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edhopper

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16. Either he is still an atheist
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 03:47 PM
12 hrs ago

and the conversion was purely political, or he was never an atheist.

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I was at a Barnes and Noble this week and they have a table display with his books kimbutgar 15 hrs ago #1
Just like the Melanoma book. Crowman2009 12 hrs ago #20
I will always be agnostic. IMO, there are many ways to end up with belief but 31j20b3 15 hrs ago #2
I consider myself a content questioning agnostic... 3catwoman3 13 hrs ago #14
Welcome to our DU family. niyad 4 hrs ago #22
I find Vance's conversion as hollow as the one taken no_hypocrisy 14 hrs ago #3
That is an absolute winner! Trumpdumper 13 hrs ago #13
I'm a believer and always have been Jilly_in_VA 14 hrs ago #4
I got the identical impression of him. DFW 12 hrs ago #18
I thought Hillbilly Elegy was awful. Alice B. 14 hrs ago #5
I felt the same Raven123 12 hrs ago #15
100% that. And the old Welfare Queen tropes. I couldn't believe what I was reading. Alice B. 11 hrs ago #21
It doesn't matter what's in the book LogDog75 14 hrs ago #6
I wonder if going from Evangelical to atheist to Catholic karynnj 13 hrs ago #10
Good point - this gambit could easily backfire and alienate both groups (one hopes!). TheRickles 12 hrs ago #17
The conservative playbook.... SergeStorms 12 hrs ago #19
This made me laugh😀😂 malaise 14 hrs ago #7
Vance is not either a "hillbilly" promise first book, nor is he a "Christian" by this book ashredux 14 hrs ago #8
Vance's conversion from evangelical to atheist is probably the only genuine religious stance he has taken that we know ToxMarz 13 hrs ago #9
Vance is fake. yardwork 13 hrs ago #11
I'd like to throw JD Vance across the room and into the trash. Mr. Evil 13 hrs ago #12
Either he is still an atheist edhopper 12 hrs ago #16
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