...I realized how naive I was. My aunt Tina was right: this stuff does exist, and it does hurt people, and although there are lots of people at Liberty who condemn violence against gays--including Dr. Falwell himself--the number of students who want to give them the Goliath treatment isn't zero. In fact, the number who live in my room isn't zero. Kevin Roose
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When I was in college, I lived with my aunt Tina. She was a very devout Christian, and she tried to convince me to follow her faith. When I refused, she started using the Bible to try to change my mind. One day she was trying to explain what it meant for someone to "sell their soul" or "give their life for Christ." It didn't make sense to me because I've always been a very religious person.

When she said that people who practice homosexuality were doing something so terrible and so horrible and so wrong and so against God and the Bible, I realized how naive I was. My aunt Tina was right: this stuff does exist, and it does hurt people, and although there are lots of people at Liberty who condemn violence against gays--including Dr. Falwell himself--the number of students who want to give them the Goliath treatment isn't zero.

In fact, the number who live in my room isn't zero.

Source: The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinners Semester At Americas Holiest University

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