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“Her life might not have seemed God-fearing to an outsider, but in her bleakest moments, her faith in God’s plan was what she relied on— and it almost always let her down.”
Oof. As a religion major, I say: that sounds really unlikely to be an authentic sentiment from this person, based on what we’ve seen of her before. I’d want to see a direct quote about this from…
— Jul 06, 2024 02:13PM
Oof. As a religion major, I say: that sounds really unlikely to be an authentic sentiment from this person, based on what we’ve seen of her before. I’d want to see a direct quote about this from…
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…her, otherwise I suspect it’s the author imposing her own worldview and ideas about what it means to be “let down by God’s plan.” If it IS the author’s own perspective, she needs to specifically state that, because this is a pretty intense judgment to make about another person’s faith. She instantly lost credibility for me by making such a sweeping statement with no quote or direct source.
— Jul 06, 2024 02:17PM
