Fear, individualism and consumerism: Have they replaced realism among American Christians? Peter Laarman thinks so. He urgently calls for a renewed commitment to realism. I want simply to focus in on Niehbuhr’s core insight that Christians should see the world…
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Which God Does Exodus Worship?
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A recent Baylor University religion survey finds U.S. Christians worshipping different gods. Those gods are identified as the Authoritarian God, the Benevolent God, the Critical God, and the Distant God. Sources: USA Today via Christian Alliance for Progress, September 12,…
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Christian Rightist Repudiates Falwell, Bush
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Christian rightist Chuck Baldwin is criticizing the immoral and self-serving politics of Jerry Falwell and George Bush — and, by extension, the acolytes of Falwell and Bush who in recent years have seized command of Exodus International. (Falwell keynoted Exodus’…
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GOP’s Danforth Stands Up to Party Theocracy
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A new book by Republican former U.S. senator John Danforth criticizes the GOP’s growing corruption by the Christian Right, and he speaks some difficult truths about same-sex attraction, the antigay Federal Marriage Amendment, and campaigns by Christian rightists to undermine…
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Regina Griggs, the antigay executive director of Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays, recently projected her own parental and political confusion over her gay son upon the more loving and politically diverse membership of the pro-family, affirmative parents group PFLAG. Speaking…
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Evergreen Convenes Meeting of Antigay Mormons
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NARTH’s Justification of Slavery
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The National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) has been criticized on this site for the views espoused on their site by members of their Scientific Advisory Committee. Not surprisingly, NARTH’s views about gay people are less than…
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The Qualifications to Write for NARTH
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The National Association for the Research and Treatment of Homosexuality (NARTH) claims to represent that segment of the mental health community that believes that sexual orientation is mutable. Their website state’s that “NARTH’s primary goal is to make effective psychological…
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Bearman And Bruckner’s Incredible Findings
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The past few years have given us several reports that suggest a pre-natal basis for sexual orientation. Such studies have included observations about gay people such as brain activity in response to possible pheromones, disproportionate incidence of left-handedness, and the…
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Open Forum: The New Name for Ex-Ex-Gays
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