Sunday, February 3, 2013

Frank Schaeffer:

Since there is no there, there -- no tradition -- all that governs the evangelical/fundamentalist empire-builders is the self-appointed Church Lady Brigade.  You always have moralizing busybodies sniffing around your butt to see if you're pure enough.  Good for dogs, maybe; bad for writers.  When I left the evangelical/fundamentalist world, I found that I was no longer looking over my shoulder wondering what people -- in other words, the Church Ladies -- would think.

Patience With God, p. 100

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