{"id":11,"date":"2009-08-04T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-04T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/stuffchristianculturelikes\/2009\/08\/93-saying-youre-married-to-your-best-friend.html"},"modified":"2009-08-04T22:30:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-04T22:30:00","slug":"93-saying-youre-married-to-your-best-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/stuffchristianculturelikes\/2009\/08\/93-saying-youre-married-to-your-best-friend.html","title":{"rendered":"#93 Saying you&#8217;re married to your best friend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_RoFf0W8nCJo\/Snrrs8aDTvI\/AAAAAAAABiE\/vJU6wLZZuqM\/s1600-h\/Closetool3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_RoFf0W8nCJo\/Snrrs8aDTvI\/AAAAAAAABiE\/vJU6wLZZuqM\/s400\/Closetool3.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Christians aren&#8217;t the only people who say this, but they make up 93% of the people who do. The remaining 7% are some rogue non-Christians who are unabashed corndogs.<\/p>\n<p>In a Christian&#8217;s blog profile it&#8217;s categorically impossible for the spouse-as-best-friend declaration to be made without also stating that they love God most of all.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_RoFf0W8nCJo\/SnkZTG6qS-I\/AAAAAAAABhk\/7HRxYAiw7ic\/s1600-h\/best2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_RoFf0W8nCJo\/SnkZTG6qS-I\/AAAAAAAABhk\/7HRxYAiw7ic\/s400\/best2.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Married people who are not Christians generally don&#8217;t announce that their spouse is their best friend. Christian culture might counter that this is because Christians have better marriages, but <a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/l5uxxl\">the divorce rate in the church<\/a> would not support that hypothesis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christians aren&#8217;t the only people who say this, but they make up 93% of the people who do. The remaining 7% are some rogue non-Christians who are unabashed corndogs. In a Christian&#8217;s blog profile it&#8217;s categorically impossible for the spouse-as-best-friend declaration to be made without also stating that they love God most of all. 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