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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's a podcast that I would actually be tempted to watch: what do her parents really think about this new Jen and her new-found beliefs about the Bible and traditional teachings? AFAIK she's never remotely touched upon this. That could be a rich discussion. As the golden child, are they disappointed in her? Are they secretly praying that she'll find her way back? How do they feel about all this?[/quote]

I agree, she never mentions this.[/quote]

I like to think Jen still believes what she was taught more than she doesn't and that this deconstruction BS is performative to pay the bills.

She wants to be one of the cool kids, bless her heart, but she's really just a Bible camp kid with some bad window dressing and a fauxmance that she can't turn off because for whatever strange reason, her following seems to dig it.

If Jen were my friend IRL I would not want to see her with an obese man with bad hygeine who doesn't seem into her.

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Respectfully, I disagree. I think Jen was the Queen Bee of the church camp. With her dad as the pastor, she probably acted like she owned the place. Her shallow faith made deconstruction easy. Just show her where to sign up to look down on people, and she’s there.  It was presented to her as “what the sophisticated crowd” was doing, and she needed to stay on top. [/quote]

The faux sophistication thing seems to me to be a big part of the deconstruction phenomenon and progressive leaning religion in general. It's a desire to be seen as intellectual based on alignment with the zeitgeist by people who are usually very shallow and sophomoric in their views. [/quote]

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