{"id":13395,"date":"2018-06-22T10:45:35","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T14:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=13395"},"modified":"2018-06-22T10:45:35","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T14:45:35","slug":"god-uses-facebook-turn-atheist-agent-change-new-comedy-god-friended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2018\/06\/god-uses-facebook-turn-atheist-agent-change-new-comedy-god-friended.html","title":{"rendered":"God Uses Facebook to Turn Atheist Into Agent of Change in New Comedy \u2018God Friended Me\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What would you do if God sent you a friend request? 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