virtue ethics and homosexuality
... one hand, that the character of the moral agent is the most important criterion for what is ethical and then to criticise homosexual acts as immoral? The division within Virtue Ethics raises important questions about this ethical theory and its links to Natural ...
... one hand, that the character of the moral agent is the most important criterion for what is ethical and then to criticise homosexual acts as immoral? The division within Virtue Ethics raises important questions about this ethical theory and its links to Natural ...
doctrine survey - Institute of Biblical Studies
... In all, I received about 120 letters, many of which exemplified a bad game of Telephone: Some people complained about an anti-gay "article" PT had published; others referred to an anti-gay book I had published and people who weren't subscribers said they were dropping their subscriptions. Several wr ...
... In all, I received about 120 letters, many of which exemplified a bad game of Telephone: Some people complained about an anti-gay "article" PT had published; others referred to an anti-gay book I had published and people who weren't subscribers said they were dropping their subscriptions. Several wr ...
Yom Kippur Mincha Traditional Torah Reading: Leviticus
... It is a to’evah. These actions are listed as a to’evah in the Torah: If you're an Egyptian, eating food with your slaves. (Genesis 43:32); If you're an Egyptian, being a shepherd. (Genesis 46:34); If you're in Egypt, sacrificing a lamb. (Exodus 8:22); Sacrificing (and eating) an animal that is blemi ...
... It is a to’evah. These actions are listed as a to’evah in the Torah: If you're an Egyptian, eating food with your slaves. (Genesis 43:32); If you're an Egyptian, being a shepherd. (Genesis 46:34); If you're in Egypt, sacrificing a lamb. (Exodus 8:22); Sacrificing (and eating) an animal that is blemi ...
Adapted from HRC, http://www.hrc.org/resources/entry/faith
... Religion has been a source of both solace and suffering for many lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans. For while most LGBT Americans have been raised in an organized religion — and many continue to cherish their faith community — too many have been forced to leave those communities behin ...
... Religion has been a source of both solace and suffering for many lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans. For while most LGBT Americans have been raised in an organized religion — and many continue to cherish their faith community — too many have been forced to leave those communities behin ...
Chapter 17
... • Religion can play a significant role in promoting an understanding of healthy sexuality as an expression of respect, caring, equality, and love. • Religion can also provide the justification for sexual guilt, intolerance, and oppression. • What all religions seem to have in common is an effort to ...
... • Religion can play a significant role in promoting an understanding of healthy sexuality as an expression of respect, caring, equality, and love. • Religion can also provide the justification for sexual guilt, intolerance, and oppression. • What all religions seem to have in common is an effort to ...
Kin Selection Hypothesis Kin Selection Hypothesis
... E. O. Wilson, the author of Sociobiology, noted that homosexuality seems to be a universal in human societies, found throughout history and in all cultures, albeit at relatively low levels (~ 1 to 10%). Working from animal analogies – the sterile castes of eusocial insects (honeybees et al) and bird ...
... E. O. Wilson, the author of Sociobiology, noted that homosexuality seems to be a universal in human societies, found throughout history and in all cultures, albeit at relatively low levels (~ 1 to 10%). Working from animal analogies – the sterile castes of eusocial insects (honeybees et al) and bird ...
Slide 1
... – Dean Hamer, The Science of Desire, p. 82 • “We have not found the gene—which we don’t think exists—for sexual orientation” – Hamer in Neil Whitehead’s, My Genes Made Me Do It, 135 ...
... – Dean Hamer, The Science of Desire, p. 82 • “We have not found the gene—which we don’t think exists—for sexual orientation” – Hamer in Neil Whitehead’s, My Genes Made Me Do It, 135 ...
Human Sexuality and Arranged Marriage
... someone of the same sex. The Navajo of the United States believes that homosexuality has more to do with gender and gender roles than one’s sex. In many cultures homosexuality is socially accepted and natural (eg. Ancient Greece & Papua New Guinea). Papua New Guinea – initiation into manhood include ...
... someone of the same sex. The Navajo of the United States believes that homosexuality has more to do with gender and gender roles than one’s sex. In many cultures homosexuality is socially accepted and natural (eg. Ancient Greece & Papua New Guinea). Papua New Guinea – initiation into manhood include ...
Sexual orientation
... Important Things to Remember “Most of today’s psychologists therefore view sexual orientation as neither willfully chosen nor willfully changed. Sexual orientation in some ways is like handedness: Most people are one way, some the other. A very few are truly ambidextrous. Regardless, the way one is ...
... Important Things to Remember “Most of today’s psychologists therefore view sexual orientation as neither willfully chosen nor willfully changed. Sexual orientation in some ways is like handedness: Most people are one way, some the other. A very few are truly ambidextrous. Regardless, the way one is ...
Homosexuality DOC
... Attitudes toward homosexuality are generally in flux, due in part to increased political activism, however until the early 1970s many medical organizations, including the American Psychiatric Association, classified homosexuality as a mental illness. In the past couple of decades many Christian den ...
... Attitudes toward homosexuality are generally in flux, due in part to increased political activism, however until the early 1970s many medical organizations, including the American Psychiatric Association, classified homosexuality as a mental illness. In the past couple of decades many Christian den ...
WMA Statement on Natural Variations of Human Sexuality
... The WMA strongly asserts that homosexuality does not represent a disease, but rather a natural variation within the range of human sexuality. The WMA condemns all forms of stigmatisation, criminalisation and discrimination of people based on their sexual orientation. The WMA calls upon all physicia ...
... The WMA strongly asserts that homosexuality does not represent a disease, but rather a natural variation within the range of human sexuality. The WMA condemns all forms of stigmatisation, criminalisation and discrimination of people based on their sexual orientation. The WMA calls upon all physicia ...
homo - WordPress.com
... in the X chromosome. 33/40 pairs of homosexual brothers shared certain DNA. This was later criticised for making simplistic ...
... in the X chromosome. 33/40 pairs of homosexual brothers shared certain DNA. This was later criticised for making simplistic ...
Homosexual Activity Among Animals Stirs Debate
... minefield. "There was a lot of hiding of what was going on, I think, because people were maybe afraid that they would get into trouble by talking about it," notes de Waal. Whether it's a good idea or not, it's hard not make comparisons between humans and other animals, especially primates. The fact ...
... minefield. "There was a lot of hiding of what was going on, I think, because people were maybe afraid that they would get into trouble by talking about it," notes de Waal. Whether it's a good idea or not, it's hard not make comparisons between humans and other animals, especially primates. The fact ...
if god makes some people gay, why is homosexuality wrong
... Often a non-christian friend or co-worker will argue, "But it feels so natural!" in defending same-sex practices. That’s true. Sin feels natural, because we have been born into unrighteousness. David admits in… Psalm 51:5 (NIV) "Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived ...
... Often a non-christian friend or co-worker will argue, "But it feels so natural!" in defending same-sex practices. That’s true. Sin feels natural, because we have been born into unrighteousness. David admits in… Psalm 51:5 (NIV) "Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived ...
File
... • There are no Hindu texts that preach against homosexuality and there are ancient texts and art with homosexual overtones and that depict homosexual activity. • Eunuchs exist in India, people who are neither male nor female. They are male transvestites or transsexual (they may have had an operation ...
... • There are no Hindu texts that preach against homosexuality and there are ancient texts and art with homosexual overtones and that depict homosexual activity. • Eunuchs exist in India, people who are neither male nor female. They are male transvestites or transsexual (they may have had an operation ...
Ethics and Religion
... Religious community has been engaged in vigorous debate on the subject of homosexuality. Rejectionism - opposes any sexual acts between persons of the same gender. Modified rejection or qualified acceptance regards homosexual orientation as morally neutral but rejects homosexual acts. ...
... Religious community has been engaged in vigorous debate on the subject of homosexuality. Rejectionism - opposes any sexual acts between persons of the same gender. Modified rejection or qualified acceptance regards homosexual orientation as morally neutral but rejects homosexual acts. ...