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Several posts and graphics have come my way that intersect under this heading. First and most directly is this Chuck and Beans cartoon<\/a> (HT David Meadows<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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Next, Tony Jones shared an excerpt from Peter Rollins\u2019 book<\/a> which mentions the Sirens\u2019 song of offering a product that will fill a gap in our lives, even if we call that product \u201cGod\u201d:<\/p>\n

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Finally, at Stuff Fundies Like there\u2019s a post<\/a> about the appeal of returning to fundamentalism when one has left it, comparing it to the steak offered to Cipher in the movie The Matrix<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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