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 For the next page, Foreword, [[foreword|click here.]]
 Note: The introduction is below the table of contents. Scroll down.
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-**New Developments**
-On August 25, 2021, Chameleon Aconitum left a threatening voicemail
-for Jake Gustafson. The response to the voicemail led to increased
-interest in the FCA Overcomers project. Chameleon should probably
-be thanked for that.
-To listen to the voicemail and to read the PDF response and
-reflections on the project, click on the following link:
-[[site_reflections|Reflections on this Site]]
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 .0) [[family|Family Background]]\\
 .1) [[tfw|The Fourth Way]]\\
+.2) [[childhood|Jake's Childhood]]\\
 .0) [[ray|Ray of Sunshine]]\\
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 A) [[kjv_only|KJV-Only Churches]]\\
-B) [[site_reflections|Reflections on this Site]]\\
+B) [[site_reflections|Ethical Concerns Q&A]]\\
 **ABOUT THIS SITE**
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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.
-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.
-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.
-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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