{"id":1008,"date":"2008-04-13T23:47:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-13T23:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1008"},"modified":"2008-04-13T23:47:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-13T23:47:00","slug":"the-religion-of-beer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1008","title":{"rendered":"The Religion of Beer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As &#8220;religion,&#8221; beer predates Christianity and Islam. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mudvillegazette.com\/milblogs\/archives\/2008\/04\/13\/#029945\">And it is back on sale in Iraq<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(In some areas, as I understand, the sellers of alcoholic beverages come from Iraq&#8217;s dwindling Christian community. I do not know if that is the case here.)<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instapundit.com\/\">Instapundit<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As &#8220;religion,&#8221; beer predates Christianity and Islam. And it is back on sale in Iraq. (In some areas, as I understand, the sellers of alcoholic beverages come from Iraq&#8217;s dwindling Christian community. I do not know if that is the case here.) 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