Word: christianized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Church by clergy willing to perform such ceremonies." The resolution passed easily, 34 for and only six against. One might be tempted to believe that such strong support suggests that the resolution was on the right track. However, given the fact that Memorial Church is meant to be a Christian church in conjunction with the Bible's teachings on homosexual acts, one quickly sees that such "blessing ceremonies" have no place whatsoever in a Christian church...
...this point, it seems appropriate to address one issue specifically mentioned in the council's resolution, namely that not performing such blessing ceremonies violates Harvard's nondiscrimination policies concerning sexual orientation. Of course, this is absolute nonsense. If Memorial Church is to be a Christian church at all, it must be willing to accept that tenets of Christianity contrary to the policies of Harvard University will be practiced and taught there. If this is unacceptable, then the church should not only allow same-sex blessing ceremonies but also stop discriminating against non-Christian religions and Jewish and Muslim services...
This camp also says that the ancient Israelites' codes for sexual conduct should not govern our conduct in modern America; many throw out the Old Testament entirely and claim that only the New Testament is relevant to the Christian, ignoring the teaching of Christ that His Father is indeed the God referred to in the Old Testament. Infrequently are the teachings of the New Testament on homosexual acts even mentioned on either side of the issue. Hopefully, those reading this will realize that such teaching exists. Other than the passages from I Timothy above, the New Testament also calls homosexual...
...passing the resolution to encourage Memorial Church to allow same-sex blessing ceremonies, the Undergraduate Council implicitly made the statement that homosexual relationships could be consistent with the teachings of Christianity. I ask those reading this today: Who should decide whether or not that is true? Should it be student representatives? Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Peter J. Gomes? Should it even be the administrative board of Memorial Church whose job it is to decide in this case? Or should it be the word of the Lord God Almighty given to the authors of Christianity's canon, the Bible, through...
...filmed by television crews last week alongside Zairian soldiers actually are technicians hired by Zaire to service the army's equipment. But TIME's Peter Graff reports that diplomatic sources have confirmed that the 280 or so "white guys with guns" are indeed mercenaries, led by a Belgian named Christian Taverniers. Taverniers told the Belgian newspaper Le Soir on Monday that his group had "not yet fired a single shot," despite Kinshasa's claims that it had retaken the town of Walikale before the weekend. Activity on the current front, some 500 km of dense jungle between Kinshasa...