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A friend of mine recently pointed me to this page where in the author crafts an argument against the definition of marriage being between one man and one woman. His argument is based largely on biological anomalies which give rise to odd situations where if we consider the person to be male or female depending [...]
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From this article on the UK Telegraph: “We are living at a time where some people, as my daughter used to say, they want to test whether the milk is good before they buy the cow,” he said. “For some people that’s where their journeys are. Why should we condone this “Try before you buy” [...]
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A friend on Facebook pointed out the following in a disussion on a recent post of mine: You point out that there is nothing to stop homosexuals from “drawing up contracts” and calling that a marriage; but their legal position on many issues would be quite different from actually legally married couples – eg inheritance [...]
California bill SB48 is touted as another step in combatting discriminatory practices by teaching students about the contributions to humanity made by gays, lesbians, and transgendered persons. “Most textbooks don’t include any information about (lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender) historical figures or their civil rights movement, which has great significance to both California and U.S. [...]
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It needs to be pointed out that their attitude towards sex as a sterile, recreational activity unconnected with any biological consequences combined with their view of children as parasites are not unique. These are the predominant views of our society, pushed in all facets from politics to education to entertainment. The future looks very bleak [...]
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In late March, 2007, a spate of articles and news releases were released from Drs. Paul and Kirk Cameron purporting to demonstrate that the life expectancy of homosexuals is 20 to 30 years lower than that of straights. Behind this flurry of activity was a poster session presented at the March, 2007 Eastern Psychological Association [...]
Ayn Rand is famous for arguing for a political stance wherein men were seen as sovereign beings. While this view has merits, one of its pitfalls comes when discussing man’s relationship to other men. It seems that any appeal to community is lampooned by her and her followers as “collectivist”. Rand centered her philosophy in [...]
Felicity Dale has written an excellent series of posts intended to answer the question “Do organic/simple churches believe in leadership?”. Here is an excellent video which I believe summarizes what the Bible teaches with regard to leadership in the Body of Christ: Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers of the [...]
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In a recent Baptist Press article titled “When people criticize church leadership”, Thom Rainer took on the task of addressing why it is that The level and frequency of criticisms toward pastors and other leaders has increased significantly in the past several years. Thom’s observations begin with: First, the standards of church membership have been [...]
During a discussion on same-sex marriage with one of my more liberal friends, I mentioned not wanting the state to encourage self-destructive behavior like homosexuality. My friend asked why I, a libertarian, would want the government to interfere in people’s lives. Unfortunately this is actually a common libertarian position. So in an attempt to persuade [...]
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