The inadequacy of institutionalized religious responses to the jarring reality of real life issues is part of Spong’s self-questioning. He finds hope as well as…
Continue Reading“Here I Stand: My Struggle for a Christianity of Integrity, Love, and Equality” by Retired Bishop John Shelby Spong (II of III)
In a similarly challenging situation several years later, Spong has people come to his house, purporting to be friends who represent his entire congregation. They…
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Originally posted October 2005 Credits: for Peter McWilliams, author of the fascinating Ain’t Nobody’s Business If You Do: The Absurdity of Consensual Crimes in Our…
Continue ReadingReview: “The Screwtape Letters” by C. S. Lewis (II of II)
When I was a child… On the other hand, there were a few things I found perplexing, although it’s possible I found them so due…
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Originally posted July 2005 To the librarians whose names I can’t remember now, who happily helped a small child find and devour each eagerly awaited,…
Continue ReadingWhy Not Same-sex Marriage? (X of X)
4. Marriage should be just for child-rearing My first thought at assertions like this is: “Why?” Kids don’t care if there’s a piece of paper…
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D) What is civilization supported by? The common thread running through all the societies we’ve looked at so far is quite clear on this. For…
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Originality in the early US So, on to the United States of America, where we finally get to hear more from women, although they’re still…
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Christianity’s copy So where to next in this quick historical scan of cultural attitudes towards marriage? We turn now to Christianity. For once, women are…
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C) What is marriage? Why marry? Marriage is “the chief vehicle for the perpetuation of the oppression of women; it is through the role of…
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