Dear First Things readers,
We have an active community of readers who comment on our web articles. In the spirit of transparency, we, the moderators, would like to share some of the guidelines that we enforce in the comment section.
Please limit your online comments to 500 words. We will delete any comment with a word count exceeding this maximum.
We will delete comments that threaten others by suggestions of violence, or that are otherwise hateful.
We will delete comments that do not advance the conversation and comments that are not related to the article.
We will delete comments that use profanity.
Any commenter who repeatedly violates these guidelines may be banned from commenting on the website.
We moderate the comment section to ensure conversations among commenters are as respectful as they are challenging and thought-provoking. With that in mind, please do not reiterate points stated by other commenters, do not repeat arguments, and do not offer opinions on the character or personal attributes of other commenters.
Please feel free to contact us at ft@firstthings.com with any further questions. Happy commenting!
We launched the First Things 2023 Year-End Campaign to keep articles like the one you just read free of charge to everyone.
Measured in dollars and cents, this doesn't make sense. But consider who is able to read First Things: pastors and priests, college students and professors, young professionals and families. Last year, we had more than three million unique readers on firstthings.com.
Informing and inspiring these people is why First Things doesn't only think in terms of dollars and cents. And it's why we urgently need your year-end support.
Will you give today?
