"I've decided to defy God's will," Kim, 61, said in an interview before the monk's recent successful surgery to become a man. "At first, I agonized over whether I should do these operations because I wondered if I was defying God. I was overcome with a sense of shame. But my patients desperately wanted these surgeries. Without them, they'd kill themselves." --Yes, he DID "defy God" just as intimated at the start. And yes, it's apparent that he did it for money. This is why we find in the Word that the "love of money is the root of all evil." (1 Timothy 6:10) In today's world, this isn't an easy one to miss. We see society being destroyed thanks to the love of money. Unjust laws net billions in the pockets of corrupt politicians which wreak havoc on the common man daily. We see large corporations adding unclean items to the food we eat to raise profits which cause millions to die every year of disease. We see millions die as well thanks to the money made in the sales of alcohol. And thanks to technological advances, we now see men like this doctor choosing to "defy God" because of the huge gobs of money to be made in making men "appear" to look like women and vide-versa. That being said, I can only echo the words of the very God this man defies who said in Matthew 16:26, "For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" God doesn't create mistakes. Mankind's sinfulness is where the mistake lies. But then, in these last days, most prefer to blame God than do as His Word commands. Their sin is just too enticing.

"Virender Singh, the police official at the station in Patratu Thana, Ramgarh District, verbally abused the Christians who fled their homes, rebuked them and sent them away without taking their complaint after the Hindu extremists beat them on two consecutive days, stripped off their clothes and chased them from Pali village, Nath said."  --Christians attending a home church service were treated as criminals, while those who tortured them and threatened them with death were legally off the hook.  In the USA and elsewhere this will soon become the norm.  In fact a similar, though less extreme incident already occurred in Dearborn Michigan when Christian street preachers were physically attacked by Muslims and the police present allowed the attack to flourish. Still, it was the Christians who were charged with a crime. The time is coming when many of us will be dragged into a courtroom for the "crime" of loving our neighbors enough to warn them to repent before it's too late. Still it doesn't matter because we have a Judge who has already declared us innocent. And we have the option to remain innocent as long as we continue in obedience to His will. And part of that obedience is to stand firm in His truth even on pain of death. After all, is it not also written in Matthew 16:25-26, "For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.  For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?"