Esther

“Popular atheism is not a philosophy but a therapy.”
― David Bentley Hart, The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss

“But in that ferocity in seeking answers about what makes women different from the status quo athlete, men, a false wall has been constructed: "we need this because we are SO different". Some researchers worry that pushing too hard to find differences in female athletes will spread the message that women and men are not just variations on a theme, but different species entirely. So some are developing a nuanced theory. That while cisgender women have various physiological differences from cisgender men, physiology isn't the biggest driver of gender difference in sport. Our culture is.”
― Maggie Mertens, Better Faster Farther: How Running Changed Everything We Know About Women

“Holiness is the union we experience with one another and with God. Holiness is when more than one become one, when what is fractured is made whole. Singing in harmony. Breastfeeding a baby. Collective bargaining. Dancing. Admitting our pain to someone, and hearing them say, "Me too." Holiness happens when we are integrated as physical, spiritual, sexual, emotional, and political beings. Holiness is the song that has always been sung, perhaps even the sound that was first spoken when God said, "Let there be light.”
― Nadia Bolz-Weber, Shameless: A Case for Not Feeling Bad About Feeling Good

“When you truly believe that the racial groups are equal, then you also believe that racial disparities must be the result of racial discrimination.”
― Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America