PCA Committee Releases Human Sexuality Report, Signals Agreement with Nashville
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“While the PCA was not able to assemble this year due to COVID-19, today the study committee released their report on human sexuality for denominational consideration.
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Scientific American's unscientific response to youth gender therapies
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“Why would Scientific American urge a ban on therapies that may free some from a lifestyle that is associated with greater depression and suicide, and yet never question “treatments” for gender dysphoria that lead to increased confusion, depression, and suicidal tendencies?” - Public Discourse
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Book Review: "A Study of 7 References to Homosexuality in the Bible"
John Dwyer is a gay Episcopal priest who is married to another man. Dwyer’s book is a valuable survey of the revisionist interpretations of Genesis 19, Judges 19, Leviticus 18 and 20, Romans 1, 1 Corinthians 6, and 1 Timothy 1. Dwyer makes no original contributions and produces his survey of the texts on a five-step process:
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In new study: “There was no evidence of a single ‘gay gene.’”
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“There was evidence of modest to weak correlation between a combination of genetic factors and those who had reported to have had a same-sex sexual experience. … it’s being assumed that having had a same-sex sexual experience is the same as having a particular sexual orientation….the same genetic combination also showed correlation for risky behavior.” - Breakpoint
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‘Born This Way’
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“Nowadays, the LGB movement has largely retired the ‘born this way’ argument to make way for the ‘T’—transgender identity. So in place of ‘I was born this way and I can’t change,’ we now hear ‘I was born this way, it was wrong, and I want to change.’” - Breakpoint
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The Bible and "Gay Christians"—Are We Sending the Right Message?
Debate over whether there can be such a thing as a “gay Christian” has raged for a while now, and it’s not going away anytime soon. Much of the conflict is over deeply incompatible views on the authority of Scripture, and the right basic approach to interpreting it. Some of the conflict, though, might not be necessary at all—because it arises from a combination of unclear language and slightly (but consequentially) faulty interpretation.
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