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Hey, what's going on?

And Merry Christmas.

My name is Brand.

Producer Sherry's here, too.

So much this hour, it's not even...

It's literally not funny.

Which is a problem on some level.

Literally this hour is not going to be funny.

So if you're listening and you're anticipating humor.

Yeah, don't.

Don't.

Give up now.

Turn back.

Merry Christmas to you.

You know, there's some things about the Christmas story that are really appealing to people who aren't necessarily, you know, self-describe as Christians or anything.

And then there's other things about the Christmas story that have no appeal whatsoever to people who aren't believers because it's offensive.

And what I mean by that is this Jesus, this baby that seems kind of, you know, harmless.

At first, it turns out to say a bunch of stuff that some of us don't like.

I mean, bottom line, that's just it.

But you know what? If he's saying the truth and if he is the truth, and I believe he is, wouldn't you expect our culture to have some conflict with him? Like there'd be some things he'd say, like, no way, that's not, we know better than that. Wouldn't you expect every culture over time to have some conflict with him? If it's true,

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