They are similar, if not identical. They change diagnosis criteria to indicate a bigger problem so they can GET something, whether it's drugging children or getting additional funding,
I only learned recently I was probably diagnosable with a disease, Myotinia Dystrophy, only because it is hereditary and my son had a more severe case. Looking back on symptoms, they matched my experience. My grandson may have both autism and Myotonia Distrophy.
But the point is that the diagnosis keeps expanding to cover more and milder cases because there is a financial incentive to do so.
I keep adding things because I recognize:
Ephesians 6:11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
The natural realm is just one of several intersecting realms which create havoc in our own.
A free people have the option of how they handle such situations. In SE Texas, we chose to make in person attendance an option for those who could and would desire to follow the command to:
Hebrews 10:23> Let’s hold firmly to the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; 24 and let’s consider how to [i]encourage one another in love and good deeds, 25 not abandoning our own meeting together, as is the habit of some people, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.
The context is important for it tells us WHY we should meet together. Verse 25 is often isolated and without context by those simply wishing to fill the pews (and hopefully the offering plates), but the purpose for gathering is far different.
For those who choose Hell over belief in Jesus, this will mean nothing so it should not bother you until it's too late.
But please don't impose your unbelief in God and the natural (God Given) rights of man recognized in the Bill of Rights to the Constitution.
Freedom of Assembly is an affront to the Republic. Freedom to worship GOD is an attack on GODs laws and MUST BE RESISTED.
Daniel went to the Lion's Den because of government conspiracy.
Daniel 6:4 Then the commissioners and satraps began trying to find a ground of accusation against Daniel regarding [e]government affairs; but they could find no ground of accusation or evidence of corruption, because he was trustworthy, and no negligence or corruption was to be found in him. 5 Then these men said, “We will not find any ground of accusation against this Daniel unless we find it against him regarding the law of his God.”
Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego resisted government conspiracy to interfere with their worship of GOD and ONLY GOD.
Daniel 3:16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego replied to the king, “Nebuchadnezzar, we are not in need of an answer to give you concerning this matter. 17 If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to rescue us from the furnace of blazing fire; [n]and He will rescue us from your hand, O king. 18 But even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we are not going to serve your gods nor worship the golden statue that you have set up.”
Research is only good for those willing to learn from it.
In a woke society, history is as flexible as right and wrong have become.
But your truth and my truth will be irrelevant when we stand before THE TRUTH.
John 14:6 Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me.
I was thinking, "How much will it take to actually IMPLEMENT this?"