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#104 Saying “just” a lot while praying out loud
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Stephanie Drury
When called upon to pray aloud in a group, an evangelical automatically says “just” a few dozen times during the course of the prayer. This doesn’t happen when other flavors of Christians such as Catholics or Episcopalians pray, but an evangelical cannot help it. “We just come before you today, Father God, and just ask…
#102 Gossip via prayer request
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Stephanie Drury
In a Bible study or fellowship group there comes a time (usually near the end) that you go around the circle and make prayer requests. This is an excellent time to air the dirt on absent friends under the guise of being lovingly concerned about their spiritual state.
#81 Bono
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Stephanie Drury
Men in Christian culture often have giant man-crushes on Bono. Pastors who wish to be emergent/relevant sometimes quote him in sermons and work in a U2 lyric mention when they can.
#78 Miss California 2009, Carrie Prejean
By
Stephanie Drury
It's uncomfortable for Christian culture to entertain the idea that gay marriage might be anything other than flat-out wrong. People in Christian culture can't seem to see themselves as being as sinful as they think gay people are.
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