In America’s capital, gay marriage is now legal, highlighting the role of religion in the struggle for homosexual rights. AUR’s official stance is that the push for gay marriage is well-intentioned but misguided: although we do believe in equal rights and dignity for gays and straights before the law, we also believe that the government should [...]
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A Homily on Homosexuality
Posted in teachings, Virtues, tagged bible, bibliolatry, christian, gay marriage, gay rights, homosexuality, letter to the romans, st. paul, unitarian on 11 March 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Homosexuality and What Paul’s Letter to the Romans Really Says
Posted in teachings, tagged bible, bibliolatry, gay marriage, homophobia, homosexuality, letter to the romans, st. paul on 14 January 2008 | 4 Comments »
There are numerous scriptural arguments against homosexuality, but none as commonly used as Paul’s Letter to the Romans, which describes the apostle’s vision of the Gospel for the mixed Jew/Gentile church in Rome. Paul wrote it in the 1st Century, long before the idea of “sexuality,” when people spoke merely of various sexual acts. Even [...]
Bibliolatry – Why Scriptural Sufficiency and Literalism are Wrong
Posted in teachings, tagged bible, christianity, dysgesis, literalism, materialism, scripture, unitarian on 26 December 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Do you believe that Jesus was a baby sheep or a cat with a tawny mane? Do you think that a ten-headed dragon is going to crawl onto the beach at the end of time? If you answer No, then you do not believe in a literal interpretation of Scripture. Each of those are symbols used by the Bible: [...]
