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When Your Family Loves Their Religion More Than They Love You
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with Flamy Grant (God's Favorite Drag Queen) (opens the original)
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Flamy Grant (God's Favorite Drag Queen)Flamy Grant made drag history in 2023 when her debut album Bible Belt Baby reached #1 on the iTunes Christian music charts and she was suddenly in Rolling Stone and People. We talked about growing up Dobson, slaying shame, and how evangelicalism is like living in the Truman Show dome.https://www.flamygrant.com/
Found a clip of me listening to James Dobson bloviate in his Life On The Edge series in 1991 (opens the original)
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I was 16 and my parents sent me to Summit Ministries in Manitou Springs, Colorado, where Dr. David Noebel (look up his book “Communism, Hypnotism and The Beatles”) indoctrinated us against humanism. Clearly it worked.AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.Was anyone reading this there? Anyone go to Summit Ministries at all? Ryan Dobson was there the week I was. We were Facebook friends shortly in the 2010s before he realized the indoctrination hadn’t taken with me and I got blocked. Like father, stepfather, the s
Dear Focus On The Family, your followers didn't lose their adult children. You drove us away with your cruelty. (opens the original)
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In response to Focus On The Family's post from yesterday:<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1071" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MQU9!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fp
Interacting with evangelical family is like talking to a bot. (opens the original)
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At some point I realized that interacting with evangelical family is like talking to a bot. The overarching dealings with someone immersed in evangelicalism amounts to “Hi there! Thanks for reaching out. What can I help you with today?”“What are you up to today? We’re going to _____.”“Fun! We’re ________ (a screen of what they’re doing).”“Oh cool, (asks a question about what they’re doing as one does in conversation).” “Yes, (more things about what they’re doing since they seem really into what
with Trevor Poelman (filmmaker) (opens the original)
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Trevor Poelman is a former youth pastor turned atheist filmmaker who created the Belief it or Not Podcast in 2018. He also wrote and directed two critically acclaimed plays at the Toronto Fringe Festival. Trevor and I talk about how we met on Facebook when he was still a believer, the significance of the family scapegoat, and the role that heartbreak plays in chronic pain.Listen here, at Deconstruction Workers, or wherever you get your podcasts.</
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