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ZZenith

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2. Witnessed it in real time.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Nov 25, 2025, 03:16 PM

Nov 25

The social pressure to join an evangelical church was strong in the ‘70’s and just kept ramping up. Fort Carson, Peterson Field AFB, NORAD, Ent AFB, the Air Force Academy, all in a town of only a couple hundred thousand meant that peace-loving hippies were NOT welcome there. Then Focus On The Family, led by the psychopath James Dobson set up shop and it was all she wrote. Shame, too, because the geography is stunningly beautiful.

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""How did Colorado Springs become the epicenter of evangelical capitalism?" [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Nov 25 OP

Link to the full discussion (1 hour and 30 mins) jmbar2 Nov 25 #1

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