Pastors doing drive-by-shootings? Wow.
I can't remember the exact number, but I think it was something like as many as 90% who came back to the church. One of the things that surprised me was that the length of this Rumspringa period seemed to be up to the teen. Some make their decision within a couple months, but others live in the modern world for years before deciding.
This atheist certainly did find that sickening. Like you, I would think that nearly everyone would. I'm not sure what being an atheist has to do with it. There are plenty of Christian animal lovers out there.
Did you happen to catch Maddow's last couple of shows? She's been calling into question the assumption that PolitiFact is a competent fact-checker. Made me think I may have been mistaken to use them in the past, as some of their conclusions (like the one you mention here) seem to be without basis.
I agree completely that the vanilla billboards can be helpful and should be part of the strategy. At the same time, I have still not seen a single billboard that made me worry that it was harming our image somehow. I want to see more of the vanilla ones, but I also want to see more of the not-so-vanilla ones.
All he has to do now is ask his god for forgiveness in a very public way, and most of his fellow fundamentalists will gladly forgive him. And the few who don't will just tell themselves that he's now magically not "a real Christian."
"Clear definitions of the intent has little impact on the outcomes of the behavior." Absolutely true. But they are necessary if we aim to understand what motives the behavior in the first place.
Will societal sexism be cured solely through education? Of course not. But I do think there are many individual men for whom increasing awareness and empathy can be quite helpful.
Very true. I was not equating misogyny with violence. I was merely suggesting that one can find a level of misogyny among select groups that is qualitatively different than sexism.
I'm jealous but optimistic at the same time, if that makes any sense.
Oh yeah! The longer this thing drags out, the better for everyone who doesn't want either of these guys in office.
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