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The fact of the matter is, that we are at this moment ignoring true terrorism, OSL is still alive and kicking, not to say that if he were killed or captured that it would make a difference in terrorism.

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Next, we’lll hear that OSL is not that big a threat because of all the counter-terrorism measures and successes of the administration.

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One congregant goes so far as to call OSL “the most conservative church in the world.”

American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

While some women in OSL are unhappy with their exclusion from church governance, few seem to vote with their feet and leave.

American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

According to Dr. Lawrence White, pastor of OSL since 1980, the new chapel represents “a distinctively Lutheran approach to church architecture.”

American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

Indeed, many congregants at OSL describe having first come to worship at the church after enrolling their children in the school, and White describes it as “the largest source of newcomers” to OSL.

American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

Though most women at OSL seem to embrace traditional gender roles, a few find being denied the right to vote hard to swallow.

American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

“I know the Bible verses,” says Gertrude Kline, a retired grandmother and longtime member of OSL, “but I do believe that we should have something to say about what goes on in the church.”

American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

Not only does OSL preach a conservative brand of religion, it is also a German enclave.

American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

One lifelong congregant remembers that OSL began “literally with twenty families,” and the original white wood-frame chapel was built “out in the country on a gravel road leading out of Houston.”

American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

Then around 30 years ago, it became possible to date the figures thanks to a new technique called optically stimulated luminescence (OSL).

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