The secular impasse-- we kill God and lose our external standard for the sacred, leaving only utilitarianism, which is miserable

The I-and-It stance determines all conclusions that follow; it’s a closed, circular perspective

We render to Caesar the administrative world of It, of utility and cost/benefit; and rightly so because the trains must run on time

Courtesy and manners, playing our roles, being responsible: by this we recognize each other as Thou in an It-world

At any given time, I choose to relate to you as It or Thou, and this, my choice of stance, determines both of us

Thou is a good-for-nothing, where there’s nothing to be used or gained, nothing but relating with a person and that’s everything

We render to God the sacred and the Thou, whose dignity I must respect and whom I may neither use nor despoil

Morality is real because values are real; and morality is objective because it corresponds to communal human knowledge

Morality is embodied in social behavior; we’re born into it, it lives in our guts, and it continues after us in our children

Unless grounded in God, moral duties are mere expressions of will-to-power

Only free beings who know responsibility and judgment, love and forgiveness, can participate in the give-and-take of moral dialogue

Anger is mind and matter inseparable, but mind controls matter, Thou controls It

For faith to be real, it must be in a real person, someone worthy of faith whom I may not abandon

Faith in God means relating with Him, following Him, not standing back and analyzing Him

With an abundance of gratitude, I open to God and thank Him for His sacred gifts freely given, like the gift of marriage