Some will say: “But I’m not Fletcher. I didn’t do anything”
& that’s the problem
We’ve had a culture where a prolific abuser has been lauded for decades
Surely we need a larger conversation lest other abuse continues
Cultural change is more than an occasional eloquent statement
When simulation becomes the norm, it weakens the human capacity for discernment. As a result, our social bonds close in upon themselves, forming self-referential circuits that no longer expose us to reality. We thus come to live within bubbles, impermeable to one another. Feeling threatened by anyone who is different, we grow unaccustomed to encounter and dialogue. In this way, polarization, conflict, fear and violence spread. What is at stake is not merely the risk of error, but a transformation in our very relationship with truth.
This is a must watch interview with @BenSasse and @DouthatNYT
"In Christianity, the need for daily repentance is just a truth. I am broken. I leave undone those things which I ought to have done..."
"I've continued to feel a peace about the fact that death is something that we should hate...yet it's pretty good that you pass through the veil of tears one time and then there will be no more tears, there will be no more cancer..."
“A whole civilization will die tonight” sounds uncomfortably like what the Oracle at Delphi told Croesus of Lydia before he attacked Persia. If we really are committed to the destruction of an entire civilization then we have lost our own.
Why do people turn to religion and what can the church offer that they can't get elsewhere?
The Reverend Fergus Butler-Gallie says that churches that simply preach and tell people to be 'nice' sometimes miss the point, and that a church can offer something that is strange, distant and deep.
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@Peter_Fitz The Gospel of John Chapter 21 even describes the breakfast! Fish and bread on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. Worth a read. The Bible describes a number of post resurrection appearances.
Ban all religious gatherings? Christmas. Papal visits. Billy Graham rallies.
That’s not reform—it’s authoritarian. An assault on Britain’s religious freedom. Nigel Farage exposed as anti-freedom.
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It’s extremely disappointing that only 43% of the Lords Spiritual turned up to vote tonight in the debate on full term abortions. If such low turnouts for debates on crucial moral matters persist, something must be done to give the vacant seats to bishops who are able to commit.
@GrayConnolly@GrayConnolly while people’s situations will vary the property market is generally working against this - making it harder to buy into the area you grew up in or step up to multigenerational housing. Time to incentivise granny flats and block nimby objectors
This is an excellent explanation of why the "High Trust Society" is both so globally uncommon & so valuable to preserve throughout the Anglosphere. Well done to @kiteandkeymedia on this explainer
@GrayConnolly Just read Ben Macintyre’s superb book Agent Zigzag - tells story of a ww2 double agent Gary Chapman. One of his Abwehr handlers, Walter Praetorius, had an obsessive fascination with Morris dancing - kind of a running joke through the book
Iran is home to one of the fastest growing Christian populations in the world. They suffer greatly under the Islamic regime. Pray for the freedom of our persecuted brothers and sisters in Christ.
Am reading C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters with a group from church over Lent. Had forgotten just how sharp it is. Take this diabolical advice from letter 7 -