{"id":41,"date":"2007-11-12T10:06:31","date_gmt":"2007-11-12T10:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/communitynews\/2007\/11\/this-weeks-hot-discussions-1.html"},"modified":"2007-11-12T10:06:31","modified_gmt":"2007-11-12T10:06:31","slug":"this-weeks-hot-discussions-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/communitynews\/2007\/11\/this-weeks-hot-discussions-1.html","title":{"rendered":"This Week’s Hot Discussions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every day there are more new members on Beliefnet community, and every day there are new discussions on all kinds of topics. Here are some of the most spirited, interesting, and controversial discussions:
\nGetting Married Late in Life<\/a>
\n“The purpose of my opening this thread is to offer what help I might to encourage those who are elderly and alone in life to find a life partner, and begin a new life, as we have done.”– NJLee<\/strong>
\nWould You Vote for an Atheist?<\/a>
\n“Would you vote an atheist into public office? Why, why not?”– Theatheist-thinker?<\/strong>
\nAre Pagans Acting Out?<\/a>
\n“I’ve heard this arguement before that embracing one of the forms of Paganism is a form of “acting out” against the dominant religion.”– samhainautumnwood<\/strong>
\nSpiritual Weight Loss<\/a>
\n“How do you address the spiritual side of the weight loss program?”– giertrudis<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Every day there are more new members on Beliefnet community, and every day there are new discussions on all kinds of topics. 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