LJ-SEC: (ORIGINALLY POSTED BY jehovahsfitness)

The other night I watched the movie Kinsey about Dr. Alfred Kinsey whose ground-breaking studies on human sexuality rubbed many of his era the wrong way. Qucikly, I found it easy to relate to.

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We have a challange that did not face Kinsey in his time. Just as with the "intelligent" design issue, certain individuals are trying to use pseudo-science to promote a religious agenda. Repeated experiments have shown time and again that homosexuality, masturbation and other sex-related phenomena considered immoral by some occur in nature. Kinsey notes how homosexuality is anything but unnatural, as many believed and continue to believe.

Rather than own up to the fact that they have been fallen prey to a bigoted mindset, many continue to assert that homosexuality is, dispite the consensus of maintream scientists, unnatural and unhealthy. The likes of Dr. James Dobson ignore scientific evidence that would refute their claims, essentiallty rejecting science. As with "intelligent desgin" we have another religious philosophy which has put on the disguise of science. The challenge these days is that those on the religious right have realized that blatant religion cannot win out against science in our modern society, so they have taken to underhanded tactics.

We cannot allow our society to revert to the days when natural sexuality was denigrated to the point that it has caused psychological harm. My question for you, is how can we do it? By what means will love really win out?

LJ-SEC: (ORIGINALLY POSTED BY mad_mediocrity)

I was browsing through and old Newsweek (from February of this year), and came across a scary article. You can find it online here. (I browsed through the dark_christian archives and couldn't find it, but I apologize if this is a repeat.)

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LJ-SEC: (ORIGINALLY POSTED BY sunfell)

This LA Times article tells a not-so-bright story about the "Painter of Light".

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LJ-SEC: (ORIGINALLY POSTED BY wyldraven)

American Politics Journal article
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Church of Reality demands religious exception to South Dakota Abortion Ban Law
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BTW: Per the site, "The IRS has approved the 501(C)3 tax exempt status of the Church of Reality."

LJ-SEC: (ORIGINALLY POSTED BY lordsluk)

Dominionist Christians are those who take the bible as literal Truth and legal authority, just like the Sadducees of Christ's time. . .
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LJ-SEC: (ORIGINALLY POSTED BY kiji_kat)

Report: Gay Prevention Programs Harm Teens

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(x-posted to kiji_kat)

LJ-SEC: (ORIGINALLY POSTED BY sunfell)

I did this on my own LJ, but since I have a much larger sample size here, I want to know what the age range is for readers of this community. So, please pick a button and answer my poll.

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LJ-SEC: (ORIGINALLY POSTED BY jehovahsfitness)

I starteded a new category on the Wiki called Organizations. Part of the reason is to distinguish the more extremist splinter groups from mainline churches. It was also partly inspired by the list of (ostentibly) charitable groups someone compiled post-Katrina (I've lost the link). So far this list only lists specific denominations, but expanding it to other organizations will be helpful. In fact, the former could be incorporated. My idea is that, like the charities list, this one could give a brief description of each of the organizations listed, and whether they are dominionist or have dominionist ties. I've given it an initial listing by country, though I don't know how helpful this will be, given that many of these organizations are international (especially the Pentacostals).