Tag Archives: Religion

Existential Trauma in Religious Primates

Posted on September 10, 2020 by Ron Goetz

Some friends are discussing existential trauma. We primates experience existential trauma to different degrees, and often have different names for it. Catholic primates acknowledge it as The Dark Night of the Soul. As on any Bell Curve, some few primstes … Continue reading →

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“…except to manipulate it.”

Posted on August 27, 2020 by Ron Goetz

“It would disturb me if there was a wedding between the religious fundamentalists and the political right. The hard right has no interest in religion except to manipulate it.” Billy Graham–American Evangelist (Parade, 1981)

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Politics and Religion — Not so Different

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Ron Goetz

Since you’re reading this, you are undoubtedly a person with strong convictions about politics and religion.  Religious and political organizations are naturally quite keen on emphasizing the differences between themselves and their opponents.  In this post I emphasize the similarities between … Continue reading →

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The Stonewall Uprising and the Evangelical Right: 1969 to 1984

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Ron Goetz

The contemporary gay rights movement began forty-two years ago in Greenwich Village with the watershed event know as the Stonewall Uprising (1969). The spontaneous Stonewall refusal to accept society’s unrelenting harassment and humiliation of gays and lesbians opened a new chapter in the U.S. Civil … Continue reading →

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You Can’t Quote Leviticus to Prove God Hates Homosexuality

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Ron Goetz

The standard Biblical case against homosexuality is not as air-tight as many people seem to think. People bring up many points routinely, and it’s amazing how the attacks don’t hold up–if you look at their Biblical “evidence” carefully. In this post … Continue reading →

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