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	<title>Comments on: Alan Chambers Addresses Developments In Uganda</title>
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		<title>By: Rick Warren-linked Ugandan Pastor Interrogated over &#8220;Sodomy&#8221; Allegations Against Rival Pastor &#171; Bartholomew&#8217;s Notes on Religion</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rick Warren-linked Ugandan Pastor Interrogated over &#8220;Sodomy&#8221; Allegations Against Rival Pastor &#171; Bartholomew&#8217;s Notes on Religion</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 13:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] role at the conference, but Exodus President Alan Chambers later tried to wash his hands of responsibility for it as the repercussions of the conference [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Strange, True &#38; Religious : Uganda&#8217;s strange anti-gay feeding frenzy has pastors accusing rivals of gayness</title>
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		<dc:creator>Strange, True &#38; Religious : Uganda&#8217;s strange anti-gay feeding frenzy has pastors accusing rivals of gayness</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 21:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Schmierer’s role at the conference, but Exodus President Alan Chambers later tried to wash his hands of responsibility for it as the repercussions of the conference [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Christopher™</title>
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		<dc:creator>Christopher™</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Believe it or not, Alan is actually claiming that he and Exodus played no role whatsoever with the conference in Uganda.

http://tinyurl.com/crq9ts

I&#039;ve come to the conclusion that those who are Biblical literalists (which include fundamentalist Christians, but not exclusively) do not look at objective reality the way the rest of us do.

If an objective fact conflicts with their literalist worldview, they simply reinterpret it as something else entirely.  If reinterpretation cannot believably eliminate the objective fact, then they deny it exists at all.  As a result, any introspective abilities they may possess do not allow for them to question any of their presuppositions about their worldview.  In fact, it appears that many literalists are more committed to their presuppositions than they are to the direct commands of Christ himself.  As a result, it is the Bible they worship... which makes it nothing more than an idol.

Of course, anything we say in this regard will simply be reinterpreted or disregarded entirely.  Those who disagree with Alan are just &quot;liberals&quot; that &quot;don&#039;t take Scripture seriously.&quot;  Even though many of us are Evangelicals. 

*Sigh*.  Wall, meet head.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Believe it or not, Alan is actually claiming that he and Exodus played no role whatsoever with the conference in Uganda.</p>
<p><a href="http://tinyurl.com/crq9ts" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/crq9ts</a></p>
<p>I&#8217;ve come to the conclusion that those who are Biblical literalists (which include fundamentalist Christians, but not exclusively) do not look at objective reality the way the rest of us do.</p>
<p>If an objective fact conflicts with their literalist worldview, they simply reinterpret it as something else entirely.  If reinterpretation cannot believably eliminate the objective fact, then they deny it exists at all.  As a result, any introspective abilities they may possess do not allow for them to question any of their presuppositions about their worldview.  In fact, it appears that many literalists are more committed to their presuppositions than they are to the direct commands of Christ himself.  As a result, it is the Bible they worship&#8230; which makes it nothing more than an idol.</p>
<p>Of course, anything we say in this regard will simply be reinterpreted or disregarded entirely.  Those who disagree with Alan are just &#8220;liberals&#8221; that &#8220;don&#8217;t take Scripture seriously.&#8221;  Even though many of us are Evangelicals. </p>
<p>*Sigh*.  Wall, meet head.</p>
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		<title>By: kevin</title>
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		<dc:creator>kevin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Love how Alan claims to speak for Christianity.  Love even more how the hypocrites like Alan and Scott try to seperate LGBT Christians from their faith.

Unfortunately for them, they are losing.  The emerging Christian fellowship is accepting of LGBT people and against homo/transphobia.

The only places Exodus can find to spread their self-righteous FILTH are places that are morally and spiritually broken (ie., countries with a history of oppression, mass murders, and dictatorship).

Jesus would be APPALLED that people like Alan were speaking in his name!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Love how Alan claims to speak for Christianity.  Love even more how the hypocrites like Alan and Scott try to seperate LGBT Christians from their faith.</p>
<p>Unfortunately for them, they are losing.  The emerging Christian fellowship is accepting of LGBT people and against homo/transphobia.</p>
<p>The only places Exodus can find to spread their self-righteous FILTH are places that are morally and spiritually broken (ie., countries with a history of oppression, mass murders, and dictatorship).</p>
<p>Jesus would be APPALLED that people like Alan were speaking in his name!</p>
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		<title>By: While I was writing a paper, some gay marriage stuff happened. at The Gideonse Bible</title>
		<link>http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/04/20/10835/comment-page-1#comment-38854</link>
		<dc:creator>While I was writing a paper, some gay marriage stuff happened. at The Gideonse Bible</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] gay couples like me and Rob &#8212; considering that the anti-gay movement, to which NOM is tied, has encouraged anti-gay violence in Africa &#8212; I think that anyone who wasn&#8217;t already contemplating taking a tire iron to Jack Twist [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] gay couples like me and Rob &#8212; considering that the anti-gay movement, to which NOM is tied, has encouraged anti-gay violence in Africa &#8212; I think that anyone who wasn&#8217;t already contemplating taking a tire iron to Jack Twist [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Zeke</title>
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		<dc:creator>Zeke</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Am I experiencing deja vue or has he not already offered a mea culpa a couple of years ago where he confessed his sins against the &quot;homosexual&quot; community and talked about how Christians have to &quot;be more more loving and supportive of gay people in order to bring them to Christ&quot;?

Didn&#039;t he do a bit of a media tour selling that latest brand of snake oil?

I&#039;m pretty certain he did and we see what followed; more hate, more lies and now, promoting witch hunts in African nations.

I think we can expect him to live up to his latest faux, hat-in-hand &quot;confession&quot;, and promises to do better, just as well</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Am I experiencing deja vue or has he not already offered a mea culpa a couple of years ago where he confessed his sins against the &#8220;homosexual&#8221; community and talked about how Christians have to &#8220;be more more loving and supportive of gay people in order to bring them to Christ&#8221;?</p>
<p>Didn&#8217;t he do a bit of a media tour selling that latest brand of snake oil?</p>
<p>I&#8217;m pretty certain he did and we see what followed; more hate, more lies and now, promoting witch hunts in African nations.</p>
<p>I think we can expect him to live up to his latest faux, hat-in-hand &#8220;confession&#8221;, and promises to do better, just as well</p>
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		<title>By: Timothy Kincaid</title>
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		<dc:creator>Timothy Kincaid</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Alan knows full well that both Box Turtle Bulletin and ExGayWatch would publish any apology that he wants to make about his involvement in the Uganda situation.

I&#039;m sure it would reach most of the &quot;American gay activists and even some conservative Christians have raised a ruckus&quot;.  Assuming, of course, that was his goal.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Alan knows full well that both Box Turtle Bulletin and ExGayWatch would publish any apology that he wants to make about his involvement in the Uganda situation.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m sure it would reach most of the &#8220;American gay activists and even some conservative Christians have raised a ruckus&#8221;.  Assuming, of course, that was his goal.</p>
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		<title>By: John</title>
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		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:32:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Alan Chambers posted in the comment section of this blogpost: &quot;Thank you all for your encouragement on this. I wrote this over a month ago and tried to get it in a publication (on both sides) to no avail so I ended up posting on my own blog because it was eating me up not to be able to say what I was truly feeling.&quot;

Alan Chambers is of course a self-confessed pathological liar.  Now he is trying to further re-write the history of his silence and Exodus&#039; sponsorship of the Ugandan conference and it&#039;s brutal aftermath.

This man re-confirms again and again at every turn that he has no honor, no honesty, and no morals.  I would say &quot;unbelievable!!!&quot; but for Alan Chambers, this is just par for the course.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Alan Chambers posted in the comment section of this blogpost: &#8220;Thank you all for your encouragement on this. I wrote this over a month ago and tried to get it in a publication (on both sides) to no avail so I ended up posting on my own blog because it was eating me up not to be able to say what I was truly feeling.&#8221;</p>
<p>Alan Chambers is of course a self-confessed pathological liar.  Now he is trying to further re-write the history of his silence and Exodus&#8217; sponsorship of the Ugandan conference and it&#8217;s brutal aftermath.</p>
<p>This man re-confirms again and again at every turn that he has no honor, no honesty, and no morals.  I would say &#8220;unbelievable!!!&#8221; but for Alan Chambers, this is just par for the course.</p>
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		<title>By: SharonB</title>
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		<dc:creator>SharonB</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Spot on Bruce, and nicely stated!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Spot on Bruce, and nicely stated!</p>
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		<title>By: Timothy Kincaid</title>
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		<dc:creator>Timothy Kincaid</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Let&#039;s keep this about Uganda rather than Harry&#039;s misunderstanding of the tax code.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let&#8217;s keep this about Uganda rather than Harry&#8217;s misunderstanding of the tax code.</p>
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