{"id":86,"date":"2008-08-12T21:17:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-12T21:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/stuffchristianculturelikes\/2008\/08\/9-acting-happy.html"},"modified":"2008-08-12T21:17:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-12T21:17:00","slug":"9-acting-happy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/stuffchristianculturelikes\/2008\/08\/9-acting-happy.html","title":{"rendered":"#9 Acting Happy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s201.photobucket.com\/albums\/aa102\/lollygrass\/?action=view&amp;current=osteen.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photobucket\" src=\"https:\/\/i201.photobucket.com\/albums\/aa102\/lollygrass\/osteen.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Christian culture places great value on acting happy. It mandates that if you know Jesus you <i>will<\/i> know peace and joy, and it parlays these two things into acting as if everything in your life is perfect. (Remember, you are a walking advertisement for Jesus.) Interestingly, the Bible doesn&#8217;t once mention Jesus laughing. It talks much more about his lamenting than his rejoicing and it says he was a &#8220;man of sorrows, acquainted with grief.&#8221; (Isaiah 53:3)<\/p>\n<p>Children are taught to act happy and be grateful. Refusing to smile for pictures is unacceptable. Being sorrowful or angry is de-emphasized and for the most part is considered somewhat shameful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christian culture places great value on acting happy. 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