I share your frustration with Andrew Sullivan, and wish to take him out to the pub and bollock him repeatedly until he sees sense. I actually think he would.
I am thinking that there might be an institution that could go a long way to making things better. I think the family might be the institution we need. I mean one dedicated to socializing children, as opposed to just mindlessly validating them. But more on this when I’ve worked out how to explain what I mean more clearly.
I would argue that the only thing that will save us is not ourselves but God, with whom we need to cooperate. The mess that the world is in was made by people. When people have the hubris to think that God does not exist and that humans are the ultimate authority, we make a mess of things. This also happens when there is lip service to God but an ignoring of God's teachings (and we have seen plenty of that in church history right up to our present day). Fortunately, God is loving (as the story of the loving father in the parable of the Prodigal Son shows) and welcomes sinners who choose to turn to him. However, there is not endless time to do this, and one would rather hear "Well done, good and faithful servant" than "Depart from me for I never knew you" after we die.
...as usual, Jenny, excellent essay. My gosh, so nailed it right spot on is this essay today...and yes, Susan with the one exception of what your comment states above. I completely believe with all my heart what you have written that only God, not man's "reason" will improve, evolve and save us.
Andrew Sullivan is a very frustrating character. Sometimes spot on, often very funny in interviews, but totally consumed by TDS, a true believer of the current pharma narrative, and let's not forget, a believer in WMDs.
I'm not quite sure what to make of Andrew Sullivan. He comes across as a bit inconsistent (based on interviews, and articles I've read) He makes some good points, but I definitely don't agree with some of what he says (such as his remarks on porn/married men, in his recent interview with Louise Perry) As for the clip you linked (Jon Stewart) I thought that was bonkers, and I did agree with, and feel sorry for, Andrew Sullivan there. What happened to Jon Stewart? It's like virtue signalling on steroids!
Again, spot on.
I share your frustration with Andrew Sullivan, and wish to take him out to the pub and bollock him repeatedly until he sees sense. I actually think he would.
I am thinking that there might be an institution that could go a long way to making things better. I think the family might be the institution we need. I mean one dedicated to socializing children, as opposed to just mindlessly validating them. But more on this when I’ve worked out how to explain what I mean more clearly.
I would argue that the only thing that will save us is not ourselves but God, with whom we need to cooperate. The mess that the world is in was made by people. When people have the hubris to think that God does not exist and that humans are the ultimate authority, we make a mess of things. This also happens when there is lip service to God but an ignoring of God's teachings (and we have seen plenty of that in church history right up to our present day). Fortunately, God is loving (as the story of the loving father in the parable of the Prodigal Son shows) and welcomes sinners who choose to turn to him. However, there is not endless time to do this, and one would rather hear "Well done, good and faithful servant" than "Depart from me for I never knew you" after we die.
...as usual, Jenny, excellent essay. My gosh, so nailed it right spot on is this essay today...and yes, Susan with the one exception of what your comment states above. I completely believe with all my heart what you have written that only God, not man's "reason" will improve, evolve and save us.
Andrew Sullivan is a very frustrating character. Sometimes spot on, often very funny in interviews, but totally consumed by TDS, a true believer of the current pharma narrative, and let's not forget, a believer in WMDs.
I wrote a piece on DQSH: https://hxlibraries.substack.com/p/free-to-be
I'm not quite sure what to make of Andrew Sullivan. He comes across as a bit inconsistent (based on interviews, and articles I've read) He makes some good points, but I definitely don't agree with some of what he says (such as his remarks on porn/married men, in his recent interview with Louise Perry) As for the clip you linked (Jon Stewart) I thought that was bonkers, and I did agree with, and feel sorry for, Andrew Sullivan there. What happened to Jon Stewart? It's like virtue signalling on steroids!