tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337429493564424588.post3671951579554280057..comments2023-10-16T05:23:16.002-05:00Comments on mindful of grace: The Biology of Sin is Now AvailableMatthew S. Stanford, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18195892944044301532noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4337429493564424588.post-54604040600354993552010-10-30T11:16:10.553-05:002010-10-30T11:16:10.553-05:00Idea for a new book:
I was updating my essay on t...Idea for a new book:<br /><br />I was updating my essay on the "Southern Baptists and homosexuality" at www.religioustolerance.org/hom_sbc.htm and included the following statement:<br /><br />"Like most fundamentalist and many other evangelical Christian denominations, they believe that:<br /><br /> * Homosexual is a chosen behavior not a discovered sexual orientation.<br /> * A child is set up as a result of poor parenting to make them more likely to choose to become homosexual.<br /> * A homosexual orientation is intrinsically disordered.<br /> * Homosexual activity is immoral irrespective of the nature of the relationship or the sexual orientation of the participants.<br /> * Homosexuals can change. Although they usually do not define how change is achieved, in practice it generally involves choosing celibacy.<br /> * Homosexuals can convert to heterosexuality through prayer, becoming saved. and perhaps by undergoing reparative therapy.<br /> * Same-sex marriage represents a major threat to the stability of opposite-sex marriage.<br /><br />Essentiall all human sexuality researchers, professional associations of mental health therapists, religious liberals and progressives, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered persons (LGBT) deny all or almost all of these beliefs. Neither side seems willing to enter into dialogue to resolve their differences in belief."<br /><br />If the two solitudes could enter dialogue, then there is hope that some of their differences could be resolved. If sufficient differences were resolved the two solitudes might be able to join forces to combat real problems rather than waste energy fighting each other.Bruce Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05683031783602996610noreply@blogger.com