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why some people think christians are stupid

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1849, 27th May, 2011
Some people think Christians are stupid because Christianity is a threat to their value system (or, lack of value system, as the case may be). Other people think Christians are stupid because the Christians they see act . . . well . . . . like what I saw today. I am the primary day-to-day [...]
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assorted thoughts

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1546, 14th March, 2010
Why is it that people assume the devil must either be a being or a symbol for the combined forces of evil?  Why not both?  Take for example, the U.S. President.  Lest you think that I’m doing this as a cheap way to set up Obama for a comparison with the devil, it’s not like [...]
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get behind me, satan! how sometimes jesus smacks us in the face (so to speak)

By mitchell b powell | Published: 2103, 16th December, 2009
The passage I’m about to speak about is a passage which is very controversial between Protestants and Catholics. I’ll bet you can figure out my position on that. But what I want to look at is another angle of what’s being said in the text, about Peter as a person, and how that applies to [...]
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