Stupid things religious people say

[Fake Messiah]

"Catholics should not see 'The Odyssey' because it features a transgender person and these people are evil. This movie is actually trying to manipulate your child into changing her or his gender. And I can already see that I'm going to be persecuted for simply saying that transgender people are evil, but that is because this world hates Christians. Not to mention that transgender people are extremely violent. Can you imagine that these disgusting abominations of nature, who are minions of the devil himself, are, for some reason, so full of hate for Christians like me? That is why we must fight that these people be ostracized from society as garbage that they are."

Why I Refuse to See The Odyssey

I refuse to support the propaganda that is intrinsic in the film’s casting of Elliot Page, AKA Ellen Page, to play a male Greek soldier (who wasn’t even in Homer’s Odyssey). Page is a “transgender man”—that is, a woman pretending to be a man after having subjected her body to gruesome mutilation. I cannot in good conscience spend money on something that will lead impressionable children into thinking irreversible sex change operations, including the removal of breasts and genitals, is a healthy decision just because a Hollywood celebrity did it, and they see this celebrity in a film everyone is fawning over.

Transgender propaganda endangers more people than just the youths who are tempted to adopt transgender identities. When people who identify as transgender are not affirmed in their identity, they often threaten violence.

Indeed, it’s not hard to find posts on social media arguing that “transphobes” deserve to die, as can be seen in memes that include guns and other acts of violence against those who reject transgender ideology. Most “transgender humor” is just fantasies about murdering people who disagree with transgender ideology. And sometimes the fantasies become reality.

Transgender ideology is evil because it perpetuates a lie related to biology. Pope Francis said, “Today the ugliest danger is gender ideology, that cancels out differences.”

People have told me Page is in The Odyssey for only a few minutes, so it isn’t a big deal. But that’s always been the winning strategy for those who want to upend cultural norms.

In 1989, two gay advertising executives published After the Ball: How America Will Conquer Its Fear and Hatred of Gays in the ’90s. The authors said the LGBT community shouldn’t lead with over-the-top debauchery, but rather present an image as close to normal as possible and shame people for not accepting it. With The Odyssey, we are seeing the same tactic: it isn’t an over-the top casting decision, like Dylan Mulvaney playing Helen of Troy, but rather a subtle thing. It is easier to move people gradually to accept that “transgender men are men.”

I would ask Catholics who go and see The Odyssey: where are you going to draw the line?

When I told my oldest sons, who are still in elementary school, about what was done to Ellen Page’s body, they were horrified. They had no desire to see the film.

The only way to make a successful stand against transgender insanity, or any insanity, is to confront it. In the case at hand, Christians have made progress in reversing society’s acceptance of transgender ideology. According to Gallup, “in 2021, 46 percent found it morally acceptable, and 51 percent found it morally wrong. Today, those numbers stand at 38 percent and 57 percent, respectively.” Much of this was brought about by Christians courageously and graciously exposing the insanity of transgender ideology. When we pretend transgender actors are like any other actor and not part of a hideous Frankenstein-esque industry, we erode this success in winning over the culture.

https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online...he-odyssey