Can anyone seriously imagine a society without stable families? Maybe we should raise all the kids in state orphanages. Rodney Stark Read Quote
Leading Christian theologians such as Augustine and Aquinas were not what today might be called ‘strict constructionists.’ Rather, they celebrated reason as the means to gain greater insight into divine intentions. Rodney Stark Read Quote
There was only one decline in church attendance, and that was in the late 1960s when the Vatican said it was not a sin to miss Mass. They said Catholics could act like Protestants, and so they did. Rodney Stark Read Quote
High testosterone levels have been proven to make men more likely to commit crimes. The tendency in men toward risky behaviour keeps turning up even where socialization is different, and so does crime and delinquency. Rodney Stark Read Quote
