Deprived of its right to assert facts, Christianity, for example, is reduced to the status of a fan club for the sayings of Jesus.

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In "Jesus or a Gun, " for example, Scallions sings: But now everything's trying to drag me down, but I'll rip the sky from the ground, but tell me now, who's my saving one, Jesus or a gun.

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For example he said a lesson on the Bible story of Jesus feeding the 5, 000 could become "an exhortation to share your picnic rather than a discussion of whether miracles really happen or what significance they have for Christians today: for example those who say they have been miraculously healed or pray for healing".

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