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Throwing Away the Script

January 13, 2022January 15, 2022 ~ David Mercer ~ Leave a comment

"I'm ashamed of you," she said. But she didn't mean it. Her religious leaders taught her to say such things and it caused her pain.

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I No Longer Reach for Heaven

October 22, 2021October 22, 2021 ~ David Mercer ~ 3 Comments

I’m astounded that anyone could be persuaded to accept a way of life that guarantees their condemnation.  But I’m sorry to say we made converts.

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Truth, Lies, and Blue Skies

May 18, 2021May 18, 2021 ~ David Mercer ~ 4 Comments

The biggest grudge I have against religion (particularly conservative religion) is that it urges people to lie....

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A Friendship Begins

April 28, 2021 ~ David Mercer ~ 3 Comments

I lowered my hand to give the downbeat and that's when Craig exploded all over the piano

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A Conspiracy of Silence

April 23, 2020April 23, 2020 ~ David Mercer ~ 1 Comment

I’m horrified that we locked my sweet, loveable, funny aunt into a prison of silence, where she dreaded the day she would die and go to the hell we had created.

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Drowning in the Baptismal Waters

January 5, 2020January 5, 2020 ~ David Mercer ~ 8 Comments

It has taken me a long time to see that our religion could be a tool to prey on the vulnerable.  The baptismal waters come closer to drowning them rather than cleansing them.     

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They Can’t Forget Me If They Never Knew Me

September 19, 2019September 19, 2019 ~ David Mercer ~ Leave a comment

I'm not going to be attending my 35th college reunion.

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Making Change at the Deli

August 14, 2019 ~ David Mercer ~ 1 Comment

Even after all this time, I still have to remind myself that I never had mystical powers of healing, although people tried a little harder to pull themselves together and straighten up when they knew I was a minister. 

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Friendly Opposition

June 30, 2019June 30, 2019 ~ David Mercer ~ Leave a comment

We’ve made each other pretty mad at times but we remained friends.

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The Church that Wants to Kill People

June 16, 2019June 17, 2019 ~ David Mercer ~ Leave a comment

Don’t just assure the world that you’re not like them. Show that you’re different. Stand up for the LGBT and tell your brothers and sisters at Revival Baptist Church that they should be ashamed of teaching their children to hate and kill people.

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