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June 15 2014 By virtueonline Transgender Surgery Isn't the Solution

The transgendered suffer a disorder of "assumption" like those in other disorders familiar to psychiatrists. With the transgendered, the disordered assumption is that the individual differs from what seems given in nature—namely one's maleness or femaleness. Other kinds of disordered assumptions are held by those who suffer from anorexia and bulimia nervosa, where the assumption that departs from physical reality is the belief by the dangerously thin that they are overweight.

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June 11 2014 By virtueonline Gay Marriage and Mrs. Murphy

“Moral questions, not legal questions” thus took priority in Michaelson’s demand for “equality justice,” a term he preferred to “gay rights.” After “2,500 years of oppression” Michaelson also rejected the sentiment of being “gracious in victory” advocated by some amidst current gay movement societal successes.

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June 09 2014 By virtueonline Demographics favor the faithful - Eric Metaxas

Jones concluded that “It’s clearly the case that the future will involve an increase in religious populations and a decrease in scepticism. We may not need more scientists but more theologists.”

Jones isn’t the only person to point out that the secular worldview is, demographically-speaking, a dead end. In 2006, Philip Longman, a demographer at the New America Foundation, wrote a piece provocatively entitled “The Return of Patriarchy.”

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June 05 2014 By virtueonline Homosexuality: Infidelity is the key to a stable marriage?

The New Research - Adultery and divorce

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June 05 2014 By virtueonline Divorce – The Overlooked Cause of Mass Murderers

His father, who worked in Hollywood films – quickly found another girlfriend. Elliot wrote, “How ironic that it is my father, one of those men who could easily have found a girlfriend, has a son who would struggle all his life to find a girlfriend.”

Michael Cook, writing for Mercatornet, reports that “Most of the men on the never-ending list of rampage killers in the United States came from homes where the parents were divorced or separated.” Examples:

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June 04 2014 By virtueonline Gallup Reveals the Obvious: Our Moral Collapse Continues

Certainly not all of these issues involve things that are intrinsically evil. There can be a moral case made for both birth control and divorce in certain situations. Also, though out-of-wedlock births almost always are the result of an immoral act at some point, given the prevalence of abortion (which, according to Gallup, 42% of Americans deem “morally acceptable”) in our culture, choosing life is never the wrong choice.

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June 04 2014 By virtueonline Planned Parenthood Uses Bible to Support Abortion

I would like to know who these “religious leaders” are and on what basis they are using to make the claim that abortion is an acceptable moral choice based on the Bible. I suspect that most if not all the religious leaders Planned Parenthood claims do not “disapprove of abortion” have a very low opinion of the authority of the Bible.

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June 02 2014 By virtueonline Homosexualist Campaigner at the Heart of Lambeth Palace Rightly Disclosed

Mr Nunn told Mr McIntyre in terms that clearly reveal his real spiritual and moral objective:

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May 29 2014 By virtueonline Christians Taking a Stand – Finally - Bill Muehlenberg

They deserve our praise and our prayers. The first leader worth singling out is pastor Charlie Hughes from New Zealand. This courageous Christian and his wife would rather face the wrath of the militants and the forces of political correctness than to trample on the truth of Almighty God. Their story has just appeared in the press, so let me pass some of it along to you:

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May 29 2014 By virtueonline Richard Dawkins is moving towards Christ

His comments may explain claims from friends in Oxford that they've seen someone looking remarkably like Richard Dawkins sneaking into services. But he goes a bit further. As our science correspondent Sarah Knapton reports:

Dawkins, 73, also said that he believes humans are destined to take a certain path in life, and that if they veer from it a “magnetic pull” will bring them back to their fate.

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