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15. you can be woke and not be religious

Thu Jul 20, 2023, 08:44 PM

Jul 2023

just like you can be a good person without a CHURCH

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Best definition of Woke I ever heard [View all] kimbutgar Jul 2023 OP

Sloganized Pantagruel Jul 2023 #1

I like that BunnyMcGee Jul 2023 #3

+1 KS Toronado Jul 2023 #4

Well, to republicans and his Christians, Trump IS the new Messiah. keithbvadu2 Jul 2023 #9

Oh, that's good! PatrickforB Jul 2023 #10

Or just "Jesus was woke" Maraya1969 Jul 2023 #14

It's a "choose your own bigotry" term SledDriver Jul 2023 #2

So it's like George Orwell's take on Igel Jul 2023 #11

Woke surfered Jul 2023 #6

thank you Skittles Jul 2023 #16

In the hero's journey there is an awakening stage nuxvomica Jul 2023 #7

1+ keithbvadu2 Jul 2023 #8

Suck it DeSantis you shithead Blue Owl Jul 2023 #12

Well said! lees1975 Jul 2023 #13

you can be woke and not be religious Skittles Jul 2023 #15

imagine doing the right thing because it is the right thing to do Skittles Jul 2023 #18

actually, that's just charactaristics of a decent human being Skittles Jul 2023 #24

It is indeed! megapuzzler Jul 2023 #19

I never understood the disparaging of people calling them "Woke". Fla Dem Jul 2023 #20

think of it this way Skittles Jul 2023 #25

Yes! I believe "woke" is the normal state of a person. patphil Jul 2023 #21

Branding Victory Roy Rolling Jul 2023 #22

So True: "Do unto others" cannot really be improved upon MedRxx Jul 2023 #26

Well, the antonym of "woke" is either "sleepwalking" or "hypnotized" ... eppur_se_muova Jul 2023 #27