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...this culture of mandatory happiness actually promotes dishonesty and more suffering.

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Tullian Tchividjian
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: July 13
Pastor
Writer
Jacksonville
Florida
William Graham Tullian Tchividjian
Culture
Mandatory
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Dishonesty
Suffering
Happiness
Actually

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