Past Questions for Morality

February 14, 2007

“Why do you think some religions have regarded sex as sacred while others have regarded it as a sin?”

February 28, 2007

What does your faith lead you to believe about gay unions and gay clergy? Could you ever change your mind?

April 17, 2007

How does your faith tradition explain (and respond to) senseless tragedies such as the Virginia Tech shootings.

April 25, 2007

In light of recent high-profile public apologies by Don Imus, Paul Wolfowitz, Michael Nifong, the Pope and others, what is the relationship of apology (repentance) to forgiveness?

August 22, 2007

What do you think of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's vote to urge its bishops to refrain from disciplining clergy who are in "mutual, chaste and faithful committed same-gender relationships"?

August 27, 2007

Should religious denominations adopt a "don't ask, don't tell" policy regarding the sexual preferences of their clergy?

November 1, 2007

Is health care for children a parental responsibility or a moral imperative for society?

November 7, 2007

Can the use of torture ever be justified?

November 28, 2007

From Clinton to Craig, from Swaggart to Paulk, America seems obsessed with sex scandals. Is sex outside of marriage a sin? Is it a public matter? Is it forgivable?

December 12, 2007

Rick Warren's Saddleback Church just hosted its third "Global Summit on AIDS and the Church." Do you think the world's biggest social problems -- poverty, disease, homelessness -- can be cured by well-intentioned religious believers?

January 16, 2008

In Christian theology, there are Seven Deadly Sins: pride, envy, gluttony, lust, anger, greed and sloth. Which of these do you think is the worst? Which is most prevalent and harmful in our society today?

March 14, 2008

What does the Eliot Spitzer scandal say about our public and private morality? Should he have resigned?

March 26, 2008

Which "ism" is more entrenched in America, sexism or racism? Which should religion address?

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