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1 " ...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 , The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University
2 " If prayers emitted light, you'd see ours (Liberty students') from space. "
3 " i don't think college is something you should tough out. "
4 " In the evangelical world, prying can be an indicator of compassion. "
5 " Christian pop culture can be worthwhile if done well, but bad Christian pop culture isn't redeemed merely by the fact that it's Christian. "
6 " The author's mentor advises the NAKED method of breaking the ice at the first meeting: Name, Address, Kin, Experience, and Dreams. "
7 " As frustrating as the battle for purity must be, I suppose it's easier if you've got company. "
8 " False conversions are a wart on the face of Christian evangelism. "
9 " The satirist P. J. O'Rourke once compared making fun of born-again Christians to "hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope." That was a few years ago, before names like Ted Haggard and movies like Jesus Camp came on the scene. Now, it's more like hunting the ground with your foot. "
10 " Fellowship" is a Christianspeak for "flirt with unsuccessfully". "
11 " Seen at Liberty University: "I hope the Rapture happens before my student loans are due. "
12 " A Christian jerk is still a jerk. "
13 " At most schools, the social, intellectual, and spiritual components are confined to separate experiential spheres. We party, we learn, and we contemplate the metaphysical, but we rarely do all three simultaneously and en masse. Maybe most college students aren't looking for spiritual euphoria from their schools, but I can't say I blame the ones who are. "
14 " Without cynicism and cursing, what will I say to people? "
― Kevin Roose
15 " When it comes down to it, no matter how pious or like-minded he might be, a Christian jerk is still a jerk. "
16 " No community adheres completely to its stereotypes. "
17 " A recent survey said that 51% of Americans don't know any evangelicals – even casually. "
18 " I’m still adjusting my mind to all the earnest God talk I’m hearing at Liberty. From time to time, it still feels like I walked onto the set of a Lifetime movie. But one thing has become clear: these Liberty students have no ulterior motive. They simply can’t contain their love for God. They’re happy to be believers, and they’re telling the world. "
19 " When the author admits to Christians that he was not a Christian himself, he says their dialogue became "distant and rehearsed, like a pitch for Ginsu knives. "
20 " It’s hard to watch Liberty students singing along to worship songs during convocation, raising their hands and smiling beatifically, and not wonder whether they’ve tapped into something that makes their lives happier, more meaningful, more consistently optimistic than mine. "
