The nation saw flags lowered as tempers rose this week in the aftermath of a mass shooting that involved a self-identified transgender woman who murdered three children and three adults at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee.

Among the victims of this evil attack was the 9-year-old daughter of the senior pastor of the school, Chad Scruggs, who issued a statement to the media that exemplified the Christian view of tragedy: “Through tears we trust that she is in the arms of Jesus who will raise her to life once again.”

Instead of mourning the loss of innocent life as any sane person would, Whoopi Goldberg, the classically misguided ringmaster of the ABC chat-fest “The View,” spared no time in jumping on a bandwagon that has actively attempted to discredit the spiritual power of Christian prayer.

The day after the Monday attack, Goldberg was on set wearing a sweater that clearly had the words “Thoughts and Prayers” crossed out with “Policy and Change” supplanting them.

Whoopi Goldberg’s sweatshirt on today’s broadcast of The View. pic.twitter.com/7aTvQEseQS

— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) March 28, 2023

The nihilist message — a direct insult to the religious faith of tens of millions of Americans — embodies the growing movement in the United States that desires to replace dependence on God with reliance on government.

Apparently, in the eyes of secular statists like Goldberg, we no longer need to rely on an outlet to a higher power and His divine intervention. Instead, we need the secular intervention of a totalitarian government with the goal of eradicating constitutional rights that our Founding Fathers declared had been established by that same higher power.

(The Constitution doesn’t mention God, of course, but the Declaration of Independence is clear that humans are “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights.” And those “Blessings of Liberty” in the Constitution’s Preamble had to come from somewhere.)

Goldberg, despite her obvious loyalties, is not the birthmother of the blasphemous slogan.

These same anti-prayer sentiments were a buzz among liberals back in 2018 in the wake of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, as the BBC reported at the time.

Organizations like the radically progressive group People’s Action used the tragedy to push anti-gun rhetoric that same year.

People’s Action specifically blamed Republicans for the Florida slaughter despite the attack being perpetrated by a mentally disturbed individual whom the FBI was warned about prior to the massacre.

People’s Action posted a fundraising site with the statement: “With today’s news, this year’s death toll from school shootings now stands at 21. Thoughts and prayers won’t bring them back, or save the next ones to die.”

The statement was headlined: “We need policy and change. Not just thoughts and prayers.”

What is more disturbing is those who should be true leaders in Christian circles but have used the Nashville tragedy to denigrate the power of prayer as well.

According to USA Today, Senate Chaplain Barry C. Black actually used his prayer at the body’s opening Tuesday in a way that almost sounds tailored to fit the progressive worldview.

“When babies die at a church school, it is time for us to move beyond thoughts and prayers,” Black said.

There are countless ways to express the idea that intentions and expressions of faith by themselves are not enough for good to triumph over evil — that human action is required. As James 2:20 puts it, “faith without works is dead.”

But as Black phrased it, “move beyond thoughts and prayers” comes across in a cynically mocking tone, a line more suited to a late-night comedian (or daytime TV talk show host) than a man of the cloth — especially one who has been so highly appointed to a position of Christian spiritual authority.

Goldberg did not pioneer this disturbing movement but is using her influence to irresponsibly spread and perpetuate it.

As progressives like Goldberg undermine the idea of prayer to the God Who gave His only Son to save you, I urge you with all my soul to pray to that very God with all your heart.

Only the blood of the Son will save you from what comes next.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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Devout Catholic Joe Biden released a lengthy statement Thursday proclaiming “Transgender Day of Visibility” that mentioned last year’s mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Colorado but failed to address the mass shooting at a Christian school on Nashville this week nor the planned Transgender Day of Vengeance” protests planned for this weekend.

Biden’s statement also reiterates his support for child mutilation and chemical castration in so-called “gender-affirming care” that is actually life altering sex-change surgery and hormone treatment for children.

Current Biden official transgender Admiral Richard “Rachel” Levine and accused luggage thief former Biden official non-binary Sam Brinton.

The gay nightclub Club Q in Colorado Springs was targeted by non-binary shooter Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, in an attack on November 19, 2022 that killed five and injured 25. Aldrich was taken into custody after being violently subdued by club customers.

The Covenant School in Nashville, run by the Covenant Presbyterian Church, was attacked on Monday by former student Audrey Hale, 28, who was a transgender who called herself Aiden. Three 9-year-old children and three adult staff members were killed in the attack. Hale was killed by police at the scene.

Transgender Day of Vengeance promotional poster graphic that went viral this week calls for a protest at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on Friday:

Biden’s proclamation:

Transgender Day of Visibility celebrates the joy, strength, and absolute courage of some of the bravest people I know — people who have too often had to put their jobs, relationships, and lives on the line just to be their true selves. Today, we show millions of transgender and nonbinary Americans that we see them, they belong, and they should be treated with dignity and respect. Their courage has given countless others strength, but no one should have to be brave just to be themselves. Every American deserves that freedom.

Transgender Americans shape our Nation’s soul — proudly serving in the military, curing deadly diseases, holding elected office, running thriving businesses, fighting for justice, raising families, and much more. As kids, they deserve what every child deserves: the chance to learn in safe and supportive schools, to develop meaningful friendships, and to live openly and honestly. As adults, they deserve the same rights enjoyed by every American, including equal access to health care, housing, and jobs and the chance to age with grace as senior citizens. But today, too many transgender Americans are still denied those rights and freedoms. A wave of discriminatory State laws is targeting transgender youth, terrifying families and hurting kids who are not hurting anyone. An epidemic of violence against transgender women and girls, in particular women and girls of color, has taken lives far too soon. Last year’s Club Q shooting in Colorado was another painful example of this kind of violence — a stain on the conscience of our Nation.

My Administration has fought to end these injustices from day one, working to ensure that transgender people and the entire LGBTQI+ community can live openly and safely. On my first day as President, I issued an Executive Order directing the Federal Government to root out discrimination against LGBTQI+ people and their families. We have appointed a record number of openly LGBTQI+ leaders, and I was proud to rescind the ban on openly transgender people serving in the military. We are also working to make public spaces and travel more accessible, including with more inclusive gender markers on United States passports. We are improving access to public services and entitlements like Social Security. We are cracking down on discrimination in housing and education. And last December, I signed the Respect for Marriage Act into law, ensuring that every American can marry the person they love and have that marriage accepted, period.

Meanwhile, we are also working to ease the tremendous strain that discrimination, bullying, and harassment can put on transgender children — more than half of whom seriously considered suicide in the last year. The Department of Education is, for example, helping ensure that transgender students have equal opportunities to learn and thrive at school, and the Department of Justice is pushing back against extreme laws that seek to ban evidence-based gender-affirming health care.

There is much more to do. I continue to call on the Congress to finally pass the Equality Act and extend long-overdue civil rights protections to all LGBTQI+ Americans to ensure they can live with safety and dignity. Together, we also have to keep challenging the hundreds of hateful State laws that have been introduced across the country, making sure every child knows that they are made in the image of God, that they are loved, and that we are standing up for them.

America is founded on the idea that all people are created equal and deserve to be treated equally throughout their lives. We have never fully lived up to that, but we have never walked away from it either. Today, as we celebrate transgender people, we also celebrate every American’s fundamental right to be themselves, bringing us closer to realizing America’s full promise.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim March 31, 2023, as Transgender Day of Visibility. I call upon all Americans to join us in lifting up the lives and voices of transgender people throughout our Nation and to work toward eliminating violence and discrimination against all transgender, gender nonconforming, and nonbinary people.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of March, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-seventh.

JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR.

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