Before commenting, please please read the pinned comment! James Younger story: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/people-wont-allow-this-to-happen-to-children-how-pro-family-media-helped-save-james-younger Terrific video by Sydney Watson: https://youtu.be/9sV2zeE4X08 Sound Editing: Uroš and Mira Nikolić Music: "Aurora Currents" by Asher Fulero Illustration and Narration: Me (Reader Bojan Teodosijević)
Before commenting, please please read the pinned comment!
James Younger story: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/people-wont-allow-this-to-happen-to-children-how-pro-family-media-helped-save-james-younger
Terrific video by Sydney Watson: https://youtu.be/9sV2zeE4X08
Sound Editing: Uroš and Mira Nikolić
Music: “Aurora Currents” by Asher Fulero
Illustration and Narration: Me (Reader Bojan Teodosijević)
Bojan, you deserve many more subscribers than 17k. I just wish more people sought out channels delivering God's truth. I mourn for those who feel that abortion and gender dysphoria are things to be embraced. They do not know the full consequences of their actions.
The Desert Father's meeting with the evil one, was a wonderful (sad, depressing for our human race) explanation of what is happening today.
We are showing the demons "how to".
Lord Jesus Christ Son of God have mercy on us and forgive us.
Sin isn't fair. It attacks men who might otherwise be good, but then hamstrings their attempts to be good and mars the divine image that they are.
We must hold in tension both helping pull people out of sin, while also waiting in patience for a fallen man to get up, if not consoling him for the cross that has fallen on him and crushed him. It is what I would want someone to do for me.
Bojan I'm concerned
How did you reach your conclusion?
Why the commercials 😑😤
Thank you for today's video.
I’ve been talking about sin as a noun rather than a verb since my daddy had cancer. Like your wildfire analogy I discovered try as you might to personify cancer or the like and you will find it does not care.
I have given my own testimony of this gender identity in children phenomenon to many of my more liberal friends. When I was 7 or 8 years old on at least two occasions I was nearly murdered during playground time at school. My response was to wish I was a girl because I believed they didn’t take part in bullying, or at least extremely violent expressions of it. I even said as much to my mother. I likewise had a doll, listened to Brittney Spears, and loved the movie Mulan. I simply had the good fortune that my mother was a responsible human being who was college educated, but was not dogmatized.
Today, I am very much a cis male. I am married with a child and I thank God someone did not take the poor articulations of a primary schooler to turn my life upside down on the altar of progressivism.
There are some issues with Mr. Younger's side of this case, and I think it's important to be aware of some more of the facts of the case. I'll be referring primarily to two documents.
[1] is an earlier finding of fact from the divorce case of the parents. It demonstrates that the father consistently lied to his wife and abused his daughters. Especially notable is that he was found to have essentially stolen a $45k truck from his wife and ordered to pay damages on that amount. This should immediately make the claim that the mother is lying and father telling the truth somewhat suspect, especially given the nature of SaveJames as a fundraiser. But it's certainly not damning on its own. Let's move to the second document.
[2] is a transcript of the court case. I'll point out a few things. I'll be giving two sets of page numbers as the transcript is arranged as 4 transcript pages per PDF page. First number is the PDF page, second is the actual page number from the transcript. Also, I regret that this is the archived version. After the decision this week it appears that the judge placed a gag order and forced savejames.com down.
p. 38/149: Mr. Younger admits he believes in the social construction theory of gender.
p. 41/pp. 160-161: Mr. Younger admits that he does not give the child the option of boys' or girls' clothes at home. This is in direct contradiction with the conservative media claims, which claims that Mr. Younger provided a choice and Dr. Georgulas did not.
p. 42/164: Puberty blockers, hormones, or surgery are not happening yet. Puberty blockers will become an option at puberty if symptoms of gender dysphoria persist, then hormones after that; Surgery is something which a person will generally choose to do once they become an adult. There's no "chemical castration" or forced surgery going on.
In fact, after the original decision, the judge stepped in to grant the parents joint medical custody. This means that Mr. Younger will have veto power over further medical procedures.
Interestingly, in the Sydney Watson video referenced above there is a clip of Mr. Younger asking his kid about their gender. Watch it critically. Would it not be easy enough to ask "Does mommy force you to be a girl?" Instead, when asked "Are you a boy?", the child says no.
Other folks have done reporting on this same story from different ideological angles, which I think helps get a better view of the whole story. In particular, I think this one is excellent: The first 20-25 minutes are good overview of underreported aspects of the case.
I urge you all to do your own research. That means primary sources, not articles which quote other articles. Campaigns like SaveJames too often depend on interested parties being too busy to actually read, and it's shocking how many of them post court documents directly contradicting their claims. This case in particular seems like a clear grift. I came to the Orthodox Church because I believe it's true; That means I don't take kindly to those on "my side" who would lie as blatantly as these folks have done. Don't fall for the outrage marketing.
For the record, I agree with Bojan's philosophy of gender as discussed at the end of the video. Genesis reveals that there was an idealized gender binary during Creation, but sin has changed that as it has changed everything else. I've also accepted that the people around me may not share that same philosophy, and that means that some people may choose modes of gender expression outside that binary. In this case in particular, I suspect that Luna will grow up feeling alienated from the Church, and whether she ends up transitioning or not will maintain a lifelong distrust of her father and the Church. That strikes me as sad (and that's not even beginning to cover the harassment of the mother, which is nothing short of monstrous. And who cares if the child was conceived through IVF? Dr. Georgulas still bore and raised twins, treating her as not a real mother because of genetics is just silly).
I leave you with the words of my priest, after he took down a post about the campaign and I did some digging to reveal basically the set of facts above (source: https://www.facebook.com/photius/posts/10221147221170713): "Christian people, please remember that we do not serve God nor the cause of righteousness when we dismiss dishonesty. It does indeed behoove us all to make sure we have our facts straight before we come out with guns blazing."
[1] http://search.txcourts.gov/SearchMedia.aspx?MediaVersionID=9f93bb60-d38b-4824-b530-fc93933f0d75&coa=coa05&DT=Other&MediaID=7a2cb72a-c155-4343-b923-06f3ab2d1708
[2] https://web.archive.org/web/20191025133538/https://savejames.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/July-10th-Court-Transcript.pdf
"Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid." Isaiah 29 – KJV
Good video, but wait for the attacks!
Can you make a video about Agimat and Anting Anting (Talisman and Amulet) Its something you wear or put in your body you pray Latin and blow on the Agimat/Anting Anting.
Lord have mercy! Gospodi pomiluy and Kyrie Eleison!
Gender dysphoria is simply a sign of the very sick times we live in. The cure is Christ but most people are afraid of taking the cure because they are truly in love with their sickness.
Thank you for this video. There are parents nationwide, across the whole religious and political spectrum, who are working to change the systems that failed our kids when it comes to the social contagion of rapid onset gender dysphoria. Go to kelseycoalition.org and parentsofrogdkids.com for more info.
Even though I'm a Catholic, I love your videos. I also happen to have had heavy exposure to post-modern thought via grad school. You may want to look into Radical Orthodoxy. It's a school of thought populated mostly by Catholics, Orthodox, and Anglicans that looks at explores the implications of post-modernism in regard to Christian ontology.
J Pageau call out … impressed. You get a like.
My definition — Sin is self-deception. (or at least theologically requires self-deception in that a person innately knows that s/he is not God, but yet must place himself above God's directions in order to sin)
"and why we die." Because deceiving ourselves is turning against and fighting with ourselves .. WANTING some part of our knowledge to be destroyed … to be killed, and with that we kill the whole.
Why do I have X condition? Why are you human and not God? This is the challenge Jobe (yes I spell his name with an e) confronts .. either choose to accept it or create your own self-contradictory, self-deceptive, self-injurious universe apart from God, and be stuck there for eternity.
I think you're off on the postmodern assessment, but it doesn't matter. I'd suggest the attempt of the postmoderns is to free us from constraints, be they words or experiences .. no one should be "stuck in a life they didn't choose," even though as the existentialists pointed out, we are ALL stuck not having chosen our lives. Existential thrownness. And just like Jobe, the only way to be free of an unchosen life, is suicide .. just curse God and die.
It's the same way the snake tempted Eve to become like God .. your constraint isn't perfection, it is inadequacy. Forget what you know God says because what you know constrains you .. become free to judge things like God does by eating from the tree of "judging between good and bad." And then the bite is taken and the perfection DOES become inadequacy, because have have un-ordered the universe in which we used to fit perfectly.
AAAaah, and now I may judge like God but cannot avoid judging myself .. and harshly. And so we are all ashamed .. and fig leaves alone are not enough to hide behind. We want to ignore and destroy our shameful inadequacies, so our shame hurts us .. shame is the reason and the weapon we use to hurt ourselves again and again .. wanting that inadequate part of ourselves to die, we all commit suicide through sin.
It is most necessary to make a distinction between the free choice of an adult which is and remain unquestionable and personal, you may not like It and you may not be in favour of his or her decision but it is not any's business but his/her to question it, and the tampering with a still undeveloped person (and this is valid with any tampering outside maybe the obvious and inevitable ones given by the family).
I am a simple observer here but this time I'd like to say something:
to judge others often Is but an excuse not to judge yourself, "holy ire" often is simply wrath and contentment often stems only from prideful self-righteousness this is as much philosophy as it is religion.
Take this as you like from the advice of a friend to the rambling of a blasphemous idiot but if I'm worth the minimum trust I'd add that
to be a good person means to do good not to judge it
There is really one in nature – it is natural and , SHOCK!!! Scientific. What you see IS what you ARE. The almighty made the world as we see it, even in our imagination. Medicines are to improve our health and well being. If it has to be eliminated in some way, how natural is that??? hmmm??? Mommy wants a girl, but she has a boy, he is obviously a boy. But, he likes girly things??? Scientifically, the hormones – what the almighty has given us NATURALLY – work differently. Sometimes earlier, sometimes later. Let a CHILD grow from what they are at birth, what is obvious Real growth is in direction and letting the CHILD become FREE WILL is the ALMIGHTIES grace to be you. Many WOMEN/MEN are sorry for what they have done impulsi
As always these video's are so thought provoking and thoughtful. Thanks so much. 😊👍🏻🙏🏻💓✝✡☪☦🌼
Don't let Post Modernism take seat at the throne of your countries and in the hearts of your people. It is text-book "building your house upon the San". Any one grain of sand is different from the other, but the one thing they share in common is NOT being a fully formed rock.
A warning from Canada as we deal and struggle with this…
Very sad
Can you make an episode of joseph the carpenter the foster father of jesus
There are a miniscule amount of people who do have the wrong Genes for their gender the most who have gender reassignment surgery after sometime want to switch back.
As we have studied the fall of civilizations this has been an issue that began the fall. We are in the very beginning of the fall of our civilization.
DNA is what also makes us the sex that we are. There are people who have two X chromosomes and the mail barely and there are the same for women. This isn't something people just made up. Dr. Elizabeth
The demons REALLY LOVE to destroy our children. Both born and unborn.
Just because a boy likes "girly" things doesnt mean the boy is gay/trans ! Ugh 😒
When I taught Nursery School it was a little boy who had a ballerina doll the same one I had when I was his age. Everyone was trying to get him to stop and I stood up and I said leave him alone if you make it a bad thing then he will want it even more! He grew up and was quite a nice young man and wasn't transexual or gay he just happened to like that doll and it helped him to be a better father.
The court documents reveal that the father is lying to the media. He does not allow his child to choose, the child prefers feminine clothing and a female name. The brother and teachers confirmed it. The father is abusing the situation to get money or stir controversy, the main reason the mother didn’t push the case into the media is because she is protecting her child from public drama at a young age.
I also personally disagree with your assesment of postmodernism. There really isn’t one postmodernism – all postmodernists fundamentally disagree on pretty much everything (from epistemology to morality to society). It would look better if you try to pinpoint one or a few movements with clear ideas rather than a nebulous concept. I usually enjoy your videos but this one I found somewhat lacking – although honestly much media did spout wrong info on this case and on postmodernism.
My whole life I struggled with homosexual urges and for a while thought I was transgender. Then I have my heart to God and I was given grace and strength to see clearly and to fight for my God given freedom and to respect my dignity as a child of God and all that entails. I pray for my lost brothers and sisters who are still stuck in their passions, especially those I had a hand in leading there back in the day..