{"id":572,"date":"2007-09-06T15:29:47","date_gmt":"2007-09-06T15:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jwalking\/2007\/09\/d-james-kennedy-more-alive-tha.html"},"modified":"2007-09-06T15:29:47","modified_gmt":"2007-09-06T15:29:47","slug":"d-james-kennedy-more-alive-tha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jwalking\/2007\/09\/d-james-kennedy-more-alive-tha.html","title":{"rendered":"D. James Kennedy &#8211; &#8220;more alive&#8221; than ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was struck by <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/2007\/09\/religious-right-leader-d-james.php\">this statement<\/a> from D. James Kennedy on how he wanted others to view his death:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;&#8230; I don&#8217;t want them to cry. 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