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Hello, I’m Donald Paul. I am husband, father, and former-seminarian who is obsessed with Catholic theology. On my substack In Defense of Theology you will find:

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Today I start using Substack

I used to like Twitter but always felt very constrained by the 144 limit

This brought problems for the irony-challenged, who misunderstood a lot of what I was trying to say

This is a particular problem for me because I seem to be regarded as ‘on the left’ by people on the right, and' ‘on the right’ by people on the left

Apparently this makes me controversial, and therefore box office poison

When it’s cold enough to see the melody

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My anecdotal evidence from hearing confessions of college students is that men who can't stop doomscrolling on social media can't stop watching porn even if they want to and are highly motivated to stop. Even if they try to follow only Catholic influencers on Instagram, they end up watching porn afterwards. When they come back to confess…

Gen Z, Social Media is Optional

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