The World Motivation
The rhetoric of anti-Catholicism, whether its sources are Protestant or secular, has always insisted that the church of Rome is the enemy of what you might call healthy sexuality.
“The rhetoric of anti-Catholicism, whether its sources are Protestant or secular, has always insisted that the church of Rome is the enemy of what you might call healthy sexuality.”
— Ross Douthat · Church
The rhetoric of anti-Catholicism, whether its sources are Protestant or secular, has always insisted that the church of Rome is the enemy of what you might call healthy sexuality.
There were times at Harvard when I actually longed to hang out with a few more Trotskyists, rather than yet another set of future consultants and investment bankers. At least the Trotskyists cared about the important stuff.
I think it's totally possible and plausible that racial balkanization is a recurring aspect of the nature of human politics.
Great preschools are no easier to build than great high schools, and if you think your kids might be better off in the care of a parent or with some extended family member, then a system designed around a dual-income plus day care norm will likewise feel like a burden, or a trap.
Differences exist in practice and organization between the Lord's Church and man-made institutions.
The Church cannot be content to live in its stained-glass house and throw stones through the picture window of modern culture.
I don't go to church, I go to a synagogue. My guide isn't a priest, it's a rabbi. I study Torah. I am recognized as a friend of Israel.
I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England.
We have to start making sure that churches start to talk about... black queerness in a way that's affirming. Because a lot of young black men are in the church, and that's where they start to learn this self-hate behavior.