{"id":358,"date":"2010-04-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/communitynews\/2010\/04\/praying-in-public.html"},"modified":"2010-04-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-27T00:00:00","slug":"praying-in-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/communitynews\/2010\/04\/praying-in-public.html","title":{"rendered":"Praying in Public"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How do you feel about praying in public? Some people think it is fine to pray in an open space where others can see you. Others think it should be not be done out in the open. Do you think it is appropriate to do, or should it be done in more <a href=\"http:\/\/community.beliefnet.com\/go\/thread\/view\/43851\/23178389\/Public_Prayer\">private arena<\/a>? 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