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What Will Orthodox ‘Republicanity’ Look Like?

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…respond to this most universal of all the absurdities of Republicanity: no new taxes, ever, because the government needs to start acting like a responsible family. Let us accept the metaphor for a moment. And then let us observe that the responsible household that faces the reality of the numbers (instead of relying on absurd faith-claims or lottery tickets)—the simple fact that it owes far more than it earns—very quickly realizes that it is time…

Of God, But Not God: A Methodist Minister Speaks About Church’s Refusal to Open Its Doors to LGBT

By Joel Pitney

…hat there is a way for progressive Christian voices to be heard and form a new church—not a new denomination, but a new way of being the church. I truly think that can happen. I know it can happen because I’ve lived it. I’ve lived it in Eugene. When we became a reconciling congregation, not only did the doors open wider, but many of the gatekeepers of the old rigid order left. We were then able to be the church in a new way. We weren’t just church…

Exodus “Ex-Gay” Ministry Closes Up Shop

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…n them. But, and most significantly, Chambers also delivered the dramatic news that Exodus would be shutting its doors. Earlier this year, in an appearance at the Gay Christian Network conference, Chambers admitted that “99.9%” of those in ex-gay ministries never change their sexual orientation. A short time later Chambers swore that Exodus would no longer use “reparative therapy,” or the notion that you can “pray away the gay,” in their programs…

Creating a Cell: Science Plays God

By Arri Eisen

…role of God like this? What if these newly-created organisms escape and mix in the external environment (as many of their less-drastically altered genetically modified brethren have)? Who should decide if such research is ethical or even legal?! Should Homeland Security get involved? My thought is: Venter has a point. Whether he just meant to be provocative or not, his new life form is certainly part of ‘that which God has created, the world and…