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Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Homosexuality is no sin
A position on homosexuality that's sure to raise some eyebrows, to say the least:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Newly elected leader of the U.S. Episcopal Church Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said on Monday she believed homosexuality was no sin and homosexuals were created by God to love people of the same gender...
Interviewed on CNN, Jefferts Schori was asked if it was a sin to be homosexual. "I don't believe so. I believe that God creates us with different gifts. Each one of us comes into this world with a different collection of things that challenge us and things that give us joy and allow us to bless the world around us," she said... Asked how she reconciled her position on homosexuality with specific passages in the Bible declaring sexual relations between men an abomination, Jefferts Schori said the Bible was written in a very different historical context by people asking different questions.
"The Bible has a great deal to teach us about how to live as human beings. The Bible does not have so much to teach us about what sorts of food to eat, what sorts of clothes to wear -- there are rules in the Bible about those that we don't observe today," she said.
"The Bible tells us about how to treat other human beings, and that's certainly the great message of Jesus -- to include the unincluded."
Monday, June 05, 2006
Violent Video Game
I am led to believe this is not something taken out of The Onion (satire). If true, it's... well, not that surprising given the behavior of a segment of some so-called religious groups, but I'm still hoping this is a prank:
A top aide to mega-church pastor Rick Warren is advising the makers of a children's video game in which characters kill New Yorkers while shouting "Praise the Lord." When children tire of converting or killing New Yorkers, they can switch sides and command the demonic armies of the AntiChrist, and kill the conservative Christians. The real-time strategy game, slated for release in October 2006, is based on the best selling series of Left Behind novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins. The web site of Left Behind Games states the involvement of Mark Carver on its Advisory Board. This web-based marketing tool also highlights his role as Executive Director of Mr. Warren's Purpose Driven Church. What appears to be going on here is an old-fashioned business practice called "endorsement by association."
Saturday, June 03, 2006
Apology for complicity in American slavery
I find this very interesting and wonder if any other church groups will ever consider similar action.
From the Kansas City Star:
From the Kansas City Star:
When the General Convention of the Episcopal Church meets later this month, it will consider a proposal that would express the church's official apology for its complicity in American slavery. But there's more to it, reports say. The word "reparations" may not adequately convey what some people think needs to be done. But it's the term being used.
