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UK Christian who refused counselling to gay man denied appeal

Started this discussion. Last reply by Owen May 2, 2010. 3 Replies

A UK judge has denied an appeal to a former Relate counsellor who refused to work with a gay man (as a sex therapist!) because of his beliefs.Interestingly, the former Archbishop of Canterbury tried…Continue

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Owen commented on Owen's blog post 'David Mabus/Mbaus/Dennis Mabuza suspect arrested'
"(Links are fixed)."
Aug 20, 2011
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Rick commented on Owen's blog post 'David Mabus/Mbaus/Dennis Mabuza suspect arrested'
"Interesting. The first two links no longer work by the way."
Aug 19, 2011
Skycomet the Fallen Angel commented on Owen's blog post 'David Mabus/Mbaus/Dennis Mabuza suspect arrested'
"FINALLY!!"
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Dan Savage, of the It Gets Better Campaign, on religious attitudes to homosexuality

Perhaps a bit of a contrast to the article I posted the other day, here. Dan Savage responds to a letter from someone who "loves the Lord and does not support gay marriage". He isn't gentle about it, and I totally agree with his views: A question: Do you “support” atheist marriage? Interfaith marriage? Divorce and remarriage? All are legal, all…See More
Oct 13, 2010
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Bullying in schools - Jesus Needs New PR

A Facebook friend just posted this article from the theist website 'Jesus Needs New PR' to her wall, and I thought it was worth reposting here. In my opinion it's an incredibly well-written, powerful, piece.The core of it:All across this country, every single day, students who identify as GLBT are experiencing hate, being bullied, getting teased, or being treated unkindly… and some of those…See More
Oct 10, 2010
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Owen replied to Michael Sizer-Watt's discussion 'Who Are Your Favorite Philosophers?'
"To a degree. Any dedicated follower of Ayn Rand would disagree with my views (I know a few, and they do), but I think there's a lot in the basic philosophy. The details, to me, seem misguided."
Oct 10, 2010
Owen replied to Michael Sizer-Watt's discussion 'Who Are Your Favorite Philosophers?'
"I'll take the first two, since they're the names I came to post. Plato... maybe. He's fascinating and undeniably important, but not my favourite."
Oct 10, 2010
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Beck guest Rabbi Lapin: "Atheists are parasites"

"Ah yes, those freeloading atheists. This is more than bigotry; I would say it is a carefully placed attack. Just have a look at the Tea Partiers; you don't have to be a right-wing nutjob in America to feel the impact when they throw around…"
Oct 9, 2010
Owen replied to Jason Paisley's discussion 'Most bizarre question put forth by a creationist.'
"Beautiful. As a believer in evolution, from now on I shall open all my jars of peanut butter with caution, and perhaps a certain amount of expectation. It'll be like playing the lottery every time I have breakfast!"
Oct 8, 2010
Owen replied to Keith Johnston's discussion 'Why are right wing Christians are so hard on homosexuality?'
"I think you've put your finger on it here. Whatever the individual reasons for disliking homosexuality (and I think plenty of people fight it through sheer, good ol' fashioned homophobia), I think a large part of the right-wing thing is a…"
Oct 8, 2010
Owen replied to Trevauhn Grant's discussion 'Does Atheism Exist'
"To be fair, Conservapedia was always going to be biased. Notice that the link goes on to say that Unlike Christianity, which is supported by a large body of sound evidence (see: Christian apologetics), atheism has no proof and evidence supporting…"
Oct 6, 2010
Owen commented on Gaytor's blog post 'Jesus Doesn't Love You'
"^^Yaaaay Something I forgot to put into my post above, and which relates to doone's comment beneath it - looking through that list of passages I had BibleGateway pull up, it's astounding how many passages speak of "loving God"…"
Oct 3, 2010
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Oct 3, 2010
Owen commented on Gaytor's blog post 'Jesus Doesn't Love You'
"Well, I'm late to this one - just following the link from the Sunday Morning Service. It's a really interesting point, and I'd like to see it followed up with more investigation. Just running a quick search through for the world…"
Oct 3, 2010

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Atheist
Age
19-24
The religion you left
Christian
Why you left your religion.
I was raised a Christian but never really believed any of it past the age of about ten. It took me a while to solidify that into a decision to stop going to church with my family, though.
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David Mabus/Mbaus/Dennis Mabuza suspect arrested

Posted on August 19, 2011 at 1:30pm 3 Comments

 

Remember this guy? He's been a fairly regular troll poster around here, and over the last three years he's been actively threatening an increasing number atheists, sceptics and science writers.

 

 That second link…

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Dan Savage, of the It Gets Better Campaign, on religious attitudes to homosexuality

Posted on October 13, 2010 at 10:58am 0 Comments

Perhaps a bit of a contrast to the article I posted the other day, here.

Dan Savage responds to a letter from someone who "loves the Lord and does not support gay marriage". He isn't gentle about it, and I totally agree with his views:





A question: Do you “support” atheist marriage? Interfaith marriage? Divorce and… Continue

Bullying in schools - Jesus Needs New PR

Posted on October 10, 2010 at 6:08am 0 Comments

A Facebook friend just posted this article from the theist website 'Jesus Needs New PR' to her wall, and I thought it was worth reposting here. In my opinion it's an incredibly well-written, powerful, piece.



The core of it:



All across this country, every single day, students who identify as GLBT are experiencing hate, being bullied, getting teased, or being treated… Continue

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At 11:58am on April 13, 2010, Gaytor said…
I'm sorry that the first guy that you chose to respond to ran away. I knew that it might happen so I started a new discussion about people like him. I had saved the conversation to a Word Doc and it's attached there. I liked the thought about animals. When I take my dog out for a run, the excitement of the dance/smile/run is enough to make you aware that he's as conscious and as happy as we ever are.
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