@TRiG I suppose not. But I don't think there are many people would knowingly hold both of those views at the same time. I think my view that since single people shouldn't be having sex in the first place, they shouldn't need contraception will ruffle more than a few feathers.
@JonEricson Well, I'm an atheist, and a very definite secularist, but I do find religion interesting. To be honest, I'm not very interested in the actual theology of it, though.
This month's topic is contraception.
Suggestion: Talk about something else this month, and save contraception till you have someone on the team qualified to talk about it.
I read an article by a woman who has a condition which would make pregnancy extremely dangerous for her. To her, these issues are very important health concerns. And a bunch of men sitting around talking about contraception as an abstract ethical principle is actively hurtful to her. It erases her from the conversation. It was a good article.
@JonEricson Perhaps it should be mentioned that the current controversy in the USA is purely manufactured outrage. It's nothing to do with theology: it's the culture war.
(I strongly disagree with conservatives, but I can cope with them. I strongly disagree with religious people, but I can be good friends with them. But the combination gets to me.)
I think we are pretty well represented in Europe as well as the U.S. From time to time, I even seem to see some Asians. Nicke Carlo is from Argentina - I miss him...
also @all of you authors, have any of you blogged for SE before (ie should I add your accounts) or should I give you new ones? question 2 are all of your account email addresses valid ones?
@ElendiaStarman I will add you to the list of editors on the blog. (thus I'll need your answers to the 3 questions above as well)
@TRiG I hope we are not just "talking about contraception as an abstract ethical principle." For my post, I plan to include some real-world examples. If you can give me the link to that article, I'll include that woman.
I wonder if there are any fundamentalist Christians who do not practice Easter who might weigh in. My brother's church does not practice Easter or Christmas, for instance (and they are not JW)
@DanODay intriguing, I've heard of some folks shying away, at least from the popular symbols because they are borrowed heavily from pagan culture, not sure I've heard of anyone ignoring them completely (other than the JWs)
@DanODay gotcha. I ran into some AG folks on the mission field with my parents. Good folks. But some of the highly spirit centric groups end up doing strange things on the field...
@waxeagle If you're okay with that, I'd like to keep my "brand". If you want truename only, you can use "Michael Hollinger" (And you don't need to scrub that from chat)
@waxeagle I think I need to do some more editing. It's had an impact on my own marriage and family, so I better talk about that some more.
I'm trying out the WordPress interface and I'm realizing it's been ages since I've had to deal with HTML. Does anyone know the best way to render poetry? I'm using <pre>, but that doesn't look so great.
@waxeagle I'm using the "Preview" button under the "Publish" box. I must not be looking at the right thing, since it still converts > into >. For now, I'll just use and make it work.