Tyler Deaton is a handsome young man. He met his wife, Bethany, in prayer group at college. He was so charismatic that by his senior year, he'd convinced a bunch of hot dudes to leave the school-sanctioned Christian fellowship at Southwestern in Texas, and join him in Kansas City instead, so they could be close to the International House of Prayer, which had a kickin' youth fellowship, mega-awesome Christian jamz, and the kind of
Gee, let me see, a few drag shows and a penchant for cardigans versus religiously motivated self-hatred manifesting as misogyny and murder? How ever will I decide!
There are only two ways to hang on to obscene wealth and power: (1) maintain a monopoly on organized violence, or (2) convince the sheeple that God intended it. The former seems to work for a bit longer than the latter.
There's an entire two books of Genesis from which to choose "things to interpret" (because metaphorical) and "things to believe" (because God). A single word, "creationist", can't possibly cover the whole range; even the old earth/young earth dichotomy won't do. (Are you a "creationist" if you believe God did the Big Bang, and is just watching things play out?)
Is that the K.Y. Pipeline that Obama is opposed to? I can see why he might want to shut that thing down.
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It's disgusting and sad. And even sadder is that these men can't see that they're degrading themselves almost as much.
Gee, let me see, a few drag shows and a penchant for cardigans versus religiously motivated self-hatred manifesting as misogyny and murder? How ever will I decide!
Oh you Unitarians!
Trotskyites? Would that be the Fourth International House of Pancakes?
There are only two ways to hang on to obscene wealth and power: (1) maintain a monopoly on organized violence, or (2) convince the sheeple that God intended it. The former seems to work for a bit longer than the latter.
We're gonna have to do something extra special for this dude.
There's an entire two books of Genesis from which to choose "things to interpret" (because metaphorical) and "things to believe" (because God). A single word, "creationist", can't possibly cover the whole range; even the old earth/young earth dichotomy won't do. (Are you a "creationist" if you believe God did the Big Bang, and is just watching things play out?)
I don't think "fraughttage" is how you spell it.
My S.E.O. consultant keeps insisting he can fix that, but so far I've not been impressed.
I'd not make the "average intelligence" assumption quite so readily. Not that it should alter your conclusion.
Most likely!
As with all religions, the purpose of this one is/was to degrade women.
Just wait, Pat Robertson will soon be blaming this on us Atheist.
Also, not be murdered, I heard.