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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Sunny Jackson

Sunny Jackson

What can we conclude from all of this religious information? - 0 views

  • How does one digest all of the data
  • In our essays, we do not normally draw conclusions
  • Our policy has always been to provide our visitors with a balanced presentation of both or all sides to each issue
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  • we explain what the most conservative and the most liberal theologians believe
  • most Christians' beliefs probably lie somewhere in the middle
  • We let our reader reach their own conclusions. 
  • On controversial social matters, we also explain all sides to an issue
  • dedicated seekers after truth
  • some of the conclusions below are influenced by our religious faiths; this essay is not as balanced and objective as the rest of this web site
Sunny Jackson

Six belief systems regarding homosexuality and bisexuality - 0 views

  • "You see me as a little less human, and for me to realize it, breaks my heart."
  • The most conservative view believes that gays and lesbians are incapable of love; they are driven only by lust
  • Religious conservatives, whether Christian, Jewish, Muslim, or of another religion, often define homosexuality in terms of behavior
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  • often described as "having left the homosexual lifestyle" or as being "ex-gays."
  • self-identification
  • A homosexual is a person who is sexually attracted only to members of the same sex.
  • A bisexual is attracted to both women and men, although not necessarily to the same degree.
  • A heterosexual is a person who is attracted only to persons of the opposite sex.
  • Bisexuals can choose to confine their activity to one sex or the other; however they still remain bisexual.
  • Homosexuals can choose to remain celibate; however they still remain homosexual.
  • Adult sexual orientation is generally regarded as fixed; it cannot be changed through therapy or prayer
  • destructive
  • addiction
  • chosen
  • lifestyle
  • one of three unchosen, fixed, and morally neutral sexual orientations which is normal and natural for a minority of adults
  • contrasting belief systems
  • Many tenaciously hold beliefs that are contrary to observable facts
  • real progress could be made if the various sides looked upon each other as individuals
Sunny Jackson

A brief overview of homosexuality and bisexuality - 0 views

  • "Because families are defined by love not gender. Because hatred is not a family value. Because equal rights are not special rights."
  • "Homosexuality is assuredly no advantage, but it is nothing to be ashamed of, no vice, no degradation, it cannot be classified as an illness." Sigmund Freud (1935)
  • "The fact is that more people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason. That, THAT my friends, is true perversion."   Harvey Milk
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  • "Whatever religious people may say about their love of God or the mandates of their religion, when their behavior toward others is violent and destructive, when it causes suffering among their neighbors, you can be sure the religion has been corrupted and reform is desperately needed." Charles Kimball
  • "When religion sanctifies hatred, it lends to that hatred a special ferocity. Normal moral inhibitors are erased." Johannes Cardinal Wildebrands
  • "You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image, when it  turns out that God hates all the same people you do." Anne Lamott
  • homosexuality is morally neutral, is determined by some combination of genetics and environmental factors before school age, is a sexual orientation, is defined by ones sexual attraction to persons of the same sex, and is very rarely if ever changeable during adulthood
  • "It always seemed to me a bit pointless to disapprove of homosexuality. It's like disapproving of rain."  Francis Maude
  • others consider homosexual orientation to be a morally neutral trait, like left handedness. It is normal, natural, and unchosen
  • the same equal rights and protections enjoyed by other groups
  • equal treatment and protections
  • Abigail Van Buren
  • Homosexuality is measurable and thus is a legitimate area for human sexuality researchers to study. They have generally concluded that adult human sexuality comes in three natural, normal, unchosen, and almost always unchangeable orientations: Heterosexuality: Most people are sexually attracted only to members of the opposite gender. Homosexuality: A small minority of adults are attracted only to members of the same gender. Bisexuality: A smaller minority are attracted to both men and women, but not necessarily to the same degree.
  • justice, love and acceptance
  • If the individual decided to restrict his/her sexual relationship(s) with persons of the opposite sex, they would be considered an ex-gay by most conservatives and a bisexual by most liberals.
  • It is action of oppression and discrimination which harm people.
Sunny Jackson

An intra-faith Christian translating dictionary: abortion terms - 0 views

  • the abortion rate could be cut to a fraction of its present value if the use of contraceptives, including EC, were encouraged
  • involves the use of a medication
  • "Medical" implies that a pharmaceutical is used
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  • Individuals and groups in favor of abortion access and free choice
  • Pregnancy starts when the fertilized ovum is implanted in the womb
Sunny Jackson

Resolving differences in beliefs about homosexuality, reparative therapy, etc. - 0 views

  • homosexuality is an orientation that is discovered during childhood or after puberty
  • It is fixed -- or almost always fixed -- in adulthood, and is normal and natural for a minority of people
  • morally neutral
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  • a normal variation among humans, along with race, gender, language, etc.
  • Homosexuals, bisexuals, and heterosexuals should receive the same rights and protections including the right to marry
  • the two viewpoints imply that: Homosexuality is something immoral that you do vs. Homosexuality is something that is morally neutral about who you are.
Sunny Jackson

Religion: How should we, as athiest parents, talk to our kids about god and religion? -... - 0 views

  • the best gift that we can give to our children is the gift of critical thinking
  • Why not talk about walking on water and the likelihood of that, or many of the other miracles of religion, and see how likely our own children think that is?
  • we can laugh about it together without being intolerant
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  • evaluate the probablity of something being true
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