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            <title><![CDATA[Playing Orcs]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[For Tolkien, life on earth is a cycle of decline, conflict, and temporary renewal: a “long defeat,” punctuated by moments of redemption, that will not end until Christ’s return. The evils of history will repeat, or at least rhyme, until the final victory. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Abortion for Any Reason…Including Sexism?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A study conducted in 2019 found that over twenty-three million females are missing globally due to sex-selective abortions. Over half of those numbers come from India (10.6 million) and China (11.9 million), due to their strong social preference for males. Since this study was conducted seven years ago, these numbers have likely increased.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[James Talarico’s Pastor Preaches a Gospel Without Christ]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[This kind of modern religion can sound deeply compassionate because it speaks constantly about the poor, the immigrant, women’s rights, and the oppressed; yet compassion detached from objective truth and divine revelation is nothing more than politically weaponized sentimentality that destroys souls en masse while manipulating voting decisions.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Was Joan of Arc Trans?]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Floating to Safety by “Faith Alone”?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The cartoon paints salvation by faith alone as never having to do any good works at all. You can even gravely sin through inaction—such as by never praying to God—and you’ll still be saved.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Is Marriage Really Less Valuable Than a College Degree?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Don’t get me wrong—I’m grateful for my college education. But the value of education can’t be compared to the value of a good spouse and marriage.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Bias Behind Rejecting the Gospels’ Reliability]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[For many skeptics, miracles are deemed impossible because they violate the laws of nature, or because God doesn’t exist in the first place. And this is logically sound—you can’t have some wondrous effect that requires divine power (which is what a miracle is) if there’s no divine power.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[What Do Scientologists Actually Believe?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The goal of Scientology is to help its members become aware that they are thetans and to restore their spiritual abilities through counseling, or “auditing,” sessions, the study of Hubbard’s work, and training courses.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Reclaiming Mother’s Day from “Dog Moms”]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Motherhood is not a cute consumer category. It is not a vibe. It is not a pet-owner personality trait. To be a mother is to give, nurture, and protect life in ways that are hidden, exhausting, sacrificial, and holy.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Charlie Kirk: Friend to Catholics]]></title>
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