Evangelical Lutheran Church in America https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Wed, 26 May 2021 12:00:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg Evangelical Lutheran Church in America https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 Today’s Religion of Wokeism Ignores Logic, Science And Reason https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2021/05/todays-religion-of-wokeism-ignores-logic-science-and-reason/ Wed, 26 May 2021 12:00:34 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=17488 Written by Dr. Everett Piper

Two weeks ago, on May 8, 2021, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) became the first mainline Protestant denomination to elect a transgender bishop.

The Rev. Megan Rohrer, a female who insists on using the pronouns “he” and “him,” was elected to serve as the leader of the Sierra Pacific Synod of the ELCA, by a vote 209 yeas to 207 nays. Rohrer will be installed on September 11 at St.… Continue Reading

]]> 17488 Parents Must Push Back Against Progressives’ Doublethink https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2021/05/parents-must-push-back-against-progressives-doublethink/ Mon, 24 May 2021 11:00:48 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=17475 Written by Robert Knight

We’re clearly living in a time of “doublethink.”

That’s when someone believes two mutually contradictory beliefs. The term comes from George Orwell’s novel “1984,” in which the government ruling party issued absurd dictums such as “War is Peace,” “Freedom is Slavery,” and “Ignorance is Strength.”

Anyone not going along with this was in for a rough time, including the novel’s protagonist, Winston Smith.

The psychological name for this is cognitive dissonance. One form of it is accepting as reality something that clearly conflicts with reason, sensory perception and common sense.… Continue Reading

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