Embracing solidarity in a secular age | Rowan Williams full interview

[@TheInstituteOfArtAndIdeas]

Can society thrive without traditional religious practices? Leave your thoughts in the comments. Watch Rowan Williams debate good and evil with Slavoj Žižek at iai.tv/video/the-end-of-good-and-evil?KZbin&

[@jordandraper2284]

I'm nervous about the archbishop's chair being so close to the ledge.

[@Rhejdns]

@@jordandraper2284 Agreed

[@TheWeslej]

This was exactly my thought.

[@emiljohansson1423]

I grew up in a place where everyone was secular. Now seems to be the time where people are not secular.

[@tomlabooks3263]

@@emiljohansson1423 May I ask, why do you say that now seems the time where people are not secular? Where have you observed that?

[@FireflyOnTheMoon]

Stated religious affilitation has dropped by a third in 30 years in the States. It's a good stat. I hope the rate speeds up

[@tomlabooks3263]

@@FireflyOnTheMoon Keep hating.

[@AndreyBogoslowskyNewYorkCity]

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[@nalathekitten3594]

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[@rachaelmiles8233]

Rowan i and my son are having more troubles from biological father, wonder how Sir Terry Matthews feels and Pope Francis. Fed up of him now, very wrong.

[@matplot6170]

Why would solidarity be rational?

[@sonyaparkin7841]

… asked the cells of the body; why should we look out for those other cells of the body?

[@paulhenryangus5638]

Rowan "the Voice". Forget Tom Jones and Bryn Terfel (Saint Bryn!). His unction is the antidote to all this noise.

[@StanleyLewry]

Activities without clear motives are more often than not a mechanism of oppression, someone somewhere is benefiting from it at your expense

[@stevenverrall4527]

Thinking you can personally progress without the assistance of organized religion is equivalent to thinking you can personally progress without the modern education establishment.

[@Merriwether-w8k]

queers for science!

[@Pastaface]

Who is the interviewer? They make many animal noises.

[@glenncurry3041]

As President of a local Atheist group, when we tried to join the efforts of an Interfaith group, we were told we were not good enough! We were not based on "faith", just love of humanity and a great desire to help it! And that I guess is not enough when the goal is to hype faith instead of just help the world.

[@1otterclan]

Stop whining

[@glenncurry3041]

@@1otterclan WOW! So easily triggered SAD!

[@sonyaparkin7841]

I think you clearly are ‘for’ some values you have in common with other belief groups - like compassionate assistance to others mayne - maybe it’s just pinning that (through your self identity as a group )on what you are ‘not’ for - I mean when you’re saying you’re ‘not’ on board with the harmful sides of theism. I’m not trying to put ‘words in your mouth’ so to speak - but it seems there may be a big unspoken commonality. Instead the focus may be where you diverge. From what you are saying it sounds to me you (your organization ) would be a valuable member of an interfaith community. It sounds like something is getting lost in translation. Hope this comment makes some sense (on a second reading I’m not sure it does 😜) Best wishes to you and your group 💚💙

[@glenncurry3041]

@@sonyaparkin7841 Our group outright rejected "belief" as a rational acceptable approach to understanding reality. What we thought would be "unspoken commonalty", to move society forward in a positive direction, was rejected by those that use belief and faith instead of rationality and facts.

[@CesarSandoval024]

Whomp whomp

[@guyparker1749]

Forgive the phobic side of me after the ELCA convention in my hometown,I didn't last long, Excuse Me.!MY ? HOW Many part timers can they hire? To keep the Alter holy, quite a scheduling duAL,FOR THE LADIES.. and God's sake..what a jolly..just like a Quaker to shake things up..!

[@spiritualpolitics8205]

I have been a steady fan, but the climate change stance is really disappointingly middle brow. Right now, what we actually need to do is check the alarmism. Decarbonization cannot happen nearly so quickly. It's not just tactics. It's the curve on the computer models that is way off. A bunch of preposterously unpragmatic arguments, decidedly.

[@ajs1998]

Yes, it's the scientists who are wrong!

[@spiritualpolitics8205]

@@ajs1998 LMAO so low watt... There are PLENTY of highly respectable scientists outside the bubble on this. There is a major corruption of the university research funding pipeline, at least in the United States. Check out Stephen Koonin, Judith Curry, for starters... Plenty of highly credentialed dissenters. Just like challenging "the science" for covid lmfao.

[@Merriwether-w8k]

@@ajs1998 the numbers don't lie - double checked by AI

[@daniellittlewood8471]

Source: I made it up

[@sonyaparkin7841]

Imagine looking after the wellbeing of animal and plant systems because they are magical and beautiful- not making it all about ‘us’

[@glenncurry3041]

Imagine your job being to slow down the progress of people being accepted for who they are because of hateful prejudicial bigots that have been the main base for ever.

[@freyc1]

He is probably one of the religious leaders who have been the most active in helping his community become more welcoming to homosexuals, though.

[@glenncurry3041]

@@freyc1 IOW he has ignored the actual written tenants of his hateful religion more than others? He follows the far more positive for society Secular approach? Just drop all the hate and ignorance that is Christianity and move forward!

[@glenncurry3041]

And some of learn to deal with facts and reality. We learn personal responsibility instead of looking for a source of excuses to hide away from reality to. even if just temporarily. God made me do it is a comedy line! Sadly used for the worst in society for other reasons.