Word: christian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Nelia Worsley is the energetic Winthrop House junior who holds that trust and cooperation comprise the basis for success. This idealism roots her activities which range from her five course a semester workload to ice hockey to the Christian fellowship...
...organized the women's ice hockey team and subsequently became captain, but she also rows for the Radcliffe Heavies, holds the positions of Secretary and Chairman of Loans and Grants for the Radcliffe Union of Students and zealously participates in the Christian Fellowship...
...Worsley comes into contact with everyone from theoretical mathematicians to down-to-earth jocks. As a freshman, she became familiar with the advanced standing office and the Engineering Department. The next year, she switched her major to English and spent more time leading her crusade at 60 Boylston. The Christian Fellowship has been an ongoing interest for three years...
Like many modern Bible scholars, the liberal majority decided that these verses merely express the opinions of the Jewish priestly writers and Paul, who were "conditioned by time and place." Consequently, their logic runs, such teachings are not direct revelation from God and modern Christians are free to change their views. If homosexuals evidence Christian virtues, "we are led to believe that God has chosen to redeem and sanctify these particular persons within the framework of their homosexual condition...
...Some conservatives are already talking about an emergency meeting this summer and the possibility of withholding money from the denomination or even of schism, if the liberal policy passes. Liberals believe the church can no longer ignore the fact of homosexuality and the anguish of those homosexuals who are Christian believers. For conservatives, including the growing Evangelical forces and many adherents of the waning neo-orthodox theology, the policy on homosexuality is crucial in ways that go far beyond the question of whether homosexuals are permitted to join the clergy. Since the Bible is so explicit, they wonder...