally women.


The NCAA leadership should be ashamed of how they handle the complexity.

They act as cowards in this debacle for the lack of integrity.

We have done extensive damage to female sports and negated the advance has been made.

It is not about trans issues, but the whole women's sport will soon be disintegrated.


It is time to be in touch with our common sense.

Accepting a trans person does not mean overlooking the make-up of our genes.

Life is indeed far more complex.

When we have accepted many genders, we have no ideas what's next.


How can we encourage our daughters to be involved in competitive sports?

Everything is now out of sort.

What do we have to say to them?

Knowing their competitors might have bodies of men.


Isaiah 65: 17

"For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth;

And the former things will not be remembered or come to mind."


Romans 8: 19-21

"For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God."

 

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