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Sep 10, 2021Liked by David Dark

When I read Bill Haslem's book - there was a statement that has haunted me about the "Christian tradition of individualism." I believe that this Bill too believes that individualism trumps community. I may need to revisit my reading of the new testament, but aren't Christians to be defined as ones who set their personal desires aside for the benefit and love of others?

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David Dark speaks some harsh truths about many of us: how we condemn or judge harshly others who think, feel and act differently than we do; how we don't understand them; and how they negatively influence so many people, even our school children. With disease, maybe death. If we do not speak up and act for the values we say we uphold, what are we doing?

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Sep 9, 2021Liked by David Dark

Bill Lee is beholden to the politics of this state that overwhelmingly voted for Trump. Trump didn't think covid was a big deal, and actively minimized it. Thus Trump supporters have raised this pandemic as a political issue, and if you are GOP or right of center, you better support the notion that covid is not a big deal, just a little worse than the flu, and not worth impinging on any freedom. It's only the old and infirm that are dying, the vaccine is likely to kill you sooner than covid, etc. Don't force anyone to do anything, and if someone tries to take a stand on a public health issue to restrict freedom, fight back. You have to be careful because a lot of folks know someone affected severely by covid, so you have to sound somewhat sympathetic to those who have suffered but at the end of the day, folks here don't think Covid is a big enough problem to do anything about it from a governmental regulation perspective. Sure there's some Fauci supporters moving in from California, but overall, the folks in this state aren't fearing covid, and it would be political suicide here to say we need to lock back down or enforce a mask mandate.

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So disappointed in this post. Please read Not Living By Lies by Rod Deher. Be brave and study this subject: Soft Totalitarianism. You will really hate the totalitarianism this way and will wonder how it happened. We all will. Just because you believe something doesn't mean it is true. Check yourself. Adjust to what is truth.

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