Human beings can be so intelligent and yet be so dumb at the same time. The students were having this conversation in my class. Apparently, some trans-gender athletes are trying to change the law to allow themselves compete in women’s sports. My students were befuddled because they knew that this was unfair – essentially men competing against women – but they couldn’t really spell out why this was unfair. They had to reluctantly agree that men and women are different when it comes to physical strength, but if some men wanted to claim themselves to be women and compete against women, they couldn’t pinpoint how this could be wrong. But their instinct was telling them this was wrong! 
Any child could tell you that it is wrong because a man cannot claim to be a woman just because he wants to! 
We have somehow learned to call a spade a diamond! Why? And how? We have become blind to the truth through our sin and therefore, we have become as dumb as an animal… 
“And the donkey said to Balaam, ‘Am I not your donkey, on which you have ridden all your lifelong to this day? Is it my habit to treat you this way?” Num 22:30. 
In this case, a man became less than a donkey… How? Because he refused to see the world as God sees it. 
No matter how smart a person is, do not get intimidated. If you have God in you, you are far smarter than he/she is.
PH