Society & Culture

“It’s a shift for the church, which used to consider the death penalty a “means of safeguarding the common good” in response to ‘certain crimes.’” - Church Now Formally Opposes Death Penalty In All Cases

“In place of religion, we now have spirituality (or pseudo-spirituality). Instead of church, we do elaborate #selfcaresunday rituals. We get baptized at Burning Man. We pay tithings to yoga studios. Wellness has in many ways become our new religion, with practitioners, instructors, and coaches its priests, imams, and rabbis.” - Quartzy

“’Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’ is definitely not an ‘everything you ever wanted to know about Fred Rogers’ indulgence.” - CV&V

There is a civil war looming in Israel, but very few are talking about it. I’m not referring to the potential of a civil war between Israelis and Palestinians. Nor am I referring to a war with bombs and guns and knives. I’m referring to an ideological war that has the potential of tearing the nation in half. It is the war between ultra-Orthodox Jews and liberal Israelis.

Michigan regulators shut down a Detroit church-owned credit union with more than $600,000 in deposits on Tuesday for “unsound” operations.

The McCarrick affair may ultimately prove something far more than another disgusting case of sexual abuse, if only because the scandal breaks at a moment of tremendous cultural transition. Think of it as akin to the Reformation, except here it will not be Protestant Christianity but some materialist orthodoxy that will likely move in after the church takes this latest hit.

“Three minors have been euthanised in Belgium since euthanasia for children was legalised in 2014. According to the latest report from the government agency which tracks euthanasia deaths, the children were 9, 11 and 17 years old. Two died in 2016 and 1 last year.” - Intellectual Takeout

“I have two children. Our four-year-old is a girl; her two-year-old brother is a boy. I know these things because I have a functioning inferior temporal cortex. Apparently, the editors at the BBC do not.” - NReview