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# Some Links: Two Depressing, One Uplifting
- URL: https://mereorthodoxy.com/some-links-two-depressing-one-uplifting/
- Published: 2006-11-16T16:09:54.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-20T21:31:17.000Z
- Description: Some Links: Two Depressing, One Uplifting
- Author: Mere Orthodoxy
- Tags: Matthew Lee Anderson, Uncategorized

Andy Rau [cites a survey finding most Americans only have two close friends](http://www.thinkchristian.net/?p=980&ref=mereorthodoxy.com). Lonliness is a big problem in the US. How will the church address it?

A bishop in the Church of England recently argued that doctors should allow babies with severe disabilities to die. FRC writes briefly about it [here](http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=WL06K79&ref=mereorthodoxy.com).

[This link ](http://wondersforoyarsa.blogspot.com/?ref=mereorthodoxy.com)is to an all-around neat blog that has been doing some commentary on Gustave Dore woodcuts of scenes of the Bible. For your enjoyment...