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	<description>Ed Stuteville&#039;s column Losing My Religion discusses the shedding of religion to discover the true meaning of faith as a recovering evangelical Christian.</description>
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		<title>Jesus Is My Homeboy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 15:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Jesus is my Homeboy.  I’ve heard this phrase for half my life.  It insinuates that Jesus is your best friend, which fits in with the theme of today’s blog.  In Evangelical Christianity, there is the thought that you must have a “personal relationship” with Jesus to be a proper Christian. Relationship Goals The Evangelical Christian [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Christian Right Has a Problem With Taylor Swift</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Stuteville]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2024 15:07:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[  The Christian Right has a problem with Taylor Swift, and it is a doozy. My email inbox and Social Media Feeds have been filled with pictures of Tayor Swift after the release of her new album, The Tortured Poet’s Department. The picture is of Taylor in a black dress with a snake wrapped around [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What Does it Mean to Lose My Religion</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Stuteville]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 12:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Losing My Religion. What does it mean? It is hard to describe because many assume it means becoming an Athiest. You would have to live under a rock not to know who Lauren Daigle is. She is a multi-platinum recording artist who transcended all genres when her smash Contemporary Christian hit, You Say, hit the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Israel Has Gone Past Defending Itself</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Stuteville]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2024 15:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Israel Has Gone Past Defending Itself with the war they have declared. This war is not a war with Hamas. It is a genocidal war with Palestine.  And Israel is pulling the entire world into its maniacal war, which might end up being World War III. How did we end up at this stage? Revenge [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Trump Bible:  Grifting for Jesus</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Stuteville]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2024 16:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[  The Trump Bible: One day after his bond requirement was reduced by 61%, Donald J Trump started his latest grift by announcing his $60 God Bless the USA version of the King James Bible.   It includes the handwritten chorus of Lee Greenwood’s anthem, which Trump claims inspired this version. Copies of the Constitution, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Politics and religion are topics you don’t discuss</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Stuteville]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 18:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Politics and religion are two topics you don’t discuss. People consider it rude to discuss them in public. It is best to keep your beliefs on both to yourself. Religious and political ideals guide people’s beliefs but do not impose them on others. Throughout my life, religion has become more acceptable to discuss in public. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Who Is Nex Benedict?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Stuteville]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2024 15:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today, a friend posted an article on Threads that described the brutal beating of a student by three older girls. The event happened in the bathroom of an Oklahoma high school. The three girls beat the student before a teacher stopped it. The school did not call an ambulance even though the student could not [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Exploring Faith and Doubt: A Seeker’s Journey</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Stuteville]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2024 14:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[    I am not an Atheist, but I have a different understanding of God than when I was growing up. I am more of an Exvangelical. I believe in God, but I am not sure what I believe about God. After years of being sure of my beliefs, I became a seeker again. I [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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