In this solo episode, Dr. Sørina Higgins summarizes things she learned from her previous podcast in 2022 about political partisanship in American churches, then turns to new ideas she's been having since while interviewing guests for this new show. She talks about how people hold complicated, unpredictable, often contradictory views that don't match up to a preset list of positions and how they've come to those convictions over decades of thoughtful, impactful experiences. Many times, people clash over ideas because they're using words to mean different definitions, which leads to serious misunderstandings. Furthermore, variant subcultures have dramatically opposing ways to read the Bible and to interpret news items or even reality itself. The results are often hateful, devastating speeches--and actions.