{"id":473,"date":"2005-07-22T17:46:00","date_gmt":"2005-07-22T17:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=473"},"modified":"2005-07-22T17:46:00","modified_gmt":"2005-07-22T17:46:00","slug":"473","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=473","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Hogwarts versus Cherry Hill<\/strong><\/p>\n

BeliefNet offers a side-by-side comparison<\/a> of a certain wizard’s school versus real-life Pagan seminaries.<\/p>\n

Click the graphic on the sidebar for more of the wacky world of BeliefNet’s religion blogs<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hogwarts versus Cherry Hill BeliefNet offers a side-by-side comparison of a certain wizard’s school versus real-life Pagan seminaries. 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Here is a long dissection of it, from period-incorrect Roman armor to its avoidance of exactly what Hypatia taught: But because the film never bothers to make her neo-Platonist asceticism\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Christianity\"","block_context":{"text":"Christianity","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=christianity"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2867,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2867","url_meta":{"origin":473,"position":3},"title":"Theology Spam\u2014Who Knew?","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"July 5, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"You hear the word \"spam\" and you probably think about Viagra, \"genuine\" Rolex watches, and corrupt West African government officials with bags of money to share. But do you think about theology? 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Anyone who has imersed themselves in the Arthurian period tends to think of Anglo-Saxon versus British conflict as something resembling \"ethnic\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":61,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=61","url_meta":{"origin":473,"position":5},"title":"Traditional Medicine versus Addiction","author":"Chas S. 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