Good day. It's Tuesday, October 15th, 2024, and this is the Daily Article podcast. I'm Chris Elkins of the Denison

Forum, narrating today's daily article written by Dr. Jim Denison. In what Reuters is calling a highly

unusual development, the U.S. is sending an advanced anti-missile system to Israel,

along with American troops to operate it. Meanwhile, a man arrested near a Donald Trump rally

is facing gun charges. The county sheriff said, if you're asking me right now, I probably

did have deputies that prevented the third assassination attempt. Why then

am I taking time to discuss the first transgender Star Wars stormtrooper? The character,

named sister, appears in the new book Star Wars, The Secret of the Clone Troopers. Some applaud the

move, while others were grieved, myself among them. This is not only a

religious liberty and election issue. As John Stone Street noted yesterday, 14,000 children have

been forever harmed by transgender surgeries, puberty blockers, and cross-sex hormone injections. But the story points to an even more

fundamental disconnect that threatens our cultural future. We have fought wars in the past and will

likely fight them again in the future. But if we cannot agree on what constitutes an ally and an

enemy, how can we defend the former from the latter? Similarly,

if we cannot agree on foundational social constructs such as gender and marriage, how can a

participatory democracy that depends on consensual morality flourish? Yesterday, I stated my belief

that the Bible is objectively true and should be the stack

pole against which we measure human beliefs and opinions. For example, scripture teaches

that life begins at conception, referencing Psalm 139 versus 13 through 16, and marriage is intended

for one man and one woman, referencing Genesis 2 versus 20 through 25,

which is why I am pro-life and for biblical marriage. However, I can hear someone saying,

that's just your interpretation of the Bible. How would I respond? Let's begin with some analogies.

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