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[Article] Listening to young adults explain their love for Charlie Kirk

baptistnews.com Listening to young adults explain their love for Charlie Kirk

In the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s tragic and wicked assassination, I’ve found myself seeking to understand the scope of his influence on young evangelicals. My husband and I recently hosted a former student of ours and her roommate, both of whom attend a conservative Baptist university in the South...

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"But when truth becomes a byword with which to beat our enemies into submission at the cost of real human beings made in the image of God, when we hold no responsibility for vile language as long as we cloak it in the guise of “speaking the truth,” we risk becoming like Pilate, engaging in philosophical wordplay about the nature of veritas before inflicting state sponsored violence on an innocent man."

Genuinely not the take I expected. I'm not religious, but was raised that way and recall a ton of lionization of Jesus as a fighter and defender more so than as just a dude. There were times they'd call him the lamb, but most of the time that was when he was getting crucified so it made sense (in hindsight) to show him that way.

No, I'm not about to be guilted into giving that religious site another click. Fuck off with that.
- That's unfortunate that you should say so. Another comment here may literally begin with "Genuinely not the take I expected", but you do you.