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Fact-Checking Theologians, Part 2 (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 5/12/23

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Theology: The Case for the Alteration of Pronouns, Names, and Body for Transgender and Non-Binary People

The extended podcast version of this Friday's Let's Talk About This is fact-checking Theologians Part 2. We've been talking about some theologians making the case for the alteration of pronouns, names, and bodies for the sake of what they refer to as transgender and non-binary people. Father Robert Mateg: Are there people in distress and very great pain? Yes. Can we help them? Yes. By lying to them? No. I would not help an enteroxic person by saying yes, the dress doesn't make you look fat. He says if you want your own philosophical toolkit, your portable Swiss Army knife, he recommends a book called Real Philosophy for Real People

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