A few months ago I left a relationship with a women which was abusive emotionally (in the sense that she isolated me from friends and family and would scream and curse at me multiple times per day and eventually threaten to beat me for, say, missing a glass when I washed the dishes, to the point of giving me panic…

This does not at all jive with my experience. I am a man who has an incredibly powerful and rich experience of anxiety, sadness, despair, euphoria, contentment, desire, etc. (and I can talk endlessly about the inner lives of myself and others when I have the chance). Furthermore, I really do feel better after…

Re: Inflated Southern Baptist numbers: A rural Southern Baptist church with a regular Sunday morning attendance of 75—150 might have 900 people on the official membership rolls.

They exist. Speaking as a straight man, I haven't taken more than a few sips of alcohol in my life and have never tried any drugs or smoking. There aren't any religious reasons; I'm simply not that interested. If anything, I sometimes worry about the effect my complete lack of drinking will have when I start dating…