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LiberalElite

(14,691 posts) Sun Dec 8, 2013, 01:10 PM Dec 2013

Frank Bruni: The Bible as Bludgeon

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/08/opinion/sunday/the-bible-as-bludgeon.html?_r=0

YOU can make a successful run for political office in this country without an especially thick résumé, any exceptional talent for expressing yourself, a noteworthy education or, for that matter, a basic grasp of science.

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Frank Bruni: The Bible as Bludgeon (Original Post) LiberalElite Dec 2013 OP

"beats reading it" --fundies who think that British Israelism is the only theology MisterP Dec 2013 #1

“It gives me comfort and guidance to do what’s best for Arkansas” struggle4progress Dec 2013 #2

MisterP

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1. "beats reading it" --fundies who think that British Israelism is the only theology

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Sun Dec 8, 2013, 05:30 PM

Dec 2013

struggle4progress

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2. “It gives me comfort and guidance to do what’s best for Arkansas”

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Mon Dec 9, 2013, 01:12 AM

Dec 2013

Does that mean Arkansas will establish cities of refuge to which any criminal may flee to avoid prosecution and that every seventh year in Arkansas all debts will be forgotten?

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