Artists Are Often The Barometers Of Society.

We Do Not Create Marriage From Scratch. Instead, In The Elegant Language Of The Marriage Ceremony, We 'enter Into The Holy Estate Of Matrimony.

Modern Secular Thought Has Its Own Dualism: It Treats Only The Physical World As Knowable And Testable, While Locking Everything Else - Mind, Spirit, Morality, Meaning - Into The Realm Of Private, Subjective Feelings. The So-called Fact/value Split.

The Only Way To Drive Out Bad Culture Is With Good Culture

In Many Churches, The Message Of Justification- How To Get Right With God- Is Preached Over And Over Again. But Much Less Is Said About Sanctification- How To Live After You're Converted.

In Gnosticism, The Physical World Did Not Ultimately Matter - Which Meant Physical Suffering Did Not Matter Either. Seeking 'enlightenment' Meant Cultivating An Attitude Of Detachment, Even Indifference.