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This is an interesting discussion, and it prompted me to want to clarify something --https://twitter.com/nberlat/status/1391626919557410817 First, the concept of "sin" -- a vague & slippery concept which has no meaning

I woke up with a thought about this topic -- why the evangelical church is dying & why everybody who sticks with it is wrong about WHY it's dying --

I just realized I should content-warning this for suicidal ideation, so I'm restarting the threadhttps://twitter.com/mcjulie/status/1385961810151411717?s=20 Also, I forgot to link the original article. http://createsend.com/t/r-6C145163

Spoiler: the article questions whether this is a good thing.https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/andres-oppenheimer/article250562629.html "the decline of religion in America has a huge downside.In a post-truth worl

I have a theory!(I have theories about everything)It's that a cognitive bias toward authority-based rather than evidence-based reasoning is an important check-off on the "are you a potential cult recruit"

Kind of fascinated that people on this thread are talking about a "contingency plan" like... we need a plan either way, kids, and there's still a BUNCH of factors in

Look, I get it that voting, isn't going to fix everything, but I still don't understand what people think is going to happen if you DON'T vote. I mean, I

The dudes in this thread kicking up a fuss are really somethinghttps://twitter.com/theebirawitch/status/1309880720459026440 I've actually had this whole "emotion vs. logic isn't a real conflict" argument a LOT on this here

This is a good thread and I wanted to tie it back into my grand unified theory of Reaganism -- this sense that with DJT we've fully entered a kind

It is... interestingI'll give it thathttps://twitter.com/CursedBoomers/status/1277703131539714048 Has the USA cornered the market on covid bizarrity or do other nations have people buying into stuff like this? Brazil and Russia, the

It doesn't matter. "Watch this drive" didn't stop Bush from serving two terms and it won't stop DJT either.https://twitter.com/samstein/status/1264210908001308675 I mean, yes, absolutely, when future generations (finge

As an exvangelical, I have an extensive and well thought-out answer to this question!https://twitter.com/abandonedameric/status/1252491078839734272 Once I stopped believing in the existence hell, I also, of necessity, stopped believing in the