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Sunny Jackson

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

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  • 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

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

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  • Our DNA, mixed with the DNA of another, lives on through any children that we have
  • The influence of our DNA continues to be diluted with each generation. But it is spread through an increasing number of our descendents.
  • Every action that we have taken throughout our life influences other people and the world in some way. Even after we are gone, our actions continue to change the universe. The ripples formed during our lifetime, for good or evil, continue to spread.
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  • when people normally think about life after death, they think of some continued form of consciousness -- one in which at least our memories and personalities remain intact
  • The Celts and some other aboriginal societies taught that when we die, we are born into an alternative universe that is much like the earth. When someone dies in that other universe, a baby is born on earth. There is an elegant symmetry to this concept.
  • Eastern and some Neopagan religions teach some form of transmigration of the soul or of reincarnation, in which humans eventually pass through a whole succession of lifetimes.
  • nobody really knows what happens
  • It is up to the individual to give their own life meaning. 
  • When we treat others a sub-humans, dreadful things can and do happen
  • There are a lot of theories about life after death, but we are a little short on hard evidence. It seems as if nobody is really certain. We have two choices: To somehow learn to live with this uncertainty. To follow a religious belief, even though we have no proof.
  • One cannot simply decide to believe in something or someone as an act of will
  • There are many religions with multiple concepts of God
  • Going with the majority might avoid being the victim of religious prejudice
  • consider keeping a very low profile
  • if you choose the dominant religion of your family of origin, you might minimize conflict in your life
  • It is not necessary to fully adopt a single religion.
  • most religions can inspire their members to lead better lives
  • Most, perhaps all, have an evil, dark side
  • Many have discriminatory policies
  • if you adopt a specific religion, you might consider working from within to eliminate any bigoted policies that your chosen faith exhibits
Sunny Jackson

A brief overview of homosexuality and bisexuality - 0 views

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  • "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

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  • 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
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