Most nights, my wife and I will end our evening with reading in bed. About once per month I will read my new ESPN magazine. Last week, I got the latest ESPN magazine and read through the many articles while really needing to turn the light off and go to sleep. I kept saying in my mind..."Okay, this will be the last article." But then I would read another one. Finally, I ended up at the final article of the magazine. This one was by Rick Reilly (seen in photo) who is one of my favorite columnists. It was called called "Sometimes One Death Can Mean Two Losses." Unlike a lot of Reilly's articles this article was greatly disappointing. It talked about a reporter that he knew who killed himself. That is disturbing, but what is more disturbing is that throughout the article Reilly referred his friend as "he" or "she" because the man became a woman during part of his life and then went back to being a man again.
It was so sad to hear about someone being depressed and killing themselves and it was also sad to see ESPN blur the distinction between gender. In the same magazine (actually two pages prior) a professional fighter was asked if he would ever fight a woman and he said an emphatic "No!" But if you read the article by Reilly, you behold a gender confused, pronoun perplexed article in which there is no definition on the meaning of being a "man" or being a "woman."
Genesis 2 shows God creating man and woman. No amount of surgeries or hormones change that. The guy who had a sex change did not cease to be a guy because he dressed like a girl. "He" was not a "she." "He" was still a "he" even when he dressed like a "she."
So, I turned my light out and tossed and turned for about an hour because instead of reading about sports, I read about a transgender suicide. I am sorry for the man's sad situation and for his family, but I also wish that ESPN would keep the distinction of male and female like most athletics do. The Olympic committee will take away medals if a "he" tries to compete like a "she." ESPN should know the difference.
It was so sad to hear about someone being depressed and killing themselves and it was also sad to see ESPN blur the distinction between gender. In the same magazine (actually two pages prior) a professional fighter was asked if he would ever fight a woman and he said an emphatic "No!" But if you read the article by Reilly, you behold a gender confused, pronoun perplexed article in which there is no definition on the meaning of being a "man" or being a "woman."
Genesis 2 shows God creating man and woman. No amount of surgeries or hormones change that. The guy who had a sex change did not cease to be a guy because he dressed like a girl. "He" was not a "she." "He" was still a "he" even when he dressed like a "she."
So, I turned my light out and tossed and turned for about an hour because instead of reading about sports, I read about a transgender suicide. I am sorry for the man's sad situation and for his family, but I also wish that ESPN would keep the distinction of male and female like most athletics do. The Olympic committee will take away medals if a "he" tries to compete like a "she." ESPN should know the difference.
3 comments:
Maybe because the man was his friend he was trying to be respectful of his wishes. I find it sad that gender was your concern at all, my concern would be for the person who was obviously deeply confused and depressed. Do you think that proper teaching on gender roles would have changed such a man? I know homosexuals who've grown up in the church hearing that their desires are sinful and they believe it but they are still not free. Having the knowledge of good and evil (and preaching it) does not set people free.
I'm not sure why you expect a regular magazine to subscribe to your particular beliefs anyway, as if athletic men were somehow inherently more 'manly'? That's quite a worldy understanding of masculinity I think. Not trying to be difficult here, just don't understand where you're coming from I guess.
Jul,
Thanks for the comment. I think the gospel is the only thing that could change a man. I too was saddened. My point in my post was to point out the inconsistency of the magazine with regards to gender.
I said nothing regarding men being more manly for being athletic, so I'm unclear at that critique, though open to hearing you thoughts.
God bless,
mike
Hi Mike, I think I took it that way because you were surprised to find it in a sport's magazine, but maybe you were surprised because of previous rulings in various sports that do not allow for biological born men or woman to compete against the opposite sex. I probably just misunderstood you? If so, sorry about that!
I certainly agree that the gospel is the only thing that could change a man or anyone, I've met a few people who may or may not lack saving faith but have definately been deceived by the enemy into thinking there is no hope for them, that even if they succeed in changing there behaviour their desires would still be for same sex, ect... so they would be destined for a life of misery and lonliness. This is obviously a lie and it's very sad to see.
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