{"id":1360,"date":"2015-04-12T20:34:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-12T20:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2015\/04\/christianity-is-easier-than-ever.html"},"modified":"2015-04-12T20:34:00","modified_gmt":"2015-04-12T20:34:00","slug":"christianity-is-easier-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2015\/04\/christianity-is-easier-than-ever.html","title":{"rendered":"Christianity is easier than ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>For me at least. \u00a0Given the deplorable track record of the Secular and the Left, it\u2019s not hard to cling to the faith as practiced by our ancestors. \u00a0And as the Secular Left becomes more open about its desire to set up a totalitarian state that lifts up liberalism as the Truth that demands conformity, that all nations must mandate, and that seeks to punish and oppress all who will not conform, it\u2019s easy to see the folly in following it. \u00a0It\u2019s also easy to see how Christianity is in the cross hairs. \u00a0And as the hatred of the Left is matched only by the hatred of radical Muslims groups and other hate regimes, remembering the promises of Jesus about persecution becomes more and more easy to believe. \u00a0Those who say we are not anywhere near the persecution of our brothers across the globe are right. \u00a0But only a fool would rest on that fact for comfort. \u00a0Rather, repent and flee from the force of darkness that seeks to suck down the US, the dying West, and the rest of the world as it seeks to eliminate any who would stand in its way. <\/p>\n<p>In a similar way, <a 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