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I Wish More Conservative Christians Knew Jesus
Sometimes I feel like I'm on the wrong side of the fight.
Sometimes I feel like an accomplice to a crime, like I'm part of the problem.
There are many days when I hear myself loudly pushing back against the brimstone breathing preachers, Bible-pounding bigots, and filth-spewing pew sitters—and I wonder if I'm mistaken.
Though I often feel burdened to climb to a high place and to let people within earshot know that the sick, fearful, snarling monster running amok in this country isn't Christianity; that it is a terribly deformed creature disguised as it but in reality sharing nothing in common…
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