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$\"Twisted$ <\/p>\n

I came across the image above on Facebook, not long after sharing\u00a0an article about what you should use your cell phone for at church<\/a>. And so I found myself envisaging the above family as doing something very devout: looking further into what they were hearing from the pulpit. Anyone who says that you should accept what they say \u2013 including what they say that the Bible says \u2013 \u201con faith\u201d is clearly afraid of what you will find if you fact-check their assertions. That makes it all the more imperative that you do so.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"