{"id":6,"date":"2011-04-19T14:55:56","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T18:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/isittheendoftheworld\/?p=6"},"modified":"2011-04-19T15:16:22","modified_gmt":"2011-04-19T19:16:22","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/isittheendoftheworld\/2011\/04\/welcome.html","title":{"rendered":"Is this the &#8220;End of the World&#8221;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/237\/2011\/04\/01-muslims-and-christians-protest-attack-against-church-in-egypt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7\" title=\"01-muslims-and-christians-protest-attack-against-church-in-egypt\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/237\/2011\/04\/01-muslims-and-christians-protest-attack-against-church-in-egypt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"471\" height=\"610\" \/><\/a>You are going to enjoy these thought-provoking musings by respected author, editor and lecturer Jim Fletcher. 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