A new massive peer-reviewed study finds significant psychological distress for those with

generisphoria who undergo surgery.

Even though the, quote, nuns have plateaued for the past five years, studies show that the

share of those who identify as religious will continue to drop.

And a new scientific study emerges rooted in the debate over nurture and nature that has

massive implications for individuals and for culture.

These are the stories we'll discuss, and we will also address some of your questions.

I'm your host, Sean McDowell.

And I'm your co-host, Scott Ray.

This is the Think Bivocally Weekly Cultural Update, brought you by Talp School Theology,

Biola University. Scott, we keep saying this, but stories related to politics and Trump are

dominating the headlines. But you and I were talking off air how we were really pleased and thrilled

with these stories that are important to stop and think biblically about.

So we're going to focus on those.

So this first one is not so much a breaking news story, but it's a study that somewhat

surprised me, but also somewhat didn't.

It surprised me to see this in peer-reviewed

secular literature, because I think there's pressure against publishing things like this,

but it didn't surprise me the findings themselves. And this is a peer-reviewed article in the

Journal of Sexual Medicine from 2025.

And they start off by saying transgender individuals who experience a mismatch between their

gender identity and sex assigned at birth, face a heightened risk of psychological distress

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