Religion Dispatches
…he form of my own involvement and/or academic credit for religious studies students who participate. Our “campus ministries” office exists to nurture the religious lives of students and, as I see it, the role of the academic study of religion is to study religion rather than to encourage (or discourage) participation in it. But there is another reason I am uncomfortable with interfaith efforts in general and it has to do with the way in which they…
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…ew of the Christian faith) in public school science class by suggesting to students, in contravention of well accepted scientific concepts, that evolution is unfounded or at least questionable as a matter of science, and that students should consider as an alternative scientific explanation the concept that life and living things were created by a supernatural “intelligent designer” that everyone knows to be a reference to God. Harvey went on to c…
Read More…defeat obstacles. Then one day he discovered this spot, where if a certain number of things come into play at the right time, or you push the buttons in some series of pushes, the little guy just morphs into another parallel dimension. Now, without this dimension you never complete the game, defeat the dragon, save the princess, or whatever it was. I was fascinated by the way this happened on the screen. Like the fractal, it was a visual display o…
Read More…in Uganda; he says his church was built with American money. Another pastor marvels that aid from American evangelicals increased threefold when his ministry began attacking homosexuality. Barber retweeted Ssempa’s note, and then praised Ssempa in a follow-up tweet, “Here’s a man not afraid of the international homofascist juggernaut.” Ssempa has in turn promoted Barber, retweeting a post promoting Liberty Counsel’s upcoming Awakening conference,…
Read More…around the globe talking about ‘homosexual offenders’ – the phrase in the international version…and talking about idolaters and adulterers and thieves being ranked together was very, very difficult.” Slovenia: Anti-Marriage Referendum Set for December 20 Lawmakers scheduled a referendum on marriage equality for December 20, “after the bid was pushed through by conservative groups backed by the Catholic Church,” according to Associated Press. Japa…
Read More…port and work with the LGBT community in the area of lobbying at the wider international/church level. “This anti-LGBT stance drives Catholics away from the Church. Edenedi, a bisexual woman who was baptized and brought up Catholic, is now worshiping in the charismatic faith. She feels she can no longer go to church on Sunday, sit down and listen to unchristian preaching about LGBT people. Despite this she still identifies herself as Catholic.” Fr…
Read More…national attention because both Moore and Deaton were affiliated with the International House of Prayer (IHOP), and Deaton’s husband, Tyler Deaton, is said to have taken IHOP’s teachings to extremes, creating an abusive cult in his small sub-community, leading to his wife’s death. After Bethany Deaton was found dead, Moore confessed to the murder. But now his lawyers, in a pre-trial motion, argue that the state’s only evidence against him is that…
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…dissemination of homophobic posters “is apparently being coordinated by a number of neo-Nazi organisations.” Junkee also explains that the government’s decision to hold a mail survey, rather than a formal referendum at the ballot box, means that election laws don’t apply, and “there is no requirement for campaigners to authorize any material with a name or address. That means any individual or organization can anonymously create posters or advert…
Read MoreHeads up: next week Mexico will host the International Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) World Conference. According to the Washington Blade, Rosanna Flamer-Caldera, executive director of Equal Ground, a Sri Lankan LGBT advocacy group, said the conference is “a unique opportunity” to network with fellow activists to ensure “there is a constant exchange of ideas and ideals which lead to furthering the LGBTI global movement…
Read More…Alliance, “The Catholic Church is a real bulwark at the United Nations and internationally, the premier defender of family and pro-life values.” Orthodox Jews share those values and rely on the Catholic Church as an ally. Moreover, “As things go in the Christian community, they soon go in the Jewish community,” he said. “Why discuss homosexual unions at all?” Levin asks. “What’s to discuss?” The rabbi said Scripture is clear on the immorality of h…
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