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[image error] Why Do We Find Deserted Island Stories So Compelling?

Trevin Wax:

More than 100 years ago, G. K. Chesterton wrote about this romantic notion—the secret desire to be wrecked on an island. Why are we compelled by stories of deserted islands? Why is our first response, when we imagine people on an island, to experience a flash of envy? Even when we consider all the inconveniences and problems awaiting the deserted, we thrill at the thought. Why?

Celebrity Christians and Our Own Idolatry

Lore F...