“Religion is not the enemy. But delusional religion is. The kind that refuses truth. The kind that weaponises scripture. The kind that prioritises power over people.” — Professor Nāsili Vaka‘uta.
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“She wanted us kids to assimilate, believing wholeheartedly that this would protect us from white judgment. Being good, compliant coconuts would mean we wouldn’t be exposed to negativity as Sāmoans.” — Kirkpatrick Mariner on his mum.
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“Christianity is a religion of failures and dropkicks, hypocrites and losers, because most of us are goodish, but not one of us is good enough. We all know this regardless of belief, right?”
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