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The Nones Project: Dones

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Ryan Burge
Oct 11, 2025
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If you hang around Christian spaces long enough, there are these little turns of phrase that pop up every once in a while. One that seems to be evergreen is “people have a God-shaped hole.” It’s often attributed to the French mathematician Blaise Pascal. However, like many oft-repeated quotes, there’s no evidence that Pascal ever wrote or even uttered t…

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