{"id":446,"date":"2005-05-28T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2005-05-28T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=446"},"modified":"2013-06-20T09:40:36","modified_gmt":"2013-06-20T15:40:36","slug":"446","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=446","title":{"rendered":"Updating Zeus"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/em><\/strong>I Still Worship Zeus<\/em>, a documentary film on Pagans in Greece that was filmed shortly before the Athens Olympics, is now available from National Film Network<\/a>–handy for both individual and instutional buyers.<\/p>\n

New features on the DVD include a trailer and slideshow of production stills. There is more information too at the director’s Web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thanks to watching it last winter, I formulated Clifton’s Third Law of Religion: “All genuine religions include at least occasional torchlight processions.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I Still Worship Zeus, a documentary film on Pagans in Greece that was filmed shortly before the Athens Olympics, is now available from National Film Network–handy for both individual and instutional buyers. New features on the DVD include a trailer and slideshow of production stills. There is more information too at the director’s Web site. 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