I've read and heard several articles (especially
over the past 10-15 years) dealing with the growing amount of evidence covering the unpopular topic of
the effects of both hormones from the pill and hormones from our insatiable
appetite for synthetic goods upon both animals and human beings
alike. Though the abovementioned industries persist in the "tale" that their products are 100% safe for both our
environment and us, the mounting weight of evidence demonstrates
otherwise.
Some years ago now, a widely publicised study carried
out on genetic gender "mistakes" leading to a rise in reproductive
disorders (among other problems) within the polar bear population alerted society to the dangers
we're storing up for ourselves from nearly half a century of the pill and
synthetics.
(The concentration of hormone levels in Arctic waters is greatest there due to ocean current patterns.)
Plastics have also been shown to effect gender in
developing unborn mammals. A web report deals with
alarming changes in rodents exposed to very low levels of plastic-related
hormones whilst developing.
Though I am in no way making excuses for the
path of destruction brought about by a universal Western embrace of Marxist and
related principles in both the Church and civic arena (all too evident in
the post modern collapse of the traditional family), if we wish, as workers for our
Heavenly Father, to address this issue and advocate for change, we do need to
consider the whole question of feminism and the masculinisation of
womankind as more than a rise in Communist Feminist Ideology. We should rather consider a
combination of the former, quietly and unsuspectedly helped along by this
frightening new evidence for emerging environmental influences--a Frankenstein's monster created by our own hand as we meddle with
the delicate balance of God's creation and His natural order.
If a true, healthy gender identity is
to be rekindled, any environmental influence that hampers both the
feminine and masculine identity in men and women must be
promptly removed from the equation. Legislating against the
reproductive pill and the use of unsafe plastics and
their intrusion into our everyday lives on such a vast scale will be a good
place to start.Though these suggestions may seem extreme, if a factor has been
shown to present danger, are we not morally, ethically, and spiritually
beholden to act? Practical solutions will be difficult to introduce; after all,
the genie is out of the bottle, and as we are all too aware, once out, it is nigh
on impossible to put it back in. Industries that rely upon these harmful
(and often cheap) synthetics must be persuaded if not compelled to engage
in safe practices regardless of expense. Cheapest is not always best; far from
it. Secular capitalism cares not for notions of biblical ethics and does all it
can to "pass in" as much as it can; unconvinced of any notions relating to
biblical stewardship as it pertains to the spheres of ecconomics or God's
creation--be it humans (made, of course, in God's image) or God's wider
handiwork comprising flora and fauna, Earth, sea and sky. Every last
atom belongs to our Heavenly Father, after all.
