{"id":57,"date":"2010-03-29T20:04:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-29T20:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/thinplaces\/2010\/03\/christian-impressions.html"},"modified":"2010-03-29T20:04:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-29T20:04:00","slug":"christian-impressions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thinplaces\/2010\/03\/christian-impressions.html","title":{"rendered":"Christian Impressions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Somewhat related to today&#8217;s earlier post, I have a new post on 843 Acres: <a href=\"http:\/\/theparkforum.wordpress.com\/2010\/03\/29\/843-acres-what-do-your-neighbors-think-of-christianity\/\">What do your neighbors think about Christianity?<\/a> <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It begins: <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;padding-top: 0px;padding-right: 0px;padding-bottom: 10px;padding-left: 0px\">\u201cThey will know we are Christians by our love.\u201d At least in my neck of the woods, Christianity is seen as oppressive, intolerant, anti-intellectual and against science. Not a fair assessment, to be sure, but why is it that many of my neighbors think so badly of Christians, or at least of the religion to which we adhere?<\/p>\n<div>To read more, click <a href=\"http:\/\/theparkforum.wordpress.com\/2010\/03\/29\/843-acres-what-do-your-neighbors-think-of-christianity\/\">here<\/a>. <\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Somewhat related to today&#8217;s earlier post, I have a new post on 843 Acres: What do your neighbors think about Christianity? It begins: \u201cThey will know we are Christians by our love.\u201d At least in my neck of the woods, Christianity is seen as oppressive, intolerant, anti-intellectual and against science. 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