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We\u2019ve reached the end of the year, at which point I typically compile a top ten list of my most-read posts that year. Here you go!<\/p>\n

10.\u00a0Just Kidding, Sexual Purity Isn\u2019t Important After All!<\/a><\/p>\n

I wrote the above post during the Kavanaugh hearings, when evangelicals were responding to allegations against him by describing them as typical and uneventful teenage hijinks. After the efforts my evangelical parents and church went to to emphasize \u201cpurity\u201d during my teenage years, this felt like a slap in the face.<\/p>\n

9. The Problem of\u00a0the Perfect Family Image<\/a><\/p>\n

This post ponders on the aftermath of Toby Willis\u2019 sentencing for sexual abuse of his daughters. Willis, his wife, and their twelve children had performed around the country as a music group, and been featured on TLC. To all outward appearances, they looked like the picture perfect family. That was a lie.<\/p>\n

8.\u00a0Why Are Millennials Leaving Christianity? Fox News Has No Idea.<\/a><\/p>\n

This was a response to a Fox News article positing that Millennials were leaving Christianity for a lot of reasons that had nothing to do with, well, the actual reasons many Millennials are leaving Christianity.<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0Why You Should Not Choose Operation Christmas Child<\/a><\/p>\n

As I explained in this piece, the problems with Operation Christmas Child go far beyond their use of consumerism to proselytize to children in other countries.<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0Sweet Cakes by Melissa Didn\u2019t Just Deny a Lesbian Couple Service, They Also Doxxed Them and Their Kids<\/a><\/p>\n

I\u2019m not entirely sure why this 2015 post is still going around, but then, this issue never seems to go away.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0Starvation, Chains, and the Picture Perfect Homeschool Family<\/a><\/p>\n

I wrote this post in the aftermath of the Turpin case, when 13 emaciated, starved children and young adults were found in a home, some chained to furniture. I was struck by images of the children that had been posted previously on social media, which offered a very different image from their reality.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0How I Lost Faith in the Pro-Life Movement<\/a><\/p>\n

This 2012 post has been on my top ten most read posts list every year.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0The Waffle House Shooter Was Homeschooled and So Was the Austin Bomber<\/a><\/p>\n

This post focused on a spate of bombings or attempted bombings perpetrated by individuals who were homeschooled as children. As someone who was homeschooled, I wondered what was going on.<\/p>\n

2. Kavanaugh and Gorsuch Went to the Same Prep School, but Their Yearbooks Couldn\u2019t Look More Different<\/a><\/p>\n

This post was also published during the Kavanaugh hearings. When I realized that Gorsuch went to the same prep school Kavanaugh did, I became curious if his yearbook resembled Kavanaugh\u2019s with its references to heavy drinking and womanizing. As I write in this post, I looked it up, and it didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

1. The Most Sobering Thing about the Racial Dot Map<\/a><\/p>\n

Posted only last week, this piece drew a lot of attention quickly. In it I note that if you look at a blank map of the United States marked only with colored dots indicating where people live by race, and nothing else, you can identify the prisons. This post underlines the need for prison reform.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s one post that isn\u2019t on this list, perhaps because it was so recently published, that I would like to see gain similar attention\u2014my review of evangelical purity giant Josh Harris\u2019 new documentary.<\/p>\n

Explaining in the Guise of Listening: A Review of Josh Harris\u2019 New Documentary<\/a><\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve yet to read the above post, it\u2019s worth setting aside some time to do so. To tell a long story briefly, Harris never examines whether sex before marriage is sin, affirms the idea that teens who make out with their boyfriends are sluttly sluts who are damaged by sexual sin, and\u2014astoundingly\u2014never interviews counselors or relationship experts outside of the evangelical world. Also, it\u2019s all about him.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll have more to say about much of this in the coming weeks, because there is a lot going on here\u2014and almost none of it is good.<\/p>\n

See you in the new year!<\/p>\n

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