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The Falwells have got to take a lot of the blame for this. Liberty University has got to bear some of the burden. I point the finger in their face and say your effort to turn America into a theocracy helped this happen.

The founder of Liberty University gave us both the language and the concepts within which to understand the biblical flooding that currently threatens Lynchburg, Virginia. Watch and learn.

Margaret Soltan, August 3, 2018 12:16PM
Posted in: forms of religious experience

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