{"id":368,"date":"2011-02-16T12:38:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-16T12:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2011\/02\/fall-from-grace-exorcist-priest-charlie-sheen-miley-cyrus.html"},"modified":"2011-02-16T12:38:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-16T12:38:00","slug":"fall-from-grace-exorcist-priest-charlie-sheen-miley-cyrus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/02\/fall-from-grace-exorcist-priest-charlie-sheen-miley-cyrus.html","title":{"rendered":"The Mighty Fall: Thomas Euteneuer, Charlie Sheen, Miley Cyrus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Journalists can be a&nbsp;cynical bunch. (Perhaps we see&nbsp;too&nbsp;much, though there&#8217;s no excuse for <a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2011\/02\/15\/nir-rosen-trashes-lara-logan-dismisses-her-sexual-assault\/?utm_source=MadMimi&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=The+DC+Morning&amp;utm_campaign=Daily+Email&amp;utm_term=2__29+Creepy+pundits+waste+no+time+politicizing+Lara+Logan_27s+sexual+assault+\">some of the awful comments <\/a>about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/stories\/2011\/02\/15\/60minutes\/main20032070.shtml\">CBS correspondent Lara Logan, who is recovering from a beating and sexual assault<\/a> she suffered while reporting in Egypt.) Maybe that&#8217;s why&nbsp;I&#8217;m rarely surprised, though generally intrigued, by stories&nbsp;about&nbsp;falls from grace.<\/p>\n<p>Two such religion news items caught my eye today:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politicsdaily.com\/2011\/02\/16\/exorcist-priest-and-abortion-scold-falls-from-grace-rocks-the-c\/\">Exorcist Priest and Abortion Scold Falls From Grace, Rocks the&nbsp;Catholic Right <\/a>(Politics Daily)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/2011\/02\/charlie-sheen-hannah-montana-and-god\/\">Charlie Sheen, Hannah Montana and God<\/a> (GetReligion)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Journalists can be a&nbsp;cynical bunch. (Perhaps we see&nbsp;too&nbsp;much, though there&#8217;s no excuse for some of the awful comments about CBS correspondent Lara Logan, who is recovering from a beating and sexual assault she suffered while reporting in Egypt.) Maybe that&#8217;s why&nbsp;I&#8217;m rarely surprised, though generally intrigued, by stories&nbsp;about&nbsp;falls from grace. 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