Word: christianized
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Christopher G. Roberts' '01 letter regarding National Coming Out of Homosexuality Day was a perfectly reasonable (though highly debatable) summary of majority conservative Christian beliefs regarding sexual orientation However, he claimed that his statement reflected the beliefs of all Christians, when in fact there is a diversity of opinion concerning sexual orientation in Christian churches and among Christian laity and clergy. Since his comment appeared in a publication associated with the same institution as Pusey Minister of Memorial Church Peter J. Gomes his over statement seemed especially ridiculous. --Barbara Purdom and Christopher Purdom, Coordinators, Interfaith Working Group, Philadelphia
...every Bible passage one might find against homosexuality, I could find one hundred whose message is love. Love is the fundamental Christian commandment, to use Roberts' words, the primary "basic doctrine." Political persecution of homosexuals hardly adheres to this ideal...
While I may not speak for all Christians--or all Catholics--I believe the "message of compassion in Christ's teachings" that Roberts mentions is entirely separate from the political agenda of conservative Christian groups. How ironic that anyone would use the phrase "compassion in Christ's teachings" as a pretext for persecution. To those Christians who quote the Bible to oppose homosexuality, speak for yourselves. If you want to speak of "toss[ing] aside [God's] loving commandment of salvation," as Roberts does, you may want to examine exactly what that phrase means. --Brendan G. Conway '00, First-year...
...gone a little too far. Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the champion of assisted suicide who has helped anywhere between 50 and 100 terminally ill patients die, appears to have helped a woman kill herself in a church. The 74-year-old Nadia Foldes of New York, an Eastern Orthodox Christian, inhaled carbon dioxide late Thursday at a Catholic church somewhere in Detroit...
...Sarcasm brought it a lot of life," said Christian J. Westra...