{"id":90,"date":"2009-02-14T09:13:57","date_gmt":"2009-02-14T09:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/mormoninquiry\/2009\/02\/jesus-and-i-broke-up.html"},"modified":"2009-02-14T09:13:57","modified_gmt":"2009-02-14T09:13:57","slug":"jesus-and-i-broke-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/mormoninquiry\/2009\/02\/jesus-and-i-broke-up.html","title":{"rendered":"“Jesus and I Broke Up”"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re the type who’s not really that into Jesus anymore, go read the clever little essay by Owen Egerton, “Jesus and I Broke Up,” reposted here<\/a>. [Hat tip: comment #3 at this Mormon Matters post<\/a>.] In fact, go read it even if you are<\/em> really into Jesus and one of his denominations. Here’s one paragraph just to give you a taste of the essay.<\/p>\n

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I should have seen it coming. It started with these little disagreements. Something he’d say would set me off. “And what did you mean by that?” I suppose it’s natural to argue, but he had to be right about everything. It was all black and white for him. In hindsight I can see that these squabbles were the symptoms of a larger problem. I didn’t trust him anymore. Didn’t trust what he said, didn’t trust what he wanted, didn’t trust who he was. Weeks passed with hardly a word between us. Eventually the day came when we both knew. This wasn’t just a rough patch or a dry spell. It was over.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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