Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture Cultural Update: The Monetization of Loneliness; Hospital Ends Youth Gender Treatment; Alarming U.K. Abortion Data
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Feb 20, 2026 They examine how platforms monetize cultural loneliness and what that says about intimacy. They discuss a major hospital ending youth gender treatments and the policy pressures behind the decision. They cover alarming U.K. abortion data and the rise of pills-by-post. They reflect on facing mortality and how believers should think about investing with a kingdom perspective.
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Divine Knowing Enables Human Openness
- Knowing we are loved unconditionally by God enables people to open up and be known by others.
- Scott Rae ties Psalm 139 and Romans 5:8 to the church's role in modeling unconditional love.
Policy Shift On Youth Gender Treatments
- Hospitals and states are scaling back transgender-related services amid federal pressure and shifting laws.
- Sean McDowell and Scott Rae see increased scrutiny as partly due to unresolved mental-health causes and detransitioner testimonies.
Identity Turns Gender Debates Political
- Once gender becomes an identity it becomes inherently political and demands legal protection.
- Scott Rae notes rapid politicization and language control driven by postmodern views of meaning.