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Sin Junkies: addiction, punishment, and the new problem of hell

January 26, 2016 by Randal

In December, 2015 America’s new drug czar, Michael Botticelli, gave a revealing interview with 60 Minutes’ Scott Pelley. The interview included this exchange: Scott Pelley: Are you saying that the way we have waged the war on drugs for more than 40 years has been all wrong? Michael Botticelli: It has been all wrong. Blunt force didn’t […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: addiction, eternal conscious torment, hell, Michael Botticelli, sin

You ever smoke crack?

April 10, 2011 by Randal

Once a month I travel with a church group down to the inner city to put on a service at a homeless shelter for men. At the end of the service we break into groups and pray with the men. This past Friday I met Hugh, Jim and Trent. This was Hugh’s conversation opener: Hugh: […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: addiction, crack, Montana Meth, sin

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