{"id":218,"date":"2008-09-10T08:56:55","date_gmt":"2008-09-10T08:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2008\/09\/was-britney-spears-a-christian.html"},"modified":"2008-09-10T08:56:55","modified_gmt":"2008-09-10T08:56:55","slug":"was-britney-spears-a-christian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gospelsoundcheck\/2008\/09\/was-britney-spears-a-christian.html","title":{"rendered":"Was Britney Spears a Christian singer?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BritneySpearsJonasBrothers.jpg\"<\/span>I stumbled across this piece of news this morning at monstersandcritics.com:<\/a>
\nApparently the Jonas Brothers got to meet their “idol” Britney Spears at the MTV video music awards on Sunday, and a “backstage source” reports:<\/p>\n

“They all looked so excited to see Britney and meet her, and she was thrilled too. She seemed to be reminiscing about her own start in the music industry – she began as a Christian singer, just as the Jonas Brothers are doing.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wait. Britney Spears started as a Christian singer? Fill me in, Britney fans.
\nPoor Britney. That poor girl was chewed up and spit out by the music industry, and everyone who gawked at her like a train wreck and poured good money down the toilet to keep the tabloid rags seeking more sensational pics helped the process along. My heart breaks for her.
\nHey Jonas Brothers – it’s a good thing that you got to meet Britney. Make sure you tell her God loves her, has a wonderful plan for her life, and that there are a lot of us praying for her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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