{"id":2041,"date":"2008-06-23T12:11:06","date_gmt":"2008-06-23T12:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2008\/06\/george-carlin-rants-on-religio.html"},"modified":"2008-06-23T12:11:06","modified_gmt":"2008-06-23T12:11:06","slug":"george-carlin-rants-on-religio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2008\/06\/george-carlin-rants-on-religio.html","title":{"rendered":"George Carlin Rants on Religion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>George Carlin, who died yesterday at the age of 71, was never one to shy away from controversial topics. One of his favorite targets was religion, as evidenced in this clip. Even though I didn&#8217;t always agree with what he had to say, I couldn&#8217;t deny his ability to make me laugh. 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