Welcome to Breakpoint, a daily look at an ever-changing culture through the lens of unchanging truth.

For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street.

Recently, I spoke with author and theologian Dr. Carl Truman about his new book, The Desecration of Man,

how the rejection of God degrades our humanity.

Both in the interview and in the book, Dr. Truman clarified that

though the recent pushback on dehumanizing ideologies such as transgenderism is a welcome

development, the degradation of humanity will inevitably continue. Here's Dr. Truman.

I rejoice in that the setbacks that the trans lobby has faced.

I'm not willing to do a lap of victory yet because I think they're well-funded and highly

organized.

We need to keep up the pressure.

But what's interesting, of course, is how this came about.

And I think if you look at the American situation, you have to say Elon Musk plays a very significant role in this, partly or maybe

largely because his own family has been tragically affected by the trans issue. And praise God that

Elon Musk was able to influence the current administration in, I think, a healthy, sane direction on the issue of

gender. But when you take a step back and look at Elon Musk, I'd say, on that issue, he's right,

but actually, he's still part of the larger problem. Because if we don't treat transgenderism

in isolation, but see it as part of the larger

transhumanist project, this idea of smashing through human limits, then Elon Musk is,

he's on the forefront of that. So one of the things I've tried to say to students this

show is, you know, praise God for Elon Musk on this issue, that's great. But realize that transgenderism

is more connected philosophically to transhumanism than it is to the L, the G, and the B. That's the

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