{"id":1721,"date":"2010-07-15T21:40:38","date_gmt":"2010-07-16T03:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1721"},"modified":"2010-07-15T21:49:21","modified_gmt":"2010-07-16T03:49:21","slug":"pagans-advise-advice-columnist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1721","title":{"rendered":"Pagans Advise Advice Columnists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not one but two Pagans write to the syndicated advice column <em>Annie&#8217;s Mailbox <\/em>to explain that<a href=\"http:\/\/www.creators.com\/advice\/annies-mailbox\/23-and-trapped.html\"> they are not offended when someone offers a Christian blessing at a meal<\/a>. (Scroll down to the second &#8220;Dear Annie.&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>If you really are a polytheist, then Jesus is a god too. Maybe he did not start out as one, but after 2,000 years of being treated as one, he ought to qualify.<\/p>\n<p>Take it away, polytheologians!<\/p>\n<p>Related: &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/egregores.blogspot.com\/2010\/05\/when-you-enter-village-swear-by-its.html\">When You Enter a Village, Swear by its God<\/a>s.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not one but two Pagans write to the syndicated advice column Annie&#8217;s Mailbox to explain that they are not offended when someone offers a Christian blessing at a meal. (Scroll down to the second &#8220;Dear Annie.&#8221;) If you really are a polytheist, then Jesus is a god too. 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