{"id":1618,"date":"2007-06-01T20:06:50","date_gmt":"2007-06-01T20:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2007\/06\/department-of-modern-life-continuned.html"},"modified":"2007-06-01T20:06:50","modified_gmt":"2007-06-01T20:06:50","slug":"department-of-modern-life-continuned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2007\/06\/department-of-modern-life-continuned.html","title":{"rendered":"Department of Modern Life. continuned"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, we stopped in at Barnes and Noble this evening, and as per usual, I went to check over the "religion" section in the children’s department to see if they had my saints’ books. Why do I bother? No one ever does.<\/p>\n

But that’s not the point. The point is that I couldn’t find the children’s religion section. It wasn’t in its usual spot, the spot it’s been in since the store opened. I wandered around for a couple of minutes, and eventually found it – stuck in a back corner, with no identifying sign. <\/p>\n

I walked back to see what section had replaced it in the more prominent position – how could I have missed it the first time? It was all pink and sparkly and glittery, and the sign read, "Fun, Fashion and Friends!"<\/p>\n

I guess the preachers of the Gospel of Religion is a Horrible Plague would be happy to see it put in its place and replaced in young lives by shimmery, glittery things.<\/p>\n

I’m not exactly sure why they would be, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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