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- How active should Christians be in speaking out publicly about issues of morality?
A host (addressed in the audio as "Dan") brings the Bristol Palin news — the abstinence-education advocate pregnant a second time out of wedlock — and asks how active Christians should be in speaking publicly about morality: (a) very active, "a moral society is a happy society"; (b) silent, so mistakes don't make Jesus look bad; (c) keep moral teaching inside church and family. The consensus lands near (c): preach Jesus, not morality; morality follows allegiance to God; "we are not called to be someone else's holy spirit"; know whether you're fighting for legislative "fences" or for transformation. A listener named Eric weighs in via chat for (c).
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Article: why people reject Christianity, and record unhappiness
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