Shooting at Minneapolis Catholic school

[Ghoti Ichthus]

There is something about the trans issue that promotes violence. Either the mental illness, or maybe medication (which is my thought). But they will most likely seal the medical records so we can never know (like they did in Nashville). There must be an honest conversation about why this keeps happening with the trans people. Our children are at stake. I can't help but think the left will sacrifice kids to protect the trans community and that is evil.

It's a sexual sin. But in addition to sinning against one's own body, because one is denying the gender one was created with, one is also defying and denying the goodness of God's creation and God's attributes of goodness, omniscience, and power. This particular sin also promulgates disorder and confusion, in defiance of God's orderliness.


26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Genesis 1:26-27, 31, KJV

11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
Genesis 35:11, KJV

6 And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
Exodus 34:6, KJV

33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
1 Corinthians 14:33, KJV

18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
1 Corinthians 6:18, KJV

 

[mattfivefour]

I saw some of his online ravings. He claimed it would give him joy to kill innocent children. I would like to be able to say the young man was sick and wonder what it was that turned him that way. But I can't: the man was simply evil.

 

[dwb]

I also read a small portion of his writings that were posted. To me, he seemed to be a spoiled child who expected life to be all roses and unicorns, but instead realized success required work. He seemed to be very family oriented and close to his parents and siblings, remorseful of the pain he knew he would cause. Evidently he thought he had lung cancer from vaping and was scared of cancer treatments and hospitals (a figment of his imagination). The young man had been deceived thinking life was easy, that he could change sexes, and after realizing both were lies, became evil and full of hate.

These deceivers tell kids how happy they would be if only they would do this or do that, and when they find out it's all lies, it's too late. Jesus will forgive and make all things new again, it's never to late, but that's not the message they want to hear.

 

[RonJohnSilver]

There is something about the trans issue that promotes violence. Either the mental illness, or maybe medication (which is my thought). But they will most likely seal the medical records so we can never know (like they did in Nashville). There must be an honest conversation about why this keeps happening with the trans people. Our children are at stake. I can't help but think the left will sacrifice kids to protect the trans community and that is evil.

honest conversation about why this keeps happening with the trans people.

Yeah, good luck with that.

 

[Margery]

honest conversation about why this keeps happening with the trans people.

Yeah, good luck with that.

It's buried in medical journals.

Turns out that the hormones that our bodies are born to produce work WITH the way our brains are wired, and this sex linked characteristic is present from birth.

Giving people hormones from the opposite sex in the amounts to produce the appearance of the opposite sex (beards and bulky muscles, breasts etc) is harmful to the brains.

You've heard of "roid rage" when weightlifters use too much of the anabolic steroids- testosterone and other synthetics related to testosterone to bulk up muscle - well estrogen in men is known to cause mood swings, depression, anxiety and irritability. Brain fog. In short - very like what a woman goes thru with menopause. Some people are fine, others can be launched into vitriolic rage attacks triggered by almost anything. Men go thru it too, during the andropause when testosterone levels fade.

Our brains are wired for a steady amount of the CORRECT hormones to work best. Cut those off, or replace them with the wrong ones, or just cycle up and down wildly and the brain isn't happy.

Men normally have small amounts of estrogen and progesterone- the female hormones but they produce a LOT of testosterone. Their brain architecture is different from women's brains. They are less able to multi task for one thing, and they are able to hyper focus and exclude incoming signals when concentrating. Their verbal pathways are limited and their spatial skills are better. Women it's the opposite. We have small amounts of testosterone but rely heavily on estrogen and progesterone. Our brains are better at multitasking, we can hyper focus but it's harder, our verbal areas are better developed, and our spatial areas take a back seat.

When trans people go thru the hormone changes, their brains are NOT equipped to deal with the influx of the opposite sex hormones.

That results in a fair number of them having personality issues ON TOP OF WHATEVER ELSE they have going on that got them thinking they needed to be the opposite sex.

So we have a psychiatric situation where unstable people decide to "fix" themselves by pouring in a cocktail of hormones their fragile brain wasn't equipped for and you get problems.

You do have to do a bit of digging because this info is suppressed. It's not politically correct.

I used to work in rehab on people with brain injury and you tailor the method depending on the sex of the person. This is all about brain architecture. Men have a harder time re wiring their brains to new pathways to bypass the injured areas than women do. Because they are less multitasking by nature. Women are quicker to recover because their brains are wired to track multiple children and multiple voices all talking at once so their brains are able to just shunt the information to a lesser used pathway.

As for hormonal therapy- this subject is found in the studies on aging men who have low testosterone- and women in menopause. Because that is when the sharp drops in hormone show up. Replacement hormone shows how this affects the brain function for example. And roid rage was studied till it became politically incorrect to point out that giving opposite sex hormones might unbalance an already off balance brain.

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

It's buried in medical journals.

Turns out that the hormones that our bodies are born to produce work WITH the way our brains are wired, and this sex linked characteristic is present from birth.

Giving people hormones from the opposite sex in the amounts to produce the appearance of the opposite sex (beards and bulky muscles, breasts etc) is harmful to the brains.

You've heard of "roid rage" when weightlifters use too much of the anabolic steroids- testosterone and other synthetics related to testosterone to bulk up muscle - well estrogen in men is known to cause mood swings, depression, anxiety and irritability. Brain fog. In short - very like what a woman goes thru with menopause. Some people are fine, others can be launched into vitriolic rage attacks triggered by almost anything. Men go thru it too, during the andropause when testosterone levels fade.

Our brains are wired for a steady amount of the CORRECT hormones to work best. Cut those off, or replace them with the wrong ones, or just cycle up and down wildly and the brain isn't happy.

Men normally have small amounts of estrogen and progesterone- the female hormones but they produce a LOT of testosterone. Their brain architecture is different from women's brains. They are less able to multi task for one thing, and they are able to hyper focus and exclude incoming signals when concentrating. Their verbal pathways are limited and their spatial skills are better. Women it's the opposite. We have small amounts of testosterone but rely heavily on estrogen and progesterone. Our brains are better at multitasking, we can hyper focus but it's harder, our verbal areas are better developed, and our spatial areas take a back seat.

When trans people go thru the hormone changes, their brains are NOT equipped to deal with the influx of the opposite sex hormones.

That results in a fair number of them having personality issues ON TOP OF WHATEVER ELSE they have going on that got them thinking they needed to be the opposite sex.

So we have a psychiatric situation where unstable people decide to "fix" themselves by pouring in a cocktail of hormones their fragile brain wasn't equipped for and you get problems.

You do have to do a bit of digging because this info is suppressed. It's not politically correct.

I used to work in rehab on people with brain injury and you tailor the method depending on the sex of the person. This is all about brain architecture. Men have a harder time re wiring their brains to new pathways to bypass the injured areas than women do. Because they are less multitasking by nature. Women are quicker to recover because their brains are wired to track multiple children and multiple voices all talking at once so their brains are able to just shunt the information to a lesser used pathway.

As for hormonal therapy- this subject is found in the studies on aging men who have low testosterone- and women in menopause. Because that is when the sharp drops in hormone show up. Replacement hormone shows how this affects the brain function for example. And roid rage was studied till it became politically incorrect to point out that giving opposite sex hormones might unbalance an already off balance brain.

This explains why some people say that the proliferation of soy (very potent phytoestrogen) in our food supply is increasing the incidence of men (XY), who tend toward effeminate behavior and identities

 

[Margery]

This explains why some people say that the proliferation of soy (very potent phytoestrogen) in our food supply is increasing the incidence of men (XY), who tend toward effeminate behavior and identities

and the rising use of soy in all kinds of foods plus other chemicals that have estrogen like behaviour - there is some theories that those are also behind the infertility in men.

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

and the rising use of soy in all kinds of foods plus other chemicals that have estrogen like behaviour - there is some theories that those are also behind the infertility in men.

All those phytoestrogens are also causing girls to mature faster and have exaggerated female characteristics. This is blatantly obvious in poor ares where girls eat a lot of fast food chicken. Chicken isn't supposed to be given hormones in the U.S., but if it's fed a "vegetarian diet," which is usually all or mostly soy, the chickens are essentially being fed estrogen. Ditto fast-food chains importing chicken from places where treating poultry with hormones isn't prohibited, but enhances profits because of faster-growing birds and those birds having larger breasts.

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

Local updates (no social media or tabloids)

Annunciation Church school shooting: What we know about the victims​

By Chris Williams and FOX 9 Staff
Updated August 28, 2025 3:42pm CDT
Annunciation Church and School shooting
FOX Local

"There were 20 victims as a result of the shooting. Two children, 8 and 10, were fatally shot. Another 15 children, between the ages of 6 and 15, were injured by gunfire. Three adults in their 80s who were attending mass were also shot.
Previously, authorities said 14 children were injured in the shooting but officials revised that number to 15 on Thursday morning. O'Hara said on Thursday the child victim, who was identified as the 15th young victim, was taken by private vehicle to a hospital outside the Twin Cities. Police did not receive the report about the child until after the child was treated for a "graze wound" and released."

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Annunciation Church school shooting: What we know about the victims

A shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis on Wednesday left two children, ages 8 and 10, dead.

www.fox9.com

Mom of Minneapolis school shooting victim was working in ICU when injured daughter arrived​

By Stephen Swanson
Updated on: August 28, 2025 / 12:39 PM CDT / CBS Minnesota

"One of the young victims of Wednesday's deadly mass shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school remains in critical condition Thursday, at the same hospital where her mother works as a pediatric critical care nurse."

"Forchas' own mother rushed to work on Wednesday morning at Hennepin Healthcare in downtown Minneapolis to help with the influx of victims, "before knowing it was her children's school that was attacked, and that her daughter was critically injured,"

"Father Timothy Sas of St. Mary's Greek Orthodox Church in Minneapolis also released a statement about the Forchas family, who are parishioners.
"Sophia was born and raised in our St. Mary's parish, immersed in the life of the Church together with her extended family of several generations who are devoted members of our congregation," Sas wrote. "Sophia's family and I are truly thankful for the immediate embrace of prayers coming from literally all parts of the world.""

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Mom of Minneapolis school shooting victim was working in ICU when injured daughter arrived

One of the young victims of Wednesday's deadly mass shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school remains in critical condition Thursday, at the same hospital where her mother works as a pediatric critical care nurse.

www.cbsnews.com

Families of 2 children killed in Minneapolis school shooting share statements: "Give your kids an extra hug"​

By Krystal Frasier
Updated on: August 28, 2025 / 6:32 PM CDT / CBS Minnesota

Families of 2 children killed in Minneapolis school shooting share statements: "Give your kids an extra hug"

The families of the two children who were shot and killed early Wednesday morning at Annunciation Catholic Church in southwest Minneapolis spoke out for the first time Thursday afternoon.

www.cbsnews.com

Memorial at Annunciation Church serving as place of healing for community​

Brett Hoffland & Ben Henry KSTP
Updated: 3 hours ago
Published: August 28, 2025 - 8:45 PM
Memorial at Annunciation Church serving as place of healing for community

Hundreds gather for interfaith prayer service to show support for Catholic community in wake of shooting​

By Frankie McLister
August 28, 2025 / 10:31 PM CDT / CBS Minnesota

Hundreds gather for interfaith prayer service to show support for Catholic community in wake of shooting

Community support and healing continue throughout Minneapolis after a shooting took the lives of two children and injured many more.

www.cbsnews.com

Minneapolis man comforted Annunciation school shooting victims while waiting for police to arrive​

By Aki Nace
Updated on: August 28, 2025 / 12:39 PM CDT / CBS Minnesota

Minneapolis man comforted Annunciation school shooting victims while waiting for police to arrive

"I took all three of them. I said, 'let's sit down,'" Pat Scallen said. "And I tried to calm them down. And the one little girl who got shot in the head asked me to hold her hand the whole time, and I did."

www.cbsnews.com

KARE 11 Investigates | 'There was definitely red flags' Classmate of Annunciation shooter points to warning signs​

Author: A.J. Lagoe, Kelly Dietz, Gary Knox
Published: 7:12 PM CDT August 28, 2025
Updated: 7:12 PM CDT August 28, 2025

"KARE 11 Investigates is learning more details about Robin Westman’s past, and what led up to the mass shooting at Annunciation, the Catholic school where Westman briefly attended in 8th grade.
While it is impossible to ever truly understand “why,” KARE 11 Investigates has been dissecting one grim window into Westman’s mind: the manifesto left behind. The more than 50-page journal paints a picture of Westman’s plans to carry out what is referred to as “the mission,” we now know to be a school shooting, as children knelt in prayer on the first week of school."

"Josefina Sanchez, who attended St. Agnes Catholic School in St Paul with Westman in 6th and 7th grade, tells KARE 11, looking back, there were warning signs.
“When I recognized him on the news, I looked back and I was like ‘there was definitely red flags’,” she said.
Josefina described Westman as verbally abusive to kids in their class, and said Westman would perform Nazi salutes behind the backs of teachers."

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KARE 11 Investigates | 'There was definitely red flags' Classmate of Annunciation shooter points to warning signs

Westman was known to give Nazi salutes and shared obsession with school shootings dating back to middle school.

www.kare11.com

Following the Annunciation Church shooting, security experts talk about safety techniques​

Richard Reeve KSTP
4 hours ago

Following the Annunciation Church shooting, security experts talk about safety techniques

Mike Olson, a former U.S. Secret Service special agent, says a safety program should begin with creating a safe culture, encouraging conscious security, and activating awareness training.

kstp.com

State Patrol, DNR partner with Minneapolis police for support at schools and places of worship​

By Krystal Frasier, Jeff Wagner, Adam Dexter
Updated on: August 28, 2025 / 6:51 PM CDT / CBS Minnesota

State Patrol, DNR partner with Minneapolis police for support at schools and places of worship

According to Gov. Tim Walz's office, 14 troopers and six DNR enforcement officers will coordinate with police to help with patrol coverage and visibility.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Almost Heaven]

Trans Control Now​

Forget thoughts and prayers, stop grooming future trans killers.​

August 29, 2025 by Daniel Greenfield

After Robert ‘Robin’ Westman shot up a Minneapolis church, local authorities and law enforcement refused to discuss the transgender child murderer’s motive, but instead spent a lot of time prattling about the weapon as if the rifle had climbed off the shelf and then opened fire.

Much as with Audrey ‘Aiden’ Hale, the transgender child murderer who attacked the Covenant School in Nashville a few years ago, killing three children and three staff members, there is an active coverup of what would make a young man or woman want to murder children in a religious setting. Audrey Hale left behind a manifesto that the authorities tried to suppress. Robert Westman filled social media with deranged rants, filmed a video manifesto and decorated his gun with calls to kill Trump and Jews, and hate toward Christians.

After every mass shooting, the media turns into impromptu gun experts, enthusiastically discussing calibers and manufacturers, to avoid talking about the motive. Probably knowing that, the killer wrote his motives on his gun and media outlets still refuse to discuss it.

It’s an evil that must be driven out of every school and medical facility by a combination of parental activism, individual conscience and government intervention. There must be no room for the continuation of these barbaric medical experiments on troubled children. The occasional school shooting is the tip of a bloody iceberg. May the murdered children in Minneapolis be among the last victims of the transgender culture wars and the start of Trans Control Now.

Trans Control Now | Frontpage Mag

Forget thoughts and prayers, stop grooming future trans killers.

www.frontpagemag.com

 

[pixelpusher]

Then there's this cover apparently promoting violence from a little magazine in Eugene, Oregon. ETA: Apologies if eye-bleach is needed. The cut-off headline on the bottom reads "Are you Triggered"

Eugene Weekly's 'Bash Back' Cover Ignites Fury Over Trans Violence Narrative

Eugene Weekly's cover stirs controversy over trans violence rhetoric.

twitchy.com

 

[Everlasting Life]

I also read a small portion of his writings that were posted. To me, he seemed to be a spoiled child who expected life to be all roses and unicorns, but instead realized success required work. He seemed to be very family oriented and close to his parents and siblings, remorseful of the pain he knew he would cause. Evidently he thought he had lung cancer from vaping and was scared of cancer treatments and hospitals (a figment of his imagination). The young man had been deceived thinking life was easy, that he could change sexes, and after realizing both were lies, became evil and full of hate.

These deceivers tell kids how happy they would be if only they would do this or do that, and when they find out it's all lies, it's too late. Jesus will forgive and make all things new again, it's never to late, but that's not the message they want to hear.

Yes....

ing for all involved in this sad situation. May the Lord bring much good out of this somehow.

There's so many factors that play into this deathstyle.

As I've been researching this movement statistically, many people drawn into this often are neurodivergant (ADD, Aspergers, ADHD, Autism, etc.). There's a pretty high number (as I move about my community, that's been my own observation as well).

This movement love bombs those, who seriously struggle with making friends, connections, or having a social life...... which often is the experience of the neurodivergant. It's incredibly lonely to struggle with this challenge for a great many. And as young people, the pull is very strong, because they desperately, desperately want identity, acceptance, a place of friendship. It's not unlike the same reasons some kids join gangs.

Then, there's a process that happens for young people as they move into adulthood, where they come to terms with either being a man or a woman. This is a normal process.....unless interrupted by trauma or messaging that moves one towards Gender dysphoria. And social media has greatly aided in this with our kids, especially to create a voting base.

With neurodivergent kids, they really, really lean on others for social cues because they so struggle in this, it's like that's missing from them. Things like jokes, symbolism, and subtleties of conversation can be completely lost as conversation is taken literally and at face value or distraction sets in. Which then can make it hard to understand God's Word. Yes, there are those who use His Word to abuse and excuse harsh behavior but often, it's that God's Word is perceived as harsh and abusive. I suppose that's part of the blinding of people's minds by Satan, but this additional challenge adds another layer of difficulty (which can't stop God).

So, if you've got the wrong peers around (physically or online) which often happens as their own social mishaps often drive those away, who would be good influences, leaving the low end of the bar, so to speak. Then, desperate for any friendship and connection, these not so great peers become accepted and bad influences.

And, most unfortunately nuerodivergant people are such easy targets for sexual predators, for the same reasons mentioned above. The stats of sexual abuse towards the neurodivergant is quite high. So, there's lots of things ticking.

We have to realize these young people are being used, abused and horribly taken advantage of by the enemy of our souls through his minions and children sold out to evil here on earth. These shootings are symptoms of this and the deep pain that's percolating.

Now, I'm not excusing behavior, just explaining and giving perspective. As the saying goes, hurt people, hurt people.

They desperately need our prayers for God's intervention, just as all people do.

The good news is that God is compassionately working to draw many of these poor souls back out of this movement (which shows virolent intolerance to those who dare to go against the tide). Of course mainstream media completely ignores this, along with the obvious, that this lifestyle is very destructive.

So, those who God is drawing out to faith in Jesus, really need our network and support of loving Christians to come alongside and be their quality friends, that is so desperately wanted. To be ok with the quirkiness that can be there, patient with the social differences (that are not ungodly) while gently mentoring in the things of God. This makes such a difference! This is what I'm personally seeing with a couple of situations I'm connected to.

Consider praying about this and see where God may lead to come alongside those He's calling, to throw a lifeline out there and be part of pulling people to the safe harbor of Jesus Christ

 

[Everlasting Life]

Dr. Drew Pinsky told Newsmax on Thursday that he believes the medical system failed the shooter who attacked a church service and left two children dead and more than a dozen injured in Minneapolis on Wednesday.

Pinsky told "The Chris Salcedo Show" that it is apparent the shooter had medical care while undergoing gender transition procedures....

....He asserted that the attacker did not get appropriate mental health treatment.

"Clearly, this individual missed, in terms of a comprehensive assessment. It would not have been hard to figure out that there were some very, very serious neuropsychiatric problems here, and they could have been treated; they should have been treated."...


https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/drew-pinsky-minneapolis-church-shooting/2025/08/28/id/1224348/

What I'm gleaning here is this is also an outcome of DEI, and wokeness that's hit our medical communities as well. The result is unnecessary mayhem.

 

[Everlasting Life]

I thought I'd share a more personal story. My own dear father had severe ADHD and verbal Touretts (varous noises). Can you imagine the social challenges he had in a time where this was not understood?

Can you imagine what it was like for a kid to grow up with this?

I wouldn't be surprised if he lived today when this was emerging in his life, if he wouldn't have been drawn into what we are seeing.

I saw up close and personal the great pain and suffering he endured at being ostracized socially.....even by his family. He was so desperate for connection and friends, he joined a cult (identity and needed friendship had been offered but for nefarious reasons).

But, by God's grace, when he was contemplating suicide, a Christian came along and asked him if he was all right. It changed his trajectory.

And despite his challenges he somehow was able to communicate his love, albeit awkwardly but I understood his heart. And even when presented the opportunity (at age 14) by someone to have him committed, I refused. I knew he wasn't crazy, he was just struggling with something very difficult. I didn't understand what he was going through until now, but I did understand that he wasn't insane.

But, because Christians came alongside him later in his life (I had learned) and loved him by pointing to the true Gospel of Jesus Christ and was patient with his extreme quirkiness, He was saved. By God's grace, he found a network of true friends, connection and identity in Christ. I now know that he was saved before he passed.

And somehow he was able to impart the love of God's Word, to follow Him and the importance of prayer.

He managed to keep food on the table and a roof over our heads. And to teach by his example to never give up despite the problems endured, that God is worthy to be trusted even in the midst of great difficulties.

It wasn't until his own passing and subsequent learning more about these challenges that I fully understood the dynamics of what he was dealing with. I wish I had understood earlier.

In retrospect it's actually quite amazing what he was able to accomplish despite (really, the grace of God).

I share this to encourage that if God brings someone into your life who's socially awkward, struggling 'off', prayerfully consider that they are really lonely, struggling and desperate for any friend or connection. That perhaps God is tapping you to be that Godly friend where our enemy would love to supply terrible ones for destruction.

And, I share this to bring some perspective and understanding to why the transgender movement (another cult) draws so many from this group into their fold....but results in destruction.

If those Christians had turned away from the law of love found in Jesus Christ, I do wonder if I'd be sharing a different story in regards to my father. Of course, I'm not saying to ignore healthy boundaries (I had to have this myself) but stay open to God's plan and leading.

 

[Everlasting Life]

Then there's this cover apparently promoting violence from a little magazine in Eugene, Oregon. ETA: Apologies if eye-bleach is needed. The cut-off headline on the bottom reads "Are you Triggered"

Eugene Weekly's 'Bash Back' Cover Ignites Fury Over Trans Violence Narrative

Eugene Weekly's cover stirs controversy over trans violence rhetoric.

twitchy.com

Interesting news about this magazine....perhaps God restraining hand:

The former business manager of Eugene Weekly was arrested Tuesday over the alleged embezzlement of the paper.

Elisha Young, 37, was arrested in Ohio following an indictment by a Lane County Grand Jury. She’s facing three counts of first-degree aggravated theft, and two counts of first-degree theft...

....Today, Mortensen said the Weekly is still paying off debts to its printer accrued during the embezzlement. She said she hopes a court will grant the newspaper some financial restitution....

Former Eugene Weekly business manager arrested over embezzlement scheme

The former business manager of Eugene Weekly was arrested Tuesday over the alleged embezzlement of the paper.

www.klcc.org

 

[Everlasting Life]

This shooter was discovering that the trans lifestyle didn't hold the answers the shooter thought was there:

....Cryptically mixing English with Russian Cyrillic script, Westman openly admitted in his manifesto, “I am tired of being trans, I wish I never brain-washed myself.” ...

....Even Westman seemed to recognize what so many on the left refuse to admit: Self-identifying as the opposite gender doesn’t make it real. No surgery or hormone treatment can change biological reality.

NOW Are We Allowed to Talk About It?

A chilling analysis of the Minneapolis shooter's manifesto and its implications on mental health and identity.

pjmedia.com

Lord, protect our kids, rescue them from this lie and deception from harm inflicted on others by those who feel just as hopeless.

Please intervene in a mighty way.

In Jesus name Amen.

 

[dwb]

Speaking of evil, don't forget Baphomet (a popular symbol of the left) is trans.

 

[Cheeky200386]

I thought I'd share a more personal story. My own dear father had severe ADHD and verbal Touretts (varous noises). Can you imagine the social challenges he had in a time where this was not understood?

Can you imagine what it was like for a kid to grow up with this?

I wouldn't be surprised if he lived today when this was emerging in his life, if he wouldn't have been drawn into what we are seeing.

I saw up close and personal the great pain and suffering he endured at being ostracized socially.....even by his family. He was so desperate for connection and friends, he joined a cult (identity and needed friendship had been offered but for nefarious reasons).

But, by God's grace, when he was contemplating suicide, a Christian came along and asked him if he was all right. It changed his trajectory.

And despite his challenges he somehow was able to communicate his love, albeit awkwardly but I understood his heart. And even when presented the opportunity (at age 14) by someone to have him committed, I refused. I knew he wasn't crazy, he was just struggling with something very difficult. I didn't understand what he was going through until now, but I did understand that he wasn't insane.

But, because Christians came alongside him later in his life (I had learned) and loved him by pointing to the true Gospel of Jesus Christ and was patient with his extreme quirkiness, He was saved. By God's grace, he found a network of true friends, connection and identity in Christ. I now know that he was saved before he passed.

And somehow he was able to impart the love of God's Word, to follow Him and the importance of prayer.

He managed to keep food on the table and a roof over our heads. And to teach by his example to never give up despite the problems endured, that God is worthy to be trusted even in the midst of great difficulties.

It wasn't until his own passing and subsequent learning more about these challenges that I fully understood the dynamics of what he was dealing with. I wish I had understood earlier.

In retrospect it's actually quite amazing what he was able to accomplish despite (really, the grace of God).

I share this to encourage that if God brings someone into your life who's socially awkward, struggling 'off', prayerfully consider that they are really lonely, struggling and desperate for any friend or connection. That perhaps God is tapping you to be that Godly friend where our enemy would love to supply terrible ones for destruction.

And, I share this to bring some perspective and understanding to why the transgender movement (another cult) draws so many from this group into their fold....but results in destruction.

If those Christians had turned away from the law of love found in Jesus Christ, I do wonder if I'd be sharing a different story in regards to my father. Of course, I'm not saying to ignore healthy boundaries (I had to have this myself) but stay open to God's plan and leading.

Wow, how did he manage to end up with your mom despite his social struggles? That’s so fascinating and inspiring.

 

[Hol]

Wow, how did he manage to end up with your mom despite his social struggles? That’s so fascinating and inspiring.

Yes @Everlasting Life, what a tender story

Dr. Drew Pinsky told Newsmax on Thursday that he believes the medical system failed the shooter who attacked a church service and left two children dead and more than a dozen injured in Minneapolis on Wednesday.

The Daily Wire is in the thick of the battle against the trans medical machine.

The number of states that go after any therapists or counselors trying to help these confused kids is mind numbing.

Praying the US and Canada will look at how Europe came to their senses about this.

 

[Everlasting Life]

Wow, how did he manage to end up with your mom despite his social struggles? That’s so fascinating and inspiring.

They met and married before these issues really emerged in full display for him (around the early 20's).

Things were pretty rough. When one thing or person is out of balance, that brings everything else out of balance too.

It took awhile for me as an adult to heal (by God's grace) from that imbalance and then understand more fully what all was going on. This brought me greater perspective, understanding and clearer context.

From there, I began to realize the insurmountable challenges faced and how by God's grace, my father was able to even accomplish anything that he had a far as a father and provider. Of course God knew the full situation and I can see now His grace shown.

Even making it to school functions really was a miracle for him, although very difficult for various reasons.

I can see now his heart behind his efforts.

But because of this extreme form of neurodivergence, I kind of went to school so to speak, on how to interact sensitively with others that I recognize similar challanges in (within minutes). And how to do so, with needed boundaries at times.

The first need is usually the need for friendliness, acceptance, patience and continuing to invite to church, Bible study, etc. even if they rarely don't make it (keeping schedules can be incredibly difficult). The continued reaching out assures the heart they are important and cared for. That's just one example.

At any rate, I know that what we are seeing today is shocking and wanted to hopefully bring perspective that opens understanding and info on how to reach someone God may place in our paths.

Ultimately this is another symptom of our fallen world and sin which the Lord compassionately desires to rescue many out of.