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 <WRAP index> <WRAP index>
-01.0) [[start|Introduction]]\\+01.0) [[start#start-top|Introduction]]\\
 02.0) [[foreword|Foreword]]\\ 02.0) [[foreword|Foreword]]\\
  
 03.0) [[family|Family Background]]\\ 03.0) [[family|Family Background]]\\
 03.1) [[tfw|The Fourth Way]]\\ 03.1) [[tfw|The Fourth Way]]\\
 +03.2) [[childhood|Jake's Childhood]]\\
  
 04.0) [[ray|Ray of Sunshine]]\\ 04.0) [[ray|Ray of Sunshine]]\\
-04.1) [[early_ray|Early Ray]]+04.1) [[early_ray|Early Ray]]\\ 
 +04.2) [[ray_tracing|Ray Tracing]]
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 A) [[kjv_only|KJV-Only Churches]]\\ A) [[kjv_only|KJV-Only Churches]]\\
 +B) [[site_reflections|Ethical Concerns Q&A]]\\
  
 **ABOUT THIS SITE** **ABOUT THIS SITE**
  
-B) [[site_notices|Site Notices]]\\ +C) [[site_notices|Site Notices]]\\ 
-C) [[sitetech|Site Technical Notes]]+D) [[wikitech|Wiki Tech Notes]]
  
 Contact information, Privacy Notice, document license, etc., are on the Site Notices page. Contact information, Privacy Notice, document license, etc., are on the Site Notices page.
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-**WHAT IS THIS BOOK?**+{{anchor:start-top:}}**WHAT IS THIS BOOK?**
  
 This is a personal story intended for U.S. readers. Especially current and former church-goers and people in problem This is a personal story intended for U.S. readers. Especially current and former church-goers and people in problem
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 Jake Gustafson is a reserved software developer in his 30s. He's committed to the com(shy)mun(shy)ity and faith that have been the cornerstones of his life since child(shy)hood. Jake Gustafson is a reserved software developer in his 30s. He's committed to the com(shy)mun(shy)ity and faith that have been the cornerstones of his life since child(shy)hood.
  
-Ray Gustafson is a charismatic massage artist and drug user in his 40s. +Ray Gustafson is a massage artist and drug user in his 40s. 
-He's a former Christian leader who positions himself as an Ex-Christian +He's a former Christian leader who posi(shy)tions him(shy)self as an 
-guru and, at the same time, seems to boast of bedding women who are +Ex-Christian guru and, at the same time, seems to boast of 
-as young as he's able to get.+bedding women who are as young as he's able to get. 
 + 
 +Ray has been been arrested and prose(shy)cuted for mul(shy)tiple drug 
 +and/or alcohol offenses. His future is bleak. It's safe to 
 +say that his life hasn't turn(shy)ed out as well as he might have 
 +hoped.
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 The two men are conflicted. The two men are conflicted.
  
-Jake retains his faith, but he's in the process of deciding where the +Jake retains his faith, but he's in the pro(shy)cess of deciding where the 
-boundaries that define community and faith lie.+bound(shy)aries that define com(shy)munity and faith lie.
  
-Ray has explicitly rejected Christianity, but he seems to waver on this position. He's said to have tried to introduce the Bible to the local drug culture.+Ray has explicitly rejected Christianity, but he seems to 
 +waver on this posi(shy)tion. He's said to have tried to intro(shy)duce 
 +the Bible to the local drug culture.
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-The key figures also include Chameleon, a manipulative and corro(shy)sive woman that both men have had as a lover. She doesn't define the story, but she does complicate it.+The key figures also include Chameleon, a mani(shy)pula(shy)tive 
 +and corro(shy)sive woman that both men have had as a lover. She 
 +doesn't define the story, but she does com(shy)pli(shy)cate it.
  
-Chameleon was into BDSM and hard drugs and once did a threesome involving two gay men. **//"Lol, it's a miracle I didn't get HIV",//** she says. She asked Jake, on occasion, to watch her kids so that she could engage in prostitution.+Chameleon was into BDSM and hard drugs and once did a three(shy)some 
 +involving two gay men. 
 +**//"Lol, it's a miracle I didn't get HIV",//** she said. 
 +She asked Jake, on occasion, to watch her kids so that she 
 +could engage in pro(shy)sti(shy)tu(shy)tion.
  
 Chameleon arguably wasn't the best match for a Funda(shy)mental(shy)ist man, let alone for two Funda(shy)mental(shy)ist brothers. Chameleon arguably wasn't the best match for a Funda(shy)mental(shy)ist man, let alone for two Funda(shy)mental(shy)ist brothers.
  
-This site will go into signs of relationships that aren't on a rock-solid basis.+This site will go into signs of relationships that aren't 
 +on a rock-solid basis.
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-This book is Jake's look at his life, Ray's life, and different perspectives on Faith. Ray and others are invited to comment.+This book is Jake's look at his life, Ray's life, and 
 +differ(shy)ent per(shy)spec(shy)tives on Faith. Both 
 +the people involved and 
 +the public in general are invited to com(shy)ment.
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