Dusty Slay

Slay argues Peter's vision in Acts 10 concerned accepting Gentiles like Cornelius, not declaring unclean food clean.

“he's saying that god has declared this Cornelius to be clean and that I should not be considering other human beings unclean”

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Slay speculates that shellfish act as water filters and that leaving them uneaten might make oceans cleaner.

“if we left all of these filters in our water, we might have crystal clear oceans out here”

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Slay says he reads the New Testament through an Old Testament lens and has not eaten pork since 2013.

“if we read the New Testament with an Old Testament lens, maybe it's not all done away with”

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Slay cites Genesis 1's description of a firmament separating waters as support for his cosmological views.

“there's a, uh, uh, you know, a firmament, uh, where that it separates the waters from the water”

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Slay says he doubts a globe Earth because he cannot understand how gravity holds oceans in place.

“The day that we can recreate a ball that I just see the water stay on is the day I'll go, all right, you got me”

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Slay says a comedy contact advised him that moving to Nashville would let him learn the road and become full-time faster than New York.

“Nashville is very centrally located to the country. So you could start working all these other clubs, learning to work the road”

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Slay says he keeps his comedy inoffensive because he wants audiences to leave feeling good about themselves.

“I want people to feel good that come to my show. I want them to feel good about themselves, which is kind of why my comedy's never been offensive”

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Slay says he didn't consider himself an alcoholic until reading the Alcoholics Anonymous book, which described drinkers like him who couldn't stop once started.

“I'm fine really to not drink, but the moment I have a beer, then I'm like, I'm like, it's like something comes over me”

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Slay says he quit drinking in late January 2012.

“I quit in 2012, late January 2012”

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Slay says he has performed at the Grand Ole Opry over 40 times despite not being a musician.

“I've gotten to do the Opry over 40 times. And I'm like, I love country music, but I can't sing”

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Slay says Simon & Schuster brought in a ghostwriter after he wrote the full book, and he admits he did not enjoy the process as much as expected.

“I wrote the whole book, and then they read it and they go, all right, let's get a ghostwriter in here”

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Slay recounts seeing a shadowy figure at the foot of his bed in an 1800s house in West Nashville.

“I look up and there's like a shadowy figure at the foot of the bed. And I kind of like move back and then it's gone”

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Slay believes aliens are spiritual beings from another realm rather than visitors from space.

“I think aliens are likely spiritual beings. That's what I think. And, you know, probably not coming from space, but coming from another realm”

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Slay questions the moon landing footage, asking who filmed the lander's descent and takeoff.

“as the ship's coming down, like, we're seeing it. Like, who's that? Who's filming that? And then when it takes off, someone's filming”

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Slay argues that following the law is not how one gets to heaven but how one should live on earth, with Jesus as the path to salvation.

“I think the law is how you live on earth. That's not how you get to heaven”

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Slay argues the key to marriage is commitment to stay through fights rather than wanting out.

“I think the key is going, I'm in this for the long haul, no matter what”

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