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I once had a lot of hatred, mainly toward my father, an alcoholic.

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Josh McDowell
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: August 17
Apologist
Author
Non-Fiction Writer
Theologian
Writer
Union City
Michigan
Josh P. McDowell
Hatred
Toward
Father
Alcoholic
Alcoholics
Mainly

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