The bliss of exclusion is a seduction

"The bliss of exclusion is a seduction that needs to be resisted."
-Catholic writer Mary Gordon

By the way, she spoke these words at an event hosted by a school that "Catholics are not allowed to teach at; neither are members of most other Protestant denominations. Faculty members are required to sign three confessional creeds -- the Heidelberg Confession, the Belgic Confession and the Canons of Dordt -- which include the doctrines of predestination --God has predetermined all events--and election--God has chosen some to be saved from eternal damnation and others not)."