“I think I have quite traditional views on original sin, grace, and the real but difficult nature of we humans being able to learn something true about being human that we didn't know before. And yet the consequences of this traditional view are really quite radical.” ThinkingKnowsHumansRealAbleDifficultSinViewsGraceConsequenceOriginalsTraditionalRadicalBeing HumanOriginal Sin Author:James Alison
“The silence of those in positions of influence in the church who know, or have a strong suspicion, that being gay is a nonpathological minority variant in the human condition drives me crazy, far crazier than I am driven by any loud-mouthed purveyor of hateful nonsense.” KnowsHumansStrongChurchSilenceCrazyInfluenceConditionsPositionGayDrivenLoudNonsenseMinoritiesHuman ConditionSuspicionHatefulBeing GayDrive Me Crazy Author:James Alison
“My own belief is that being gay is a regularly occurring nonpathological minority variant in the human condition, and that an appropriate analogy is left-handedness, which also, as it happens, used to be regarded as some sort of defect in a normatively right-handed humanity.” HumansHappensUsedHumanityBeliefLeftMy OwnConditionsGayUsed To BeAppropriateMinoritiesHuman ConditionDefectsAnalogiesBeing Gay Author:James Alison
