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The satirist P. J. O'Rourke once compared making fun of born-again Christians to hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope. That was a few years ago, before names like Ted Haggard and movies like Jesus Camp came on the scene. Now, it's more like hunting the ground with your foot.

Kevin Roose

The satirist P. J. O'Rourke once compared making fun of born-again Christians to hunting dairy cows with a high-powered rifle and scope. That was a few years ago, before names like Ted Haggard and movies like Jesus Camp came on the scene. Now, it's more like hunting the ground with your foot.

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About Kevin Roose

Kevin Roose is an American author and journalist. He is the author of three books, and is a technology columnist and podcast host for The New York Times. He wrote a book about Liberty University, an evangelical Christian university known for strict rules imposed on students, and was included on the 2015 Forbes 30 Under 30 list.