I decided to be a sex-positive parental figure who works together with sex-positive families. “Sex positive parenting is teaching that sexuality is a natural and healthy part of childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Children benefit so much from the space we can create for them to discover how they wish to express their gender and to learn what they are passionate about, free from rules about what boys, girls, or transgendered people “should” be like. It's important to teach children about their bodies, the correct names of their genitals, and sexuality. This protects them against sexual abuse and also allows them to become autonomous adults who can describe any health problems they might have. Children can develop the skills to communicate about sexual consent, boundaries, and desire while they are growing up with a sense of sexuality as a normal and pleasurable part of being alive. Taking a balanced approach to talking about sexual health with our children means including the positive aspects of sexuality, such as the pleasure it can bring, and this can have profound impacts. This can set the stage for our children to have meaningful and pleasurable relationships of all kinds as they grow. Making sure we include discussions of pleasure, intimacy, and other positive aspects of sexuality in our conversations can also be key in preventing sexual violence and harassment, which disproportionately affects girls, women, trans, and young non-binary folks.”

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“What Is the Difference Between Solo Polyamory and Polyamory?

People who practice solo polyamory are not part of a committed partnership or multi-person relationship unit. That doesn’t mean they don’t have any intimate relationships. It just means they don't live with romantic partners, and they tend to refrain from engagement and marriage.

Solo polyamorists’ relationships don’t follow the “relationship escalator” model. The escalator represents traditional relationship milestones and goals. It typically applies to heterosexual monogamous relationships.” I do not: Public appearances as a couple

Using relationship labels (partner, boyfriend/girlfriend, etc.)

Living together

Merging finances

Engagement & marriage

Having children and pets together. I say my solo-polyamorous lifestyle and lovestyle takes more commitment because it requires a lot of communication, self-reflection, and coordination with multiple partners.

Solo polyamorous people like me values my own independence and I enjoy spending time on my own, but I am still committed to the well-being and quality of life to my partners.

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“Humanists stand for the building of a more humane, just, compassionate, and democratic society using a pragmatic ethics based on human reason, experience, and reliable knowledge-an ethics that judges the consequences of human actions by the well-being of all life on Earth.” - Steven Schafersman

“Humanitarianism is an active belief in the value of human life, whereby humans practice benevolent treatment and provide assistance to other humans to reduce suffering and improve the conditions of humanity for moral, altruistic, and emotional reasons. One aspect involves voluntary emergency aid overlapping with human rights advocacy, actions taken by governments, development assistance, and domestic philanthropy. Other critical issues include correlation with religious beliefs, motivation of aid between altruism and social control, market affinity, imperialism and neo-colonialism, gender and class relations, and humanitarian agencies.[1] A practitioner is known as a humanitarian.” I do read all Holy Books repeatedly.

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“1. Ad Hominem

Ad hominem means ‘to the man’. It is an argument that attacks the person rather than the quality of their argument. I once fell foul of this with my elderly aunt while arguing about bitcoin. She said to me “I don’t like bitcoin because old people can’t understand it.” I replied “You just don’t like bitcoin because you don’t understand it.” Similarly, I notice a lot in politics that people won’t debate over Joe Biden’s policies, but rather, attack him for his age. This fails to address the argument, and instead, attacks the man.” The Bible is filled with pagan mythology and stories from the other-worldly superstitious myths of the ancient era. Tradition doesn’t always line up with reality or what the Bible actually states. I don’t know what literal or figurative in The Bible or literally true or figuratively true in The Bible or literally false or figuratively false in the Bible. Sometimes I wonder if God a figment of the human imagination, if humans invented God, if all religions are all cults, and if our inner monologue is what humans refer to as “God.” Ferocious wolves in sheep’s clothing are in the four walls of some houses of worship. 83% of American 🇺🇸 people are unchurched, 17% of American people are churched.

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“Either the Bible is true or it isn’t, either it’s God’s inspired inerrant word or it isn’t, you can’t have it both ways, you can’t pick and choose to fit with whatever the latest fad or zeitgeist happens to be . . .” “So claimed someone in a comment thread on a Patheos Progressive Christian Facebook page post recently. One thing I’ll say for Bible literalists: they aren’t a big fan of nuance. They like their truth to be . . . literal. Their world view is Manichean to the core. This or that. Black or white. True or false. Good or evil. No gray areas allowed.” “Me: The Bible is a book. A special one, but a book. Written by human beings, not dictated by God.

Him: You’re free to believe that, to reject the nearly 30% of prophecy that is STILL being played out today, but it does mean that you may not identify as a Christian.

Me: It means nothing of the sort. Millions of Christians do not believe that the Bible is the inerrant Word of God. What one believes about a book is not the litmus test for membership in the club.

Him: In THIS CLUB, yes it is. Rejecting the inerrancy of scripture is tantamount to rejecting the authority of God in your life, (A.K.A. Christianity) because you wish to be your own God and live for yourself, which is the very heart of so called progressivism (A.K.A SIN).

Me: It is sad to imagine a faith so narrow that it claims that God is confined within the covers of a book. That God somehow is incapable of speaking directly to contemporary human beings. That the Word of God is a book rather than a Person. God is brought into the world through human beings, not ancient texts.

I could have done better. I could have used the book this fellow worships to make my point as another participant in the conversation did succinctly:

John 1:1—In the beginning was the Word. John 1:14—And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us . . . The Bible isn’t the Word of God, but it can lead us to the Word of God.”

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“Criticism of Christianity has a long history which stretches back to the initial formation of the religion in the Roman Empire. Critics have challenged Christian beliefs and teachings as well as Christian actions, from the Crusades to modern terrorism. The arguments against Christianity include the suppositions that it is a faith of violence, corruption, superstition, polytheism, homophobia, bigotry, pontification, abuses of women's rights and sectarianism.

In the early years of Christianity, the Neoplatonic philosopher Porphyry emerged as one of the major critics with his book Against the Christians, along with other writers like Celsus and Julian. Porphyry argued that Christianity was based on false prophecies that had not yet materialized.[1] Following the adoption of Christianity under the Roman Empire, dissenting religious voices were gradually suppressed by both governments and ecclesiastical authorities [2]—however Christianity did face theological criticisms from other Abrahamic religions like Judaism and Islam in the meantime, such as Maimonides who argued that it was idolatry.[3] A millennium later, the Protestant Reformation led to a fundamental split in European Christianity and rekindled critical voices about the Christian faith, both internally and externally. In the 18th century, Deist philosophers such as Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau were critical of Christianity as a revealed religion.[4] With the Age of Enlightenment, Christianity was criticized by major thinkers and philosophers, such as Voltaire, David Hume, Thomas Paine, and the Baron d'Holbach.[5] The central theme of these critiques sought to negate the historical accuracy of the Christian Bible and focused on the perceived corruption of Christian religious authorities.[5] Other thinkers, like Immanuel Kant, launched systematic and comprehensive critiques of Christian theology by attempting to refute arguments for theism.[6]

In modern times, Christianity has faced substantial criticism from a wide array of political movements and ideologies. In the late eighteenth century, the French Revolution saw a number of politicians and philosophers criticizing traditional Christian doctrines, precipitating a wave of secularism in which hundreds of churches were closed down and thousands of priests were deported or killed.[7] Following the French Revolution, prominent philosophers of liberalism and communism, such as John Stuart Mill and Karl Marx, criticized Christian doctrine on the grounds that it was conservative and anti-democratic. Friedrich Nietzsche wrote that Christianity fosters a kind of slave morality which suppresses the desires which are contained in the human will.[8] The Russian Revolution, the Chinese Revolution, and several other modern revolutionary movements have also led to the criticism of Christian ideas. The contemporary LGBT movements have criticized Christianity for homophobia and transphobia.

The formal response of Christians to such criticisms is described as Christian apologetics. Philosophers like Augustine of Hippo and Thomas Aquinas have been some of the most prominent defenders of the Christian religion since its foundation.”

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I am 💯 do all of the below: “What Does Sex Positivity Look Like?

Developing a playful and curious relationship with your body is a way to practice sex positivity. A sex positive attitude allows you to explore your sexuality in a healthy and enjoyable manner so you can discover and understand what is most pleasurable for you. Suwinyattichaiporn shares some indicators of being sex positive:

Accepting and honoring your sexuality, bodily autonomy, freedom, and sexual desires

Not casting negative judgment on other people’s consensual sexual practices

Engaging in safe sex practices, i.e. regularly getting tested, seeking consent, using condoms or birth control

Cultivating an open relationship to your pleasure, kinks, body, and body image

Listening compassionately and non-judgmentally to others about their relationship to sex

Communicating about sex and your boundaries in an open-minded, clear, and empathetic way

Being able to affirm your or someone else’s sexual identity, behaviors, orientations, and gender expression with care

Ensuring inclusive and comprehensive sexual education and reproductive healthcare

Fighting for equal rights, safety, and fair wages for sex workers, adult content creators, and porn performers

Respecting you and your sexual partner’s boundaries

Being honest with yourself and your partner about your freedom of choice and preferences.”

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“Christian nationalism is a type of religious nationalism that is affiliated with Christianity, in which the end goal is to achieve an absolute Christian theocracy within a society. It primarily focuses on the internal politics of society, such as legislating civil and criminal laws that reflect their view of Christianity and the role of religion in political and social life.[1]

In countries with a state church, Christian nationalists seek to preserve the status of a Christian state by holding an antidisestablishmentarian position to perpetuate the Church in national politics.[2][3][4]

Christian nationalism supports the presence of Christian symbols in the public square, and state patronage for the practice and display of religion, such as school prayer and the exhibition of nativity scenes during Christmastide, and the Christian Cross on Good Friday.[5][6] Christian nationalism draws political support from the broader Christian right of the political spectrum of a country.[7]”

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I abide by all of the below: “One definition of sex-positivity states that it is an attitude towards human sexuality that regards all consensual activities as fundamentally healthy and pleasurable, encouraging sexual pleasure and experimentation. That said, as long as all parties consent to sexual activity and enjoy it, there is nothing to be ashamed of when it comes to having sex.

These are several examples of sex-positive behaviors:

Being open to discuss your sexual preferences and dislikes with your sexual partner

Understanding and being comfortable with the fact that your partner might not want to have sex every time you do

Getting tested for sexually transmitted infections whenever needed

Practicing safe sex, using condoms and other methods of birth control to protect yourself and your partner

Being accepting of other people’s consensual sexual practices, even if they differ from your own

Learning more about our own bodies, how they work, how to keep them safe during sex, and what provides sexual pleasure

Discovering what gives you pleasure and being open to trying new things

Developing communication skills that ensure that both you and your partner are getting what you desire from sex

Advocating for comprehensive sex education so that everyone knows how to have safe sex, what consent means, and that having sex is a natural part of life.”

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When it comes to sex: “According to Chapman, the five "love languages" are:

words of affirmation (compliments)

quality time

gifts

acts of service

physical touch

Examples are given from his counseling practice, as well as questions to help determine one's own love languages.[2][3] According to Chapman's theory, each person has one primary and one secondary love language.”

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