{"id":11604,"date":"2020-07-18T18:38:59","date_gmt":"2020-07-19T00:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=11604"},"modified":"2020-07-18T18:38:59","modified_gmt":"2020-07-19T00:38:59","slug":"if-ancient-olympic-gods-lived-in-america-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=11604","title":{"rendered":"“If Ancient Olympic Gods Lived in America Today”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Please forgive the “If,” it was in the tile of the original. Religion Unplugged <\/em>is not necessarily polytheist-friendly. I think, however, that\u00a0 David Ahmanson<\/a>

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Read about all the Olympians here.<\/a> Would Athene be a Republican??<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Please forgive the “If,” it was in the tile of the original. Religion Unplugged is not necessarily polytheist-friendly. I think, however, that\u00a0 David Ahmanson got Artemis pretty well. Read about all the Olympians here. 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