{"id":359,"date":"2011-02-04T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-04T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2011\/02\/fun-friday-super-bowl-sunday-porn-sunday.html"},"modified":"2011-02-04T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-04T07:00:00","slug":"fun-friday-super-bowl-sunday-porn-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/02\/fun-friday-super-bowl-sunday-porn-sunday.html","title":{"rendered":"Fun Friday: Getting Ready for Super Bowl &amp; Porn Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers will face off in Super Bowl XLV this weekend, and there&#8217;s been plenty of faith-related coverage leading up to the big day. Here&#8217;s a sample, starting with a related preview story about <a href=\"http:\/\/religion.blogs.cnn.com\/2011\/01\/30\/churches-prepare-for-porn-sunday\/\">Porn Sunday<\/a>, in which the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.religionnews.com\/index.php?\/rnstext\/anti_porn_groups_target_evangelical_christians\/\">evangelical XXXChurch <\/a>and others will use the occasion to tackle sins of the flesh*:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/religion.blogs.cnn.com\/2011\/02\/01\/the-church-of-porn-and-football\/\">The church of porn and football<\/a> (CNN Belief Blog)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politicsdaily.com\/2011\/02\/01\/fox-rejects-super-bowl-ad-featuring-bible-verse-john-3-16\/\">Fox rejects Super Bowl ad featuring Bible verse John 3:16 <\/a>(Politics Daily)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2011\/01\/31\/does-god-play-favorites-o_n_816595.html\">Will God get credit for winning the Super Bowl?<\/a> (Religion News Service)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*Speaking of flesh, this doesn&#8217;t have anything directly to do with religion, but I find it interesting that <a href=\"http:\/\/newsfeed.time.com\/2011\/02\/03\/the-super-bowl-without-cheerleaders-how-will-we-know-to-cheer\/\">this will be the rare Super Bowl without cheerleaders<\/a>. Who prayed for that one?<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Share your thoughts in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">*<a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>subscribe to Belief Beat<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/a>and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>follow Belief Beat on Twitter.<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers will face off in Super Bowl XLV this weekend, and there&#8217;s been plenty of faith-related coverage leading up to the big day. 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