{"id":11,"date":"2007-08-24T12:02:30","date_gmt":"2007-08-24T12:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godometer\/2007\/08\/dodds-take-on-god-still-unknow.html"},"modified":"2007-08-24T12:02:30","modified_gmt":"2007-08-24T12:02:30","slug":"dodds-take-on-god-still-unknow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godometer\/2007\/08\/dodds-take-on-god-still-unknow.html","title":{"rendered":"Dodd&#8217;s take on God? 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At last weekend\u2019s Democratic debate in Iowa (video <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mtanvnfJSeg&amp;mode=related&amp;search=\">here<\/a>) Dodd parried a question on the power of faith with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emporiagazette.com\/news\/2007\/aug\/24\/tough_questiona\/\">convoluted and noncommittal politospeak<\/a>: \u201cI would not want to try and second-guess the lord\u2019s intentions\u2026 and to assume that part of his great plan includes some of these actions we see, for a variety of different reasons.\u201d Huh?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having participated in a Boston College forum on Catholicism and public policy (video here) and with a forthcoming book on his father\u2019s stint as a lawyer at Nuremberg, God-o-Meter would think Chris Dodd had cornered the market on moral values. Instead, God-o-Meter finds itself asking: will Dodd ever publicly discuss is religious faith? 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