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Catholic Church is Lucky it’s Just Same-Sex Marriage

By Marian Ronan

…Association, the American Psychological Association and the National Association of Social Workers, have declared the denial of such benefits discriminatory. And intersex conditions are likely to increase, since some of them, at least, are related to the use of pesticides. It seems that the US Conference of Catholic Bishops is already aware of—and opposed to—transgenderism, since one reason for their launching an investigation of the Girl Scouts…

New Pope Accused of Conspiring in Kidnapping

By Nicole Greenfield

…n of same-sex marriage in July, Bergoglio labeled the push for equality “a destructive attack on God’s plan” and deemed adoption by same-sex couples a form of discrimination against children. And then there are the issues of abortion and contraception. “A child conceived by the rape of a mentally ill or retarded woman can be condemned to death,” Bergoglio noted disapprovingly in a 2007 speech. Meanwhile, an astounding number of women in Argentina,…

Change v. Change at NPR

By Warren Throckmorton

…think that the only way to fit in to a non-affirming religion is to change desires; others disagree asserting that desires rarely change much, and that living in accord with one’s religious beliefs is the proper aim. Change of orientation is not required for that. This “identity therapy” as Schumacher-Matos called it, is what the APA acknowledges as a proper way to recognize both the durability of sexual orientation as well as the importance of re…

How the Study of Evangelicalism Has Blinded Us to the Problems in Evangelical Culture

By Christopher D. Cantwell

…minister Timothy Keller and Global Ambassador of the World Evangelical Alliance Brian C. Stiller, meanwhile, argue that “real” evangelicals in the Bebbingtonian sense need to differentiate themselves from their politicized brethren. But what if the evangelicals who voted for Donald Trump and stormed the Capitol in his defense are the “real” evangelicals? And what if conspiratorial thinking, racial animosity, and Christian nationalism have been a…

New Poll Reveals That Anti-Trans Rhetoric isn’t Just Affecting Republicans and White Evangelicals

By Chrissy Stroop

…mple, 86% of White evangelicals said there are only two genders, with that number rising to 92% in 2023. The report also states, “Among White Christian groups, White evangelical Protestants (82%) and Latter-day Saints (72%) are much more likely than White Catholics (51%) and White mainline/non-evangelical Protestants (50%) to strongly feel there are only two genders.” None of this is particularly surprising, but what I do find both surprising and…

The Only Common Denominator of American Conservatism is Anti-Blackness

By Yannick Marshall

…regarding their racist remarks and policies. The Knights of the White Camelia, a Louisiana-based white supremacist secretive society made up of judges, teachers and white professionals, for example, required the oath that included the declaration: “I swear to maintain and defend the social and political superiority of the White Race on this Continent; always and in all places to observe a marked distinction between the White and African races; to…

LDS General Conference in the “Mormon Moment”

By Joanna Brooks

…dialogue candidly with friends about our faith, whether in person or by social media. Members should be certain to declare their faith in Jesus Christ, said Perry. As someone who writes about Mormonism for a general public, it’s my experience that most people actually know little about what we believe—especially how we relate to mainline Christianity. The Mormon movement was founded in the early nineteenth century by American Protestant “Restorati…

Neuroscience Says Evil is “Over”: Not So Fast…

By Paul Wallace

…y one esteemed psychologist (echoing, interestingly, the traditional Christian understanding of evil as a privation). But it’s the image of scientists as priests that caught my attention. It’s an image that has a lot going for it. Before I say what exactly it has going for it, however, let me say what it doesn’t have going for it. Science and theology are different. Richard Dawkins is right to say, as he does over and over, that anyone who cares t…

New Study Touts Success of “Praying Away the Gay”

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…or cheating on their spouse or income taxes. I get emails from gay and lesbian Christians on almost a daily basis who are deeply worried that living into their natural, God-given sexuality will earn them a one way ticket to Satanland. That fear is real, that fear is palpable, and these people are willing to do anything to avoid that fate—even if it means marrying someone from the opposite gender as proof positive of their “change.” That being said…

The New Age Fantasy of a Celtic Church that Revered Nature and the Divine Feminine Never Existed — So What?

By Ed Simon

…tly, that there is a Celtic Church now whose values run counter to the patriarchal, colonialist, gender essentialist brand of Christianity so common across the globe. Bradley’s observation is instructive, as contemporary believers in Celtic Christianity are interested in what “should and might be.” Whether or not the historiography evidences a Celtic Church in the past, the faithful can build a Celtic Church in the future, where the work of establ…