
Are You There God? It’s Me, Lily


I learned from the stories they told me about their own childhood that religion had once been a tremendous force in their lives whose influence they had both fought hard to escape.
Anthony T. Kronman • After Disbelief: On Disenchantment, Disappointment, Eternity, and Joy
Opinion | The Shock of Faith: It’s Nothing Like I Thought It Would Be
nytimes.com
The Repentagon trained me to feel at ease in odd, insular, extreme environments, a skill I wouldn’t give up for anything, and Christianity formed my deepest instincts. It gave me a leftist worldview: a desire to follow leaders who feel themselves inseparable from the hungry, the imprisoned, and the sick.
Jia Tolentino • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
