{"id":2675,"date":"2010-06-18T11:43:02","date_gmt":"2010-06-18T17:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jesusneedsnewpr.net\/?p=2675"},"modified":"2011-05-03T17:01:50","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T17:01:50","slug":"reason-70357-why-christianity-is-weird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesusneedsnewpr\/2010\/06\/reason-70357-why-christianity-is-weird.html","title":{"rendered":"Reason #70,357 why Christianity is weird"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/79_8b4wAzOs&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/79_8b4wAzOs&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hi, my name is Nighttime. And I can see you&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So frightening.<\/p>\n<p>My friend Jason Boyett wrote recently <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/omeoflittlefaith\/2010\/06\/angel-paintings-that-horrify-me.html\">about his &#8220;Guardian Angel&#8221; fears<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Do you believe in guardian angels? Do you believe each of us has one assigned to us?<\/p>\n<p>Have any of you ever met an angel? Or think you have?<\/p>\n<p>Found at <a href=\"http:\/\/christiannightmares.tumblr.com\/\">Christian Nightmare<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Hi, my name is Nighttime. And I can see you&#8230;&#8221; So frightening. My friend Jason Boyett wrote recently about his &#8220;Guardian Angel&#8221; fears. Do you believe in guardian angels? Do you believe each of us has one assigned to us? Have any of you ever met an angel? Or think you have? 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