“I think what you see a lot of in American religion, even in areas of American Christianity that don't go all the way with Osteen to the idea that God wants you to have this big house and so on, the nature of American religion right now, the fact that it is so non-denominational and post-denominational, the most successful churches have to be run more like businesses than ever before. I think that just exposes Christians to a constant temptation to think about the ministry more as a business than they sometimes should.” ThinkingWayWantShouldIdeasSometimesFactsBigsRunningChristianHouseChurchChristianitySuccessfulRight NowAreasConstantTemptationPostsMinistryBig Houses Author:Ross Douthat
“The idea of a post-religious society is a fantasy, ultimately. Human beings are, by nature, religious in various ways.” WayHumansIdeasReligiousHuman BeingsFantasyVariousPosts Author:Ross Douthat
“I think that secular liberals need to recognize that they are still, often, hanging their worldview on what are metaphysical ideas.” ThinkingNeedsStillsIdeasSecularMetaphysicalWorldview Author:Ross Douthat
“The idea of universal human rights may not seem as weird to some people as the idea of a personal God, but it is still a metaphysical idea that liberalism, at least as we know it, couldn't really survive without.” PeopleKnowsHumansMayStillsIdeasSeemsRightsUniversalHuman RightsLiberalismMetaphysical Author:Ross Douthat
“Even secular people can't really escape from the need to rest their ideas on some belief, some sort of commitment that is not scientific commitment.” PeopleNeedsIdeasBeliefCommitmentSecular Author:Ross Douthat
