If a church offers no truth that is not available in the general culture - in, for instance, the editorials of the New York Times or, for that matter, of National Review - there is not much reason to pay it attention.

In 1960 he was ordained a Lutheran minister later serving as pastor of St. Louis Missouri. He is the originator of "Neuhaus's Law" which states that "Where orthodoxy is optional orthodoxy will sooner or later be proscribed".

Richard John Neuhaus (May 14 1936 – January 8 2009) was a prominent Christian cleric (first as a Lutheran pastor and later as a Roman Catholic priest) and writer. Born in Canada Neuhaus moved to the United States where he became a naturalized United States citizen. He was a staunch defender of the Roman Catholic Church's teachings on abortion and other life issues and an unofficial advisor of President George W.