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The Gnostic Gender Gospel Digest No. 2

Updates on an emergent theme

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Matt Osborne
May 07, 2023
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The mass murder-suicide of the People’s Temple at Jonestown in 1978

Here at The Distance, we have chosen to examine “gender identity” through the historical lens of faith formation.

We understand “trans women are women” to be an explicit statement of gnostic faith. Almost all discussions of the “science” behind transgender identities are therefore wasted breath and electrons, because “gender affirmation” is not medicine at all, it is magic.

We are monitoring a broad media space for second opinions on this idea, which we include in these digest posts for our paying subscribers.

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