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Fred Clark, in yet another post<\/a> lambasting the issues with the Left Behind series, also tackles a more general issue that is reflected in the novels: <\/p>\n

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This idea of God\u2019s intensely specific individual plan for every detail of your life is a feature of American evangelical piety that we\u2019d be better off without. It\u2019s almost always a source of misery and almost never any help. It burdens Christians with anxiety over decisions that don\u2019t need to be so fraught with moral implication. Choosing a major is hard enough without adding the notion that choosing \u201cwrong\u201d is tantamount to disobeying God.<\/p>\n

Obsessing over God\u2019s ISIPFEDOYL also tends to function as a way of distracting ourselves from \u201cthe weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith.\u201d If you\u2019re worried about following God\u2019s will, remember that it boils down to this: Love God and love your neighbor. That\u2019s \u201cGod\u2019s will for your life.\u201d Take care of that and don\u2019t worry about God\u2019s ISIPFEDOYL.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

You can see from that what ISIPFEDOYL stands for: (God\u2019s) intensely specific individual plan for every detail of your life. It is a notion that is also tackled in this image from the blog Stuff Fundies Like<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Fred Clark, in yet another post lambasting the issues with the Left Behind series, also tackles a more general issue that is reflected in the novels: He writes: This idea of God\u2019s intensely specific individual plan for every detail of your life is a feature of American evangelical piety that we\u2019d be better off without. 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