{"id":1476,"date":"2012-03-02T11:23:05","date_gmt":"2012-03-02T11:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners\/?p=1476"},"modified":"2018-07-20T20:44:21","modified_gmt":"2018-07-20T20:44:21","slug":"id-like-to-talk-to-you-about-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/fellowshipofsaintsandsinners\/2012\/03\/id-like-to-talk-to-you-about-jesus.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I&#8217;d Like to Talk to You About Jesus&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once again, in the spirit of G.K. Chesteron who said, &#8220;the test of a good religion is whether you can joke about it,&#8221; here is some fodder for a good laugh (or being offended). \u00a0My apologies if you&#8217;re in the latter category. \u00a0This is stand-up comedian Jim Gaffigan&#8217;s take on &#8220;I&#8217;d like to talk to you about Jesus,&#8221; confession, heaven, the Fall, Moses and other funny stories from Scripture:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pIIpfABIXlY&#038;feature=fvsr\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pIIpfABIXlY&amp;feature=fvsr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once again, in the spirit of G.K. 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