{"id":242,"date":"2006-03-15T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-15T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/chatteringmind\/2006\/03\/god-is-not-a-being.html"},"modified":"2006-03-15T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-03-15T12:00:00","slug":"god-is-not-a-being","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2006\/03\/god-is-not-a-being.html","title":{"rendered":"God Is Not a Being"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;God is not a being; God is Being. For those who have found God, his presence shows in honesty, kindness, carefully chosen words, and an absence of shame about the past. 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