Category Archives: Scientific views

Scriptural Views – Of Electric Fences and Burning Crosses

We have heard the joyful sound: Jesus saves! Jesus saves! Spread the tidings all around: Jesus saves! Jesus saves! Bear the news to every land, climb the mountains, cross the waves; Onward! ’tis our Lord’s command; Jesus saves! Jesus saves! … Continue reading

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Methinks Thou Dost Protest Too Much

“The lady doth protest too much, methinks.”— Hamlet, Act III, Scene 2; William Shakespeare Whenever I hear a fundamentalist preacher hint affirmation of the preposterous falsehood that homosexuality is a “life-dominating sin” that everyone in the world is susceptible to … Continue reading

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Scriptural Views: Resurrection!

Now the green blade riseth from the buried grain, Wheat that in dark earth many days has lain; Love lives again, that with the dead has been: Love is come again, like wheat that springeth green. In the grave they … Continue reading

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Confessions of an ex-Ex-Gay

For people who experience unwanted same sex attractions, ex-gay ministries profess to offer freedom and healing. The people who attend these ministries are called “ex-gays”. People who attend those ministries and find freedom and healing albeit not from same sex … Continue reading

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Odds and Ends

For the fundamentalist Christian trying to make sense of a sexual orientation he or she knows is counter to the interpretation of Scripture preached from the pulpit, the cognitive dissonance that arises from the collision of personal experience and self-awareness … Continue reading

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Homosexuals have a choice…

Homosexual choice, or what about the B in LGBT? Actress Cynthia Nixon’s recent controversial statement to the New York Times has sparked a furor of debate within Christian circles in the past few days. Cynthia said “I’ve been straight and … Continue reading

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