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The Unmitigated Gall

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6. It's our national Calvinism.

Reply to SARose (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 17, 2025, 06:08 PM

Jan 17

A horrifying perversion of Christianity, IMO.
"If you're rich, it's because God loves you and you are blessed. If you are poor it's because God rejects you, so everyone else should reject you too", roughly stated.

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