{"id":92,"date":"2008-12-19T09:16:24","date_gmt":"2008-12-19T09:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/tonyjones\/2008\/12\/comment-of-the-day-11.html"},"modified":"2008-12-19T09:16:24","modified_gmt":"2008-12-19T09:16:24","slug":"comment-of-the-day-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/tonyjones\/2008\/12\/comment-of-the-day-11.html","title":{"rendered":"Comment of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To my post, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/tonyjones\/2008\/12\/penn-gillette-loves-him-some-g.html\">Penn Gillette Loves Him Some Gideons<\/a>, PerpetualDreamer replies,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Even though I&#8217;m no longer a Christian, I find the Gideon bibles very<br \/>\nuseful &#8211; they&#8217;re free and very effective getting missionaries off my<br \/>\nproperty when I threaten to burn one.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To my post, Penn Gillette Loves Him Some Gideons, PerpetualDreamer replies, Even though I&#8217;m no longer a Christian, I find the Gideon bibles very useful &#8211; 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