Gender identity completely qualifies as an unexplained phenomenon.

This system of things molds people in a variety of ways. LGBTQ and gender identity choices have been heavily popularized lately in this system of things, so you see an increase in people making these choices. Add to that the lie that people 'are born that way', and you see further increase. "The god of this system of things" also likes to promote any attitude, behaviour, ideology and opinions/ideas/philosophies that work against God's will and instructions for mankind (“for your own good”, see Isa 48:17,18, ftn.) or are contrary to God's teachings. With that in mind and thinking about LGBTQ, "the god of this system of things" also likes to promote pride (and then you get pride parades, or people taking pride in being this or that, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans or queer, or being creative with gender identity). Likewise, you also see a lot of racial pride (black pride, white pride, Latino pride, Asian pride, etc.), nationalistic pride (patriotism and nationalism, worship of the state, adoration, veneration or even worship of the flag of a nation, an idol as the term is used in the Bible, so this is promotion of idolatry, again something that works contary to God's will and instructions), pride about one's careers or accomplishments, etc. And then you have people taking pride in being liberal, progressive, or as depicted in the South Park episode about smugness, having hybrid or electrical cars, convinced they care about the environment (if they go along with whatever is being marketed in the area of "green energy"; regardless of its actual impact on the environment in comparison to alternatives and while the biggest polluters can continue polluting the environment and all attention is drawn away from them).

This is why the Bible gives the following advice:

“And stop being molded by this system of things,* [ Or “this age.”] but be transformed by making your mind over, so that you may prove to yourselves the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” (Romans 12:2)

And just to show where I was quoting the expression "the god of this system of things" from:

“If, in fact, the good news we declare is veiled, it is veiled among those who are perishing, among whom the god of this system of things has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that the illumination* [Or “light.”] of the glorious good news about the Christ, who is the image of God, might not shine through. For we are preaching, not about ourselves, but about Jesus Christ as Lord and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’ sake. For God is the one who said: “Let the light shine out of darkness,” and he has shone on our hearts to illuminate them with the glorious knowledge of God by the face of Christ.” (2 Cor 4:3-6)

Proverbs 16:18,19

Pride is before a crash,

And a haughty spirit before stumbling.

19 Better to be humble* [Lit., “lowly of spirit.”] among the meek

Than to share the spoil of the haughty.

2 Timothy 3:1-5

But know this, that in the last days critical times hard to deal with will be here. For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, disloyal, having no natural affection, not open to any agreement, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, without love of goodness, betrayers, headstrong, puffed up with pride, lovers of pleasures rather than lovers of God, having an appearance of godliness but proving false to its power; and from these turn away.

Those are the things the god of this system of things likes to promote and mold people with. Getting people to be more interested in satisfying their desire for fleshly pleasures is another big one affecting the LGBTQ (+gender identity) crowd (not that they're the only ones), Galatians 6:7-10 calls it "sowing with a view to [the] flesh" (this also counts for greed and materialism, as the term is used in Maddona's song: "I'm a material girl", where the focus lies on acquiring material possessions, sowing with a view to the flesh).

“For there will be a period of time when they will not put up with the wholesome* [Or “healthful; beneficial.”] teaching, but according to their own desires, they will surround themselves with teachers to have their ears tickled.* [Or “to tell them what they want to hear.”] They will turn away from listening to the truth and give attention to false stories.” (2 Timothy 4:3,4) (such as the false story/myth: 'born that way')

Jesus said: “Stop storing up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal. Rather, store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (Matthew 6:19-21) Verse 24 says: “No one can slave for two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will stick to the one and despise the other. You cannot slave for God and for Riches.” (or for satisfying one's fleshly desires and pleasures for that matter)

As you can probably see from my comment, I would not agree with the statement that it is an unexplained phenomenon. It actually has already been explained a long time ago (when these things were written in the Bible). Here's another one that explains why people see these things (pride, LGBTQ+gender identity stuff, materialism or sowing with a view to the flesh, patriotism and nationalism, etc.) as a 'good' thing (or at least harmless and not bad or evil/wicked):

“Woe to those who say that good is bad and bad is good,

Those who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness,

Those who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

Woe to those wise in their own eyes

And discreet in their own sight!” (Isaiah 5:20,21)

Keep in mind, hate is not always bad, love is not always good. It depends on what you hate or love whether or not it's a good thing, or a bad thing.

“Let your love be without hypocrisy. Abhor [hate] what is wicked; cling to [love] what is good.” (Romans 12:9) (quite tricky when you have those around doing what is described at Isaiah 5:20, turning the situation upside down, good is then painted as bad, and bad as good; this all plays into the hand/cards of "the god of this system of things" "who is misleading the entire inhabited earth", Rev. 12:9)

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of Jehovah means the hating of bad.

I hate self-exaltation and pride and the evil way and perverse speech.

Romans 12:21

Do not let yourself be conquered by the evil, but keep conquering the evil with the good.

Just to be clear, making fun of those in the LGBTQ+ community, is bad. It tends to lead to bullying and harm (and the accompanying hatred for people whose choices one doesn't agree with; often without looking in the mirror to see what might be wrong/bad there). So what the Westboro Baptist Church is doing with all the anti-gay signs they hold up at some protests or wherever they are gathering on the street for some attention, is bad/wicked/evil. It is part of the 'divide and conquer' tactic that "the god of this system of things" and "ruler of this world" (Joh 12:31) likes to use, pushing the buttons of hatred, pride and fear on both sides (or all sides). Giving rise to strife. A common occurance on ATS as well (strife). 1 Timothy 6:3-5:

If any man teaches another doctrine and does not agree with the wholesome instruction, which is from our Lord Jesus Christ, nor with the teaching that is in harmony with godly devotion, he is puffed up with pride and does not understand anything. He is obsessed with arguments and debates about words. These things give rise to envy, strife, slander, wicked suspicions, constant disputes about minor matters by men who are corrupted in mind and deprived of the truth, thinking that godly devotion is a means of gain.

Gender identity completely qualifies as an unexplained phenomenon.

Gender ... it's not 'unexplained' ... here it is .... XX/XY.
That's gender.
This idea that gender is how you feel is brand new and isn't what the world went by until recently.
And probably most of the world still goes by XX/XY and not 'how you feel'.

originally posted by: whereislogic
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Keep in mind, hate is not always bad, love is not always good. It depends on what you hate or love whether or not it's a good thing, or a bad thing.

“Let your love be without hypocrisy. Abhor [hate] what is wicked; cling to [love] what is good.” (Romans 12:9) ...

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of Jehovah means the hating of bad.

I hate self-exaltation and pride and the evil way and perverse speech.

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Some time ago I made a thread concerning when (or what type of) fear is a good (proper) thing, it also discusses when (or what type of) fear is a bad (improper) thing. Here's the link and the first part of the opening post:

"Close friendship with Jehovah belongs to those who fear him." —Psalms 25v14.

originally posted by: whereislogic

When people read the word "fear" in the bible in similar verses as the one quoted in the title of this thread they often get the wrong impression thinking about an improper terrorizing type of fear (thinking about phobomancy: superstituous fear or phobia; the use of fear and evil to manipulate the minds and action of others, eg. the hellfire doctrine). But fear comes in multiple shades and forms and when used as in the text above, it is referring to a different type of fear as the alternate rendering in the footnote of the text below also shows.

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of* [Or “reverence for.”] Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge.

Only fools despise wisdom and discipline.

Fear: Insight, Volume 1

As commonly used, fear means an expectation of harm or pain, generally a painful emotion characterized by alarm, dread, disquiet. However, fear may also mean a calm recognition or consideration of whatever may injure or damage, such recognition causing one to exercise reasoned caution and intelligent foresight.

What is the fear of Jehovah that we should have?

The Bible shows that there is a proper fear and an improper fear. Thus, fear may be wholesome and cause the individual to proceed with due caution in the face of danger, thereby averting disaster, or it may be morbid, destroying hope and weakening a person’s nervous stamina, even to the point of bringing about death. The fear of God is healthful; it is an awe and a profound reverence for the Creator and a wholesome dread of displeasing him. This fear of incurring his displeasure is a result of appreciation of his loving-kindness and goodness together with the realization that he is the Supreme Judge and the Almighty, who has the power to inflict punishment or death upon those who disobey him.—See AWE; DREAD.

The proper fear of Jehovah God is essential to those who would serve him. This profound fear of Jehovah is “the beginning of wisdom” (Ps 111:10), “the start of wisdom.” (Pr 9:10) It is not a morbid fear that tears down; “the fear of Jehovah is pure.” (Ps 19:9) This fear is defined thus at Proverbs 8:13: “The fear of Jehovah means the hating of bad.” It will prevent one from following a bad course, for “in the fear of Jehovah one turns away from bad.”—Pr 16:6.
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a reply to: Grozzvian

unless such people can be properly enough explained, proved beyond a reasonable doubt to be entirely legitimate.

The sheer amount of microplastic in our diets already "rebranded" previous achievements of culture miserable failures in the long run, which basically turns the assumption on it's head. None of this is legit after all.

I'm a true believer in as unbiased as possible education. Certainly if enough intelligent enough people can have our way, a balance can be reached between having enough education to avoid ignorance therefore horror and tragedy, and just letting kids be kids in the traditional and innocent enough way. We need an all around Renaissance in multiple areas.

And this renaissance needs nothing short of a very soft beige with a highly non-offensive content, that also offers more comfort right away, or the market share wont be big enough to make a dent on the lobotomized mainline.

It's Replicator or bust at this point! Something trendy for all our parents from yesterday's past, ya know...