{"id":173,"date":"2009-11-04T13:25:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-04T13:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/thinplaces\/2009\/11\/what-happens-after-you-die.html"},"modified":"2009-11-04T13:25:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-04T13:25:00","slug":"what-happens-after-you-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thinplaces\/2009\/11\/what-happens-after-you-die.html","title":{"rendered":"What Happens After You Die?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Does it matter how we care for those who have died?<\/p>\n

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New post on the Park Forum: The Moral Implications of Mourning<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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