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There is theological wiggle room to ask questions about the capacity for people of the same sex to enter into lasting relationships that have faith-filled meaning, despite a physical inability to propagate except by extraordinary means.
You can’t be an educated person today unless you have studied religion. Notice, I didn’t say you had to BELIEVE in religion to be educated.
There’s discrimination against Catholics: I know -- I’ve experienced it. But then, virtually everyone gets discriminated against at some time, and not only the usual suspects of race and religion: obese people, Chicago Cub fans, smokers, atheists, witches, etc. The real question is whether the bigotry against Catholics exceeds anything considered normal in the give-and-take of society.
Do you prefer “entropy” or “apocalypse” to describe the end of the world? After all, it is hardly a matter of faith that the laws of physics apply to this solar system.
Religion is like an elephant-sized furry monster with extra eyes and legs. It can’t be grasped in its totality by one view alone, any more than the proverbial blind men could describe the elephant by touching only one part of its body.
What Islam Really Says About Violence, Rights and Other Religions
Gomaa, Fadlallah, Mubarak, Khan, Siddiqi, Ellison, others | On Faith
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