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More Bible? More “liberal”
Just gonna leave this here and back away slowly…. Since actual Bible reading seems to destroy any belief in Republican Jesus, it’s likely many Christians would prefer to walk on hot coals than read the book they profess to believe in. Source: Warning: Actual Bible Reading Likely To Turn You Into A Liberal, Study Shows |…
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Nil
There is nothing good in this world that Evil has not fingered, kissed, touched, ogled. Innocence and optimism lie botched and mangled at the bottom of the chasm between “promise” and “deed.” There is nothing good in these hearts of ours, Skulking and raging through this most absurd of years. Historians nod and return to…
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Men, Women, Dinners, and Access
I grew up in Fundamentalism with the phenomenon of men and women living under radically different holiness codes. One of the most notable, even to my young eyes, centered on the way men – especially married men – could not be in the room with a woman alone. For example, if the male church janitor…
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To my 20-something self: Make a career plan
The talk most of us never got This is the conversation I wish someone had held with me when I was 24 or 28 or even 31, early enough in my life to grab my shoulders and shake me and say, “Don’t just let life happen to you. Make some decisions. Don’t assume it’s not…
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Not sure America had a mind to lose…
In a long article in this week’s Atlantic, Kurt Andersen builds the argument that America’s teetering march toward extreme individualism and non-rational thinking were pushed over the edge by the relativism of the 60s, and here we are now as a result. “How America Lost Its Mind” (The Atlantic) “In America nowadays, those more exciting…
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