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Downpour
By Austin Gray Cults come with some serious downsides. Dart had been aware of that going in, but hethought most of those problems were for the followers. Yet, here he stood, ankle-deep in waterand pig shit trying to stop the rain. It started two weeks ago, harmless and calming rain. Afterthree ceaseless days, the basements of the complex began to flood. Several of his disciples hadlost their food stores before they even realized the problem. Being the speaker of the God—theinflection of ‘the’ showing his divine supremacy over lesser religions—meant that he had thepower of ultimate sight, and as such he should have been able to foresee the loss of…
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My Perspective on Religion
By Carson Denney I was raised baptist. I went to a baptist church with my very religious parents from 1stgrade to 10th grade, when my dad stopped making me go. My dad never liked church, but hewanted me to learn all the bible studies and he was not confident as a teacher. I ended upworking at a church in early high school and attending that churches’ youth group regularly. Itwas around this time that I started to figure out I was queer, and I remember being reallyconflicted about my identity in relation to religion. I remember one particular day in freshmanyear, right after gay marraige was legalized. I sat in…
