{"id":274,"date":"2023-12-13T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/re-faith.org\/?p=274"},"modified":"2023-12-11T21:41:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T03:41:00","slug":"sure-is-a-good-point-banned-book-quote-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/re-faith.org\/index.php\/2023\/12\/13\/sure-is-a-good-point-banned-book-quote-of-the-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Sure is a good point\u2013banned book quote of\u00a0the\u00a0day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"banned-book-QoTD\" class=\"wp-block-group is-style-default\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p id=\"QoTD\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">\u201cIt&#8217;s not that I had anything against Jesus or God, I was just underwhelmed by the evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"single-item-list\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:200\">from  <a href=\"https:\/\/jonathanevison.net\/\" title=\"Author's website\">Jonathan Evison<\/a>&#8216;s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hachettebookgroup.com\/titles\/jonathan-evison\/lawn-boy\/9781616209230\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Publisher's book listing\">Lawn Boy<\/a><\/em>, a frequently banned book<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\".single-item-list\" id=\"hitlist\"><strong>#7<\/strong> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ala.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">American Library Association&#8217;s<\/a> list of <a href=\"http:\/\/Top 13 Most Challenged Books of 2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">top 13 most challenged books of 2022<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/re-faith.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Lawn-Boy-ALA-7.png?resize=300%2C158&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"ALA's banner for Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison, showing that it was the #7 top challenged book in 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/re-faith.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Lawn-Boy-ALA-7.png?resize=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/re-faith.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Lawn-Boy-ALA-7.png?resize=1024%2C538&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/re-faith.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Lawn-Boy-ALA-7.png?resize=768%2C403&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/re-faith.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Lawn-Boy-ALA-7.png?resize=1%2C1&amp;ssl=1 1w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/re-faith.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Lawn-Boy-ALA-7.png?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">ALA&#8217;s banner for Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison, showing that it was the #7 top challenged book in 2022.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>What an indictment of communities of faith! And he nails it. In the US, the loudest voices represent the religious right, who seem more interested in sanctioning sinners than walking a Christlike path. What evidence might convince this boy? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What if one of love, warmth, and support characterized his interactions with Christians instead? Many people of faith struggle with questions about how their religion views LGBTQA+ issues. But we don&#8217;t need to struggle to arrive at: All of God&#8217;s children deserve love and dignity. That would certainly constitute some strong evidence. <a href=\"https:\/\/re-faith.org\/index.php\/about-us\/\" title=\"About Re:\">Re:faith is working carry that into the world<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s not that I had anything against Jesus or God, I was just underwhelmed by the evidence.\u201d #7 on the American Library Association&#8217;s list of top 13 most challenged books of 2022. What an indictment of communities of faith! And he nails it. In the US, the loudest voices represent the religious right, who seem [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22],"tags":[24,27,25,26],"class_list":["post-274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-qotd_banned_book","tag-book-banning","tag-censorship","tag-lgbtqa-issues","tag-queer-issues"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/re-faith.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Lawn_Boy_text.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfkMc6-4q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":235,"url":"https:\/\/re-faith.org\/index.php\/2023\/12\/11\/its-to-the-northwest-banned-book-quote-of-the-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":274,"position":0},"title":"It&#8217;s to the northwest\u2013banned book quote of\u00a0the\u00a0day","author":"re-faith.org","date":"December 11, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"\"The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.\" from Looking for Alaska by John Green, a frequently banned book #5 (tie) on the American Library Association's list of Top 13 Most Challenged Books of 2022. 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