Facebook fundamentalist writes:

Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Mon Feb 3 20:09:08 UTC 2014


SWAG: the intended word is "advocate," which for the writer carries the
meaning "believe in."

JL


On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 2:44 PM, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:

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> I wonder WTF they mean by that.
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> Mark
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> On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 8:06 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > "I don't _abdicate_ demons in my faith."
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> > All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
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