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Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

Cultural Update: $2 Million Gender Medicine Verdict; AI Boyfriends; Politics at the Grammys

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

Talbot School of Theology at Biola University / Sean McDowell & Scott Rae

Talbot, Church, Christianity, Christian, Culture, Biola, Sean Mcdowell, Religion & Spirituality, Scott Rae, Think Biblically

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

This week, Scott and Erik Thoennes discuss: $2 Million Gender Medicine Verdict: A New York jury awarded $2 million to a detransitioner who underwent a double mastectomy at age 16, marking a landmark legal decision that could significantly impact gender medicine practices as about 30 similar cases wind through the legal system. The Rise of AI Boyfriends: Women are increasingly using AI companions, raising concerns about artificial intimacy replacing real human relationships and the emoti...

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A legal decision that could change gender medicine.

0:05.0

AI boyfriends being increasingly used by women,

0:09.0

the moral dilemma when a spouse refuses to let go of a dying loved one,

0:13.0

and celebrities using their platforms at the Grammys to make political statements.

0:18.0

These are the stories we'll cover and will address some of your questions.

0:24.8

I'm your host Scott Ray and sitting in for Sean who's traveling today as my Talbot colleague in theology, Dr. Eric Tonnis. This is the Think Biblically weekly cultural update

0:30.1

from Talbot School of Theology, Biola University. Eric, so glad to have you with us again.

0:35.1

Super looking forward to your insights on all these stories and the questions that we'll be addressing, too.

0:40.6

Thanks, Scott.

0:41.2

I always enjoy talking with you.

0:43.2

This first story is one from the free press entitled, a landmark legal decision on gender medicine.

0:51.1

Widely reported in other media outlets, it's a story of a young woman who goes by the

0:56.0

name Fox Varian, her given name was Isabella, who had a deeply troubled background, parents

1:02.7

divorced at age seven, mental health issues coming out of that such as depression, anxiety,

1:08.9

social phobia. And then as the article describes, with her first menstrual period,

1:12.8

went into a mental health crisis that gave way to an eating disorder, body image issues.

1:18.6

And she began seeing a therapist, but around age 15,

1:24.0

she began to question her gender and began the female to male transition.

1:29.6

She changed her name from Isabella to Gabriel, began binding her breasts, went public

1:34.5

that she was trans, and then at 16, she had a double mastectomy.

1:39.8

Three years later, she stopped identifying as trans, realized that her mental health issues were

1:45.6

not improved, and joined the ranks, which is now a pretty significant number, of adolescent

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