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[4833.14 --> 4834.28] and then what you do
[4834.28 --> 4835.20] is you take on
[4835.20 --> 4835.68] the modern,
[4835.84 --> 4836.22] progressive,
[4836.88 --> 4837.98] secular creed.
[4839.90 --> 4840.32] Now,
[4840.36 --> 4841.16] this is a reality
[4841.16 --> 4842.90] that we all find
[4842.90 --> 4844.02] ourselves living
[4844.02 --> 4844.48] in the midst
[4844.48 --> 4845.14] of right now,
[4845.22 --> 4845.98] but this is
[4845.98 --> 4847.52] particularly important
[4847.52 --> 4848.36] of a conversation,
[4848.52 --> 4849.22] and particularly
[4849.22 --> 4851.02] this is affecting
[4851.02 --> 4851.78] those of you
[4851.78 --> 4852.58] who are teenagers
[4852.58 --> 4853.78] and in your early
[4853.78 --> 4854.50] 20s right now,
[4854.56 --> 4855.14] because this is all
[4855.14 --> 4856.50] over your social
[4856.50 --> 4857.06] media world.
[4858.06 --> 4858.26] And so,
[4858.34 --> 4859.02] especially you,
[4859.22 --> 4860.18] I want you to hear this.
[4861.78 --> 4862.98] As you differentiate
[4862.98 --> 4863.70] yourself,
[4863.80 --> 4864.46] maybe from your
[4864.46 --> 4865.64] parents' belief,
[4865.96 --> 4867.60] as you differentiate
[4867.60 --> 4868.80] yourself and decide
[4868.80 --> 4870.70] to take responsibility
[4870.70 --> 4872.48] for what you believe
[4872.48 --> 4874.42] to the faith
[4874.42 --> 4875.94] that was told to you,
[4876.44 --> 4877.00] Lord willing,
[4877.16 --> 4877.78] that becomes
[4877.78 --> 4878.96] the faith that is
[4878.96 --> 4880.18] held in you.
[4881.86 --> 4883.10] And as you do that,
[4883.16 --> 4883.96] I want you to ask
[4883.96 --> 4885.12] those hard questions.
[4886.20 --> 4886.96] And I want this
[4886.96 --> 4887.62] to be a place
[4887.62 --> 4888.64] where we can wrestle
[4888.64 --> 4890.16] with those hard questions,
[4890.26 --> 4891.88] where we can deconstruct
[4891.88 --> 4893.20] what people had once
[4893.20 --> 4894.50] considered religious norms
[4894.50 --> 4895.04] and are,
[4895.16 --> 4895.64] in fact,
[4895.94 --> 4897.86] products of social constructs.
[4897.86 --> 4898.76] Let's talk about
[4898.76 --> 4899.54] that kind of stuff.
[4900.50 --> 4901.56] Let's talk about
[4901.56 --> 4902.46] that together,
[4902.94 --> 4903.10] right,
[4903.22 --> 4904.20] face to face.
[4905.36 --> 4906.18] Because doing this
[4906.18 --> 4907.54] as a keyboard warrior,
[4907.70 --> 4908.32] doing this in your
[4908.32 --> 4908.94] echo chamber,
[4909.08 --> 4910.48] doing this on your own,
[4910.78 --> 4912.92] is not helpful
[4912.92 --> 4914.86] and perhaps even dangerous.
[4916.02 --> 4916.72] Let's get together
[4916.72 --> 4917.38] in a room
[4917.38 --> 4918.58] so that we can come
[4918.58 --> 4919.54] out the other side
[4919.54 --> 4920.70] better together.
[4921.84 --> 4922.32] In fact,
[4923.14 --> 4925.76] we are relaunching here
[4925.76 --> 4926.64] a ministry called
[4926.64 --> 4927.80] Roots and Routes.
[4927.86 --> 4929.38] Which is a book study group.
[4929.56 --> 4930.20] It's an opportunity
[4930.20 --> 4931.58] to get informed
[4931.58 --> 4932.10] on something,
[4932.18 --> 4932.86] to come together
[4932.86 --> 4934.02] and then just hash it out,
[4934.12 --> 4935.40] to wonder and to talk about it.
[4936.36 --> 4937.22] You can sign up
[4937.22 --> 4937.96] for that at the back.
[4938.60 --> 4939.40] Perry and Bert
[4939.40 --> 4940.20] will be back there.
[4940.28 --> 4941.10] You can get information
[4941.10 --> 4941.64] from them.
[4941.74 --> 4942.48] And the first book
[4942.48 --> 4942.94] that we are going
[4942.94 --> 4943.48] to read together
[4943.48 --> 4944.00] is called
[4944.00 --> 4945.10] The Secular Creed
[4945.10 --> 4946.20] and it engages
[4946.20 --> 4947.72] this conversation exactly.
[4948.66 --> 4949.66] So I'm going to invite you
[4949.66 --> 4950.38] to that table,
[4951.38 --> 4951.54] right,
[4951.62 --> 4953.20] to talk to someone there
[4953.20 --> 4954.40] and get signed up.